The problem with the Wisconsin Republicans’ power-grab is not that it’s anti-Democratic; the tragedy is that it’s anti-democratic.
As we discussed yesterday, Wisconsin Republicans have responded to the election results with truly radical tactics, scrambling to approve a new power-grab before Dems take office in the new year. The agenda is as brazen as it is aggressive, targeting voting rights, election results, and the powers of state offices the GOP will no longer control.
But as important as the details are, there are principles at stake that have to matter in a healthy political system. The editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel tends to be rather conservative, but it published an editorial this morning condemning the Republicans’ over-the-top tactics, describing the GOP’s gambit as a “private power play, engineered in secret, to maximize their control and minimize yours.
