Hope for Democrats in 2012

This article at Huffington Post shows the voting math can favor Democrats in 2012 provided public employees stand firm on the issues of union rights. With broad public support in polls as well as support among the ranks of protestors, this seems likely. Author Howard Fineman lays bare the Republican strategy for 2012 which follows the gubernatorial strategy of 2010 which was only partially successful. He also demonstrates the up-side to the otherwise-maligned Citizens United Decision of the Supreme Court.

(I can give here a heretical view that the Supreme Court may have actually had a point to make in terms of the Constitution. Government should indeed be careful about curtailing how citizens spend money in campaigns. The problem, of course, is that a corporation is not a person and thus not a citizen. And a union, while an organization, is still made up of persons [and persons who can vote for their own leaders], and whose organization is non-profit.)


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/25/the-real-political-math-in-wisconsin_n_828429.html