In Brief

WISCONSIN STRIKES ANTICIPATED - The National Guard in Wisconsin, according to the Journal Sentinel has visited at least one state correction facility in preparation for taking over in case of a strike.

Flights by Flee Baggers, (the union-elected alternative to the Tea Baggers) are spreading as Indiana House Democrats refuse to show up for legislative business. Apparently, democracy just doesn't work for Democrats.

Even the White House is worried about the DNC strategy. Ben Smith of Politico reports they are chucking the "DNC, under the bus". (Their first clue, no doubt, to the looming failure was that any protest that includes Jesse Jackson is a sure loser.)

AND SPEAKING OF COMPARISONS TO CAIRO, John Kass, the gutsy Chicago Times writer, knows something about decades of wrought-iron-fisted rule as he sums up the election for mayor nicely: "Though in the geographic center of America, Chicago politics isn't really that American, is it? This yearning for a strongman is almost Russian."

A SPECIAL ELECTION IN LOUISIANA results show the GOP now has a 20-19 advantage in the Senate, a majority in the Louisiana House of Representatives (57-42) and a Republican governor.
It is the first time Republicans have had control of the Senate since Reconstruction.

Who has a right to work? Depends on where you live. Right to work laws explained. The Right to Work Foundation has a map ofStates with Right to Work laws.