Republican's support the people

Just not the everyday working ones:

Within hours or days of taking office this year, Mitch Daniels in Indiana and Matt Blunt in Missouri eliminated collective bargaining agreements for state employees, affecting about 50,000 workers. Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher did the same when he took office in 2003. In each case, the agreements had only been granted by executive order, not by law.

In Mississippi, where state employees don't have collective bargaining rights, GOP Gov. Haley Barbour supports a legislative effort to eliminate existing civil-service protections. In Oklahoma, the GOP-controlled state House approved a measure to repeal a law granting collective bargaining to municipal employees.

It is especially egregious for legislatures to remove collective bargaining when the legislature can vote themselves a pay raise or better benefits whenever they want.

The power of the many is greater than the power of the few, and the Republicans know this. Unions are responsible for so many of the worker protections we enjoy today, and it's nice to see Republicans so willing to pay them back for all their hard work.

This should be another in a long line of campaign issues wrapped up for Democrats come 2006. Hopefully, they will know how to use them.