Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker expected opposition to his union busting from the Democratic minority in the legislature, but what he didn't anticipate was a general uprising.
Walker, who is a Koch brothers Manchurian candidate, felt comfortable that a partisan battle would lead to an easy Republican victory. His wealthy oligarchical backers saw Wisconsin as easy pickings for leading a national wave of states crushing organized labor and collective bargaining.
Although the White House and the national Democratic Party have been giving lip support to the revolt in Wisconsin, they haven't been showing full-throttle backing for what is a major skirmish over who controls American government: corporations or people.
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