by Tula Connell, Mar 8, 2011
This from AFL-CIO Political Communications Director Eddie Vale.
Just one day after a media stunt that blew up in his face, further uniting Senate Democrats and Wisconsin’s working families against him, Scott Walker is facing the prospect of mass defections as Senate Republicans are no longer willing to tolerate his extreme power grab and bear the albatross of a Walker disapproval number–which threatening to crack 60 percent. One former Senate Republican aide even penned a memo advising Republicans “to wake up before their own districts disappear in the rear-view” and get off Walker’s rapidly-sinking ship.
Meanwhile, evidence mounts that Walker’s control over the Senate Republican Caucus is slipping away and that individual senators are fed up with his refusal to negotiate with Democrats. In addition to Sen. Dale Schultz, who has already announced he’s with the 74% of Wisconsinites opposed to Walker’s bill, Republicans Bob Cowles, Luther Olsen and Dan Kapanke—all facing aggressive recall efforts in their home districts—have indicated they want Walker come to the table to negotiate a deal that gets Wisconsin moving forward again.
