The Madison Wisconsin progressive paper, The Cap Times, reported two seemingly conflicted accounts of
Election Night 2014.
Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke
loses, yet she insists on her fight for progressive values. Walker wins his
third election in four years, yet not by the widest margins compared to his
previous races, as if his policies are in question.
The truth is that on November 4th 2014, Democratic,
liberal, anti-progressive policies received not just a rebuke, but a
nation-wide rejection. Democrats not only lost ten Senate seats, but lost
governorships in otherwise blue regions, too. President Obama promised hope and
change. He disappointed on both fronts. Governor Walker promised reforms,
delivered, and earned reelection. Free-market conservatives and true, classical
liberal Republicans have a record of providing both, and now they have the chance
to expand their winning message.
Real progress is not redefining marriage or justifying
abortion on demand. Real progress is allowing the people to prosper and enjoy
good health, to allow people to seek gainful employment without joining a
union, or paying dues to corrupted political organizations against their will.
Americans do not want the government dictating their health
care, their employment options, and their values. Taxpayers do not want to
subsidize greedy unions at the expense of their communities’ well-being and
their children’s future. Governor Walker understands these sentiments. His
collective bargaining reforms ensured that public employees serve the public,
not themselves, that public education educates children, rather than enriching
union bosses, that health care remains a choice, not a rationed dictate.
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