The Walker appeal: To conservatives, Wisconsin’s governor is a godsend

The argument against organized labor that resonates more with voters, however ? especially independents ? is that public workers simply cost taxpayers too much money. UW-Madison political science professor Kathy Cramer Walsh, who spent time last summer doing field research on political views in northern Wisconsin, says the general sentiment among the voters she talked to was that public workers need to “suck it up” and accept a pay cut.”