Vote till you got 'em

Republicans, whether in Madison or Washington, have no qualms about abusing power and breaking the rules to win a vote.

In Madison recently, the GOP-dominated Assembly closed the vote on a veto override without allowing State Rep. Pedro Colon, D-Milwaukee, to cast his vote, although he was in the adjoining parlor. Without him, the GOP got exactly the two-thirds vote it needed (although the override later failed in the Senate.)

In DC, the GOP majority in the House held a vote open for 45 minutes (the rule is 17 minutes) to allow enough time for arm-twisting, deal-making and vote switching to pass a controversial energy bill 212-210. The Hill reports.

Republicans won't be the majority party forever; it just seems that way sometimes. When the day inevitsably comes that the Ds run the show, the Rs will scream to high heaven if they're treated the way they've treated the minority.

Democrats' defense? "We assumed you were practicing the Golden Rule and doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. So now we'll be doing it unto you."