Sunday, February 20, 2011

With Madison in chaos, enter the tea party

MADISON, Wis. — In a capital city overrun for much of the past week by union supporters, state employees and students — all objecting to the Republican governor's plan to cut collective bargaining rights and benefits for public workers — a new element was introduced Saturday: opposition to the opposition. And so, a significantly bolstered force of law officers kept a somewhat nervous eye on dueling protests. On one side of the Capitol square, swarms of union supporters chanted, as they have for days: "Kill the bill! Kill the bill!" On another corner, a cluster of demonstrators, many of whom...

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