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BYRON YORK: Unions vs. The Little Guy In Wisconsin Recall Fight. If you?re a Republican, it?s a ?

By Glenn Reynolds

BYRON YORK: Unions vs. The Little Guy In Wisconsin Recall Fight.

If you’re a Republican, it’s a scenario straight out of “Alice in Wonderland.” Fourteen Wisconsin state senators, all Democrats, flee the state for three weeks, bringing government to a halt in an effort to stop Gov. Scott Walker’s budget bill. After three weeks, the fugitive Democrats return in failure. And then, when a rich and highly organized effort to punish lawmakers is launched, it’s directed not at the Democrats who ran away but at the Republicans who stayed home and did their job.

That is precisely what is now happening in Wisconsin. Local and national labor organizations, enraged by the successful Republican effort to limit the collective bargaining powers of public employees unions, are pouring money and manpower into petitions to recall GOP state senators. At the same time, Republican drives to recall runaway Democrats, while rich in volunteer spirit, are working with far less money and organized support.

But if you want to help, I’ll bet they’ll accept.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 15, 2011 (boomark / email).