Hauv kev npaj rau kev xam phaj tsis ntev los no uas nws paub tias nws yuav raug nug txog tilting ntawm windmills, Mike McCabe tau tsim ib lub tsho T-shirt uas tsim nyog teb: "Rau kuv, yeej ib txwm muaj laj thawj rau kev cia siab, thiab tsis muaj laj thawj ntau rau kev cia siab."
McCabe coj tus Wisconsin Kev Sib Tw Zawv Zawg, uas koom nrog cov Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group nyob rau hauv kev sau ntawv lub Xya hli ntuj 10 Daim ntawv hu rau lub rooj sib hais tsim cai lij choj thiab tej zaum yuav muaj kev sib tham tshwj xeeb los hloov kho txoj cai xaiv tsa hauv xeev.
Dhau li ntawm WISPIRG thiab Txoj Haujlwm Kev Ncaj Ncees, 18 lwm pab pawg tau kos npe rau, suav nrog Pab Koomtes ntawm Cov Poj Niam Pov Npav ntawm Wisconsin, Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, Wisconsin Farmers Union, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, thiab Sierra Club. Lawv yaum kom Pawg Neeg Txiav Txim Siab:
1) Yuav tsum tau nthuav tawm txhua qhov kev siv nyiaj hauv lub xeev kev xaiv tsa.
2) Kaw qhov khoob uas tso cai rau cov neeg ua haujlwm tsom mus rau kev rov qab los tsa cov nyiaj tsis txwv.
3) Hais kom cov tuam txhab tau txais kev tso cai los ntawm cov tswv cuab ua ntej siv cov phiaj xwm kev nom kev tswv.
4) Ua cov tshaj tawm xov xwm thiab cov ntawv xov xwm tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv online ntawm kev tshaj tawm kev yuav khoom.
5) Tsim kom muaj ib lub koom haum ywj pheej, tsis koom nrog los saib xyuas kev rov kos duab ntawm cov neeg xaiv tsa.
Cov no tuaj yeem cuam tshuam qee tus neeg raws li kev hloov pauv tsim nyog. Tab sis lub xeev Rep. Robin Vos, R-Burlington, pom tsis muaj caij nyoog ntawm lawv dhau lub Rooj Sib Tham. Nws pegs cov neeg kos npe tias yog "tag nrho ntawm sab laug kawg ntawm kev nom kev tswv" thiab hu lawv cov kev xav rau lo lus nug.
"Nws tsis yog qhov xav tsis thoob tias cov pab pawg sab laug xav hloov cov cai vim tias lawv tsis tuaj yeem ua tiav raws li cov txheej txheem tam sim no," hais tias Vos, tej zaum yuav yog tus neeg sawv cev ntawm Pawg Neeg Sawv Cev tom ntej yog Republicans khaws lawv cov feem ntau hauv kev xaiv tsa lub caij nplooj zeeg.
Vos tawm tsam ua rau nws ua tsis tau rau cov pab pawg tsis qhia npe uas hnyav rau hauv kev sib tw, hais txog qhov kev tawm tsam qee tus neeg pub dawb tau txais. Tab sis nws rov qab tso cai rau cov nom tswv, uas nthuav tawm cov peev txheej, ua lub luag haujlwm loj dua hauv kev sib tw, los ntawm kev nce nyiaj pub dawb txwv thiab tshem tawm lwm yam kev txwv.
"Tam sim no, cov tuam txhab lag luam tsuas tuaj yeem muab los ntawm ib qho ntawm cov koom haum thib peb," Vos hais.
Kev ceeb toom tias cov tswv lag luam twb tau xaiv cov thawj coj los txiav txim siab, Vos tsis pom qhov xav tau ntxiv rau cov tswv lag luam tawm tswv yim. Tsis yog nws xav tias tsoomfwv yuav tsum xav kom cov xov xwm tshaj tawm tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv yuav khoom hauv online, kom yooj yim rau "cov neeg sab hauv nom tswv" kom tshem tawm cov ntaub ntawv no. Thiab Vos tawm tsam kev hloov pauv cov txheej txheem rov qab mus rau "cov neeg tsis raug xaiv thiab tsis lav ris."
Vos tau qhib kom xaus lub peev xwm ntawm kev rov qab los lub hom phiaj txhawm rau nce nyiaj tsis txwv - tab sis tsuas yog yog tias kev rov qab los yav tom ntej xav tau "qee yam kev ua tsis zoo hauv chaw ua haujlwm," ib khub uas nws hais tias Democrats tau tsis lees paub. McCabe hais tias kev hloov pauv cov cai rov qab yuav siv lub xeev txoj cai hloov kho, txheej txheem ntau xyoo, thaum kaw qhov kev nrhiav nyiaj txiag yuav ua tiav "tag kis."
Xeev Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, lub xeev Senate tus thawj tswj hwm rov xaiv tsa tshiab, hu cov kev hloov pauv "cov tswv yim zoo" thiab ntseeg tias Senate Dems tuaj yeem muaj rooj sib hais rau qee lossis tag nrho lawv. Tab sis rov qab mus rau hauv kev sib tham yuav xav tau kev txiav txim los ntawm tus tswv xeev lossis kev pom zoo los ntawm Pawg Sib Tham, thiab "qhov ntawd yuav tsis tshwm sim."
Yog li vim li cas McCabe cia siab?
Wisconsin, nws hais tias, "muaj keeb kwm ntev ntawm kev ntxhov siab thiab tom qab ntawd kho peb qhov tsis raug." Thiab kev hu xov tooj kom nthuav tawm ntau dua los ntawm cov neeg pab txhawb nqa phiaj xwm tau txais qee qhov kev txhawb nqa GOP. Piv txwv li, xeev Sen. Mike Ellis, R-Neenah, cosponsored a daim nqi zaum kawg los tswj "tso tawm tshaj tawm." Nws mus tsis tau qhov twg.
McCabe pom qhov kev thawb rau kev hloov kho yog qhov nyuaj, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau cov Democrats, uas tswj hwm lub xeev Senate, pom tias tsawg kawg los ntawm kev xaiv tsa lub Kaum Ib Hlis. "Lawv muaj lub sijhawm los qhia tias lawv tsim nyog rau feem coob, tias lawv sawv rau ib yam dab tsi."
Tab sis McCabe sau tseg tias nyob rau xyoo 2009-10, thaum Democrats tswj hwm ob lub tsev, cov nqi tswj hwm qhov teeb meem kev tshaj tawm thiab xav tau kev pom zoo los ntawm cov tswv cuab rau kev siv nyiaj txiag kev lag luam dhau los ntawm Senate tab sis tuag hauv Pawg Sib Tham. Yog li nws tsis yog optimistic.
Risser pom zoo "cov Democrats ua tsis tiav" thaum lawv tsis dhau daim nqi no, ntxiv, "Peb yuav tsis ua qhov yuam kev ntawd ntxiv." Tej zaum lawv yuav tsis tau txais lub caij nyoog.
Bill Lueders yog tus thawj coj ntawm Money and Politics Project ntawm Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (www.WisconsinWatch.org). Qhov project, kev koom tes ntawm Lub Chaw thiab MapLight, tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm Open Society Institute. Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (www.WisconsinWatch.org) koom tes nrog Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Zej Tsoom, Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Rau Pej Xeem, lwm cov xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, tshaj tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam cov kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm cov koom tes.
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