Democrats taking their balls and going home...

Like many of my free-market friends and colleagues, I would be happier if more politicians more often did not show up to work--this way, they get less done and therefore do less harm.

With this said, let me approach this issue slightly differently: By participating in the election process, those running for office not only agreed to the validity of the election process in regards to who wins the job for which he or she is competing but also in regards to who wins the other seats for which the individual is not running. Thus, by participating in the election each member of the legislature agreed to participate in good faith in that legislative process regardless of which party holds the majority. By now refusing to participate in the process (because they are upset that the Republican majority is going to get their way) I would argue that the Democrats in WI and IN are in breach of contract. In the private sector any individual who does not show up for work is penalized and often loses his or her job fairly quickly. Only in the public sector could not showing up to do your job be an accepted and (to some) laudable strategy.

I haven't used this sort of strategy since I was a kid when I got upset over the outcome of a backyard game of football. My solution: I took my ball and went home....and then pouted for a while.