Reply #10: Do I think it's all over? No. Pivotal? Yes. [View All]

In general I think the left has done a terrible job of picking it's ideological battle grounds.

At long last I think we've found "good ground" for a fight and found exactly the right moment to stand up. I'm really tired of surrendering hard won gains without any resistance and something in the public mood seems to have changed suddenly to reflect the same thing.

Even if the people lose in Wisconsin I think the rest of us have finally gotten our voice back. Republican governors following suit will face more resistance with every step and the harder they try the greater the backlash will be.

Many thought the spirit of Stéphane Hessel's "Indignez-vous!" could never catch on in the US but the people of Wisconsin have proven otherwise. There is a limit to how far americans can be pushed in the name of neoliberal ideology.