Unions Fail

Public employee unions lost an important battle in Wisconsin, see this Associated Press article on Yahoo News for details. Unions dumped millions into trying to reverse actions taken to rein in public employee bargaining rights, and failed. Republicans still control the state Senate.

Next week recall elections will be held for two more state senators, these Democrats. Republicans thus have a chance to enlarge their margin in the Senate. The results of this recall election are seen as further evidence of the Republican wave that was seen in the 2010 election.

Go here for another analysis of the Wisconsin recall elections at RealClearPolitics.