When Wisconsin citizens who were disturbed by Gov. Scott Walker’s attempt to curtail the power of public-sector unions started a campaign to recall him last year, members of the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s Teaching Assistants’ Association were very visible in that effort -- campaigning in public squares and the streets, trying to persuade residents to sign the recall petitions.
Having been part of an uprising that forced Walker into a recall election, one would think that the association would automatically endorse Tom Barrett, the Democratic candidate in Tuesday’s election. ...