GOP War on Unions Could Boost President Obama in 2012 (TPMDC)

Quoted: “GOP excitement in 2010 was, of course, also a crucial part of their sweep in the state, but Dem drop off played a role as well,” Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, told TPM. “In 2012 the Presidential race will mobilize Dems as well as the current union controversy. So the question will be can the GOP and tea party continue to turn out large conservative blocks as well. “