I noticed last week that the deserting Democrats of the Indiana House ramped up the rhetoric a little, going from defenders of the middle class to "sticking up for the working class." I suppose next it'll be the "huddled masses" they're in the corner of. Now, there is this ramping-up from the governor:
Indiana's governor denounced state Democrats who fled the state to halt debate on a right-to-work bill.
Republican Mitch Daniels told "Fox News Sunday" the absentee lawmakers were issuing ultimatums from a hot tub in Illinois."
Last week, the governor merely called union members "the privileged elite." Throwing in the hot-tub crack adds a nice little sneer to the insult. The longer the standoff goes, the harder it will be for either side to flinch first, and the increasing hostility of the verbal jabs won't make it any easier.
