Wisconsin Unions Beginning to Cave

Sure, they can get a bunch of thugs to show up for rallies, and even get protest whore Jesse Jackson to come and give a disjointed speech that's more dementia than determined, but bottom line is they're not winning:

With some 40,000 protesters — and even the Rev. Jesse Jackson — showing up at the state Capitol on Friday to help cheer them on, Democratic lawmakers successfully delayed action on a controversial budget repair bill that effectively strips public workers of their collective bargaining rights.

And Gov. Scott Walker announced he was pushing back the release of the state's two-year budget, and his budget address, by a week. It was supposed to be delivered Tuesday.

"You are winning the Super Bowl of workers' rights!" Jackson told the crowd gathered on the Capitol steps Friday, the fifth and largest day of protests so far.

The Legislature may be at a stalemate for now — Democratic senators haven't returned from Illinois after fleeing Wisconsin on Thursday, and the Assembly adjourned after a brief but heated session — but major union officials came forward Friday to offer concessions.

Top leaders of two of Wisconsin's largest public employee unions announced they are willing to accept the financial concessions called for in Walker's plan, but will not accept the loss of collective bargaining rights.

And Gov. Walker said "no".

That's all Gov. Walker needs to do to win this thing - say "no". He has the votes in the legislature to pass his plan, and there's no indication that the legislators are wavering.

Public opinion is already turning against the unions.  One pollster said these protests are the worst thing they could have possibly done to their standing with the public.

The people of Wisconsin voted overwhelmingly for Walker and a GOP legislature, and they even tossed out long-term Senator Russ Feingold. Walker knows the majority is on his side. He just has to wait them out.