An Update On Wisconsin

Well, the weekend is over, the protests continued in Madison, and Governor Scott Walker is sticking by his position. Yes, even unmoved by Charles Woodson coming out against him. The Packers captain and Super Bowl Champion said:

STATEMENT FROM GREEN BAY PACKER CHARLES WOODSON IN SUPPORT OF WORKING FAMILIES IN WISCONSIN

Last week I was proud when many of my current and former teammates announced their support for the working families fighting for their rights in Wisconsin. Today I am honored to join with them. Thousands of dedicated Wisconsin public workers provide vital services for Wisconsin citizens. They are the teachers, nurses and child care workers who take care of us and our families. These hard working people are under an unprecedented attack to take away their basic rights to have a voice and collectively bargain at work.

It is an honor for me to play for the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers and be a part of the Green Bay and Wisconsin communities. I am also honored as a member of the NFL Players Association to stand together with working families of Wisconsin and organized labor in their fight against this attempt to hurt them by targeting unions. I hope those leading the attack will sit down with Wisconsin's public workers and discuss the problems Wisconsin faces, so that together they can truly move Wisconsin forward.

Charles Woodson, Green Bay Packer cornerback and one of the team's elected representatives to the players union.

Now, he's a cultural icon in Wisconsin, so without saying, he'll get coverage (we think, who knows with this media). Of course, that media also treated Saturday's competing pro and anti-Walker rallies as equals, even as the AP reported that anti-Walker protestors outnumbered pro-Walker protestors by a 35-1 margin. Oops. Guess that coverage isn't quite right. The rallies weren't exactly "equal."

The word is getting out: Walker is overreaching, and this isn't about the deficit. I wonder if he can't pass it in the next few days if Republican legislators will start cracking on him and defecting from this extremism.