Wisconsin?s financial problems are not as dire as those of many other states. But a simmering resentment over those lost jobs and lost benefits in private industry ? combined with the state?s history of highly polarized politics ? may explain why Wisconsin, once a pioneer in supporting organized labor, has set off a debate that is spreading to other states over public workers, unions and budget woes.
Quoted: ?The Republicans are really Republicans here, and the Democrats are really Democrats, so the candidates who come out of primaries reflect that,? said Ken Goldstein, a political scientist from the University of Wisconsin.