How to alienate the center in one easy lesson

It seems that the radical Republicans in Wisconsin have perfected alienation of the political center.  Here's how:

• Give 117 million in tax breaks to big business contributing to or causing (depending on who's version of the news you like) a budget crisis.
• Deal with the budget crisis by proposing a bill that:
• Requires that public employees pay more of their retirement and medical insurance expenses.  Common Sense notes that this is in fact a matter of money and thus reasonably associated with addressing the budget crisis.
• No longer deducts union dues from unionized employee pay.  Common Sense notes that it is a) common practice to deduct such dues, and b) arguably not entirely reasonable to do so.
• Require the union to re-certify every year.  Common Sense notes that periodic recertification might well be reasonable perhaps on the same schedule as, oh say, the governor election.
• Prohibit all union negotiations except salary above cost of living increases.  Common Sense notes that employment is about rather more than salary including, for example, working conditions, seniority, medical coverage, time off, etc.
• When you get Wisconsin protesters demonstrating angrily cut off access to one of the protester web sites from inside the state house and then issue a statement that says "we didn't do it". Common Sense finds this parallel with dictatorships in the Middle East a sad parallel. 

Common Sense thinks that the Republican Governor should be ashamed.  It is simply irresponsible to give tax breaks in the face of financial problems.  It is reprehensible to engage in blatant union busting when union employees have agreed to wage concessions notwithstanding existing contracts.  Common Sense notes that the proposals other than wage concessions are not a budget issue but plain unadulterated union busting.  Then to engage in totalitarian Internet censorship is simply outrageous.

On balance Common Sense thinks that what Wisconsin Republicans are doing will so alienate the political center that they can be sure that the next election cycle will not favor Republicans.  Common Sense notes that it is the political center that determines election outcomes.