Tea Party Preps for Other Big Labor State Battles

Next stops for the tea party after Wisconsin: Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Fresh off last week’s seismic victory against Big Labor, conservative activists are revving up their ground game in key presidential swing states where unions have long dominated. The goal: secure big wins in the House, Senate and the White House.

The effort could turn presidential battleground states into mirrors of the Wisconsin recall race, where conservatives coupled a robust ground game with an overwhelming fundraising push to beat back labor’s presumed advantage when it came to getting voters to the polls. And with unions under attack from state lawmakers and reeling from Scott Walker’s win, right-wing activists see opportunities all over the map.

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