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How the Right’s Wisconsin Budget Win Helps Obama in 2012

The right won that state’s budget fight, reigning in unions’ collective bargaining clout. Peter Beinart on how that victory ensure a Democratic victory in 2012.

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Peter Beinart
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Left to right: President Barack Obama and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. (Photo: Elise Amendola / AP Photo; Darren Hauck, Reuters / Landov)
Peter Beinart

Peter Beinart

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