Matthew Rothschild: Accountability in Defeat in Wisconsin

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from The Progressive:



Accountability in Defeat in Wis.
By Matthew Rothschild, June 7, 2012


Spare me the spin. This was a whupping.

After sixteen months of the most historic and exciting citizens’ uprising that I’ve ever been a part of in my thirty-five years of progressive activism and journalism, we’re left with this disaster.

Scott Walker is governor for another two and a half years.

He claims vindication for his rightist onslaught. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.progressive.org/accountability_in_defeat_in_wis.html

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1. Now this is one critique I can agree with

Rothschild doesn't do what people like Barney Frank did and critique people for fighting back in a battle they "could not win", instead he shows how the movement could win and his ideas are good ones. He is right that a huge grassroots movement was built but then all the energy got placed behind the party rather than the people. If the mass protests had continued I think we would have been more effective, Rotschild makes a good argument and I encourage people to follow the link and read his full column because the most important parts are not in these first paragraphs.

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2. hmmph... I heard Rothschild this morning on the Joy Cardin show...

And I lost almost all the respect I have for his work. He was indistinguishable from the Republican about why the recall vote was lost. I don't recall hearing anything he posed in this article. I did only catch the end of the show, but honestly, that was all I could take.