WI GOP Legislators Come Clean

WI GOP before Today - "These provisions gutting workers rights are necessary to balance the budget. This is financial legislation"

WI GOP Today -  "This is not about the budget, so we'll pass it without a financial quorum (that we can't get)."

And just in case there's any doubt this was about a political power struggle, here's WI Majority Leader Fitzgerald fessing up (emphasis added):

FITZGERALD: Well if they flip the state senate, which is obviously their goal with eight recalls going on right now, they can take control of the labor unions. If we win this battle, and the money is not there under the auspices of the unions, certainly what you’re going to find is President Obama is going to have a much difficult, much more difficult time getting elected and winning the state of Wisconsin.

Badgers, get your recall pens ready. These people have to go down - hard.