Weekend talking points: 7 top stories - June 8, 2012
What happened this week? Scott Walker triumphed. President Obama struggled. And Mad Men fans worried that Peggy Olson is gone for good
By The Week Staff | June 8, 2012
Weekend talking points: 7 top stories
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fter more than a year of highly contentious Badger State politics — in which GOP Gov. Scott Walker muscled through an aggressive anti-union law and faced a historic union-backed recall — we finally have a resolution: Walker won, and unions lost. The divisive governor easily survived the Tuesday recall, and in the process, became a national GOP star and put Wisconsin into play in the presidential race.
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