A simultaneous policy scrum.
Jim Broadway of the State News Service calls what is going on in Springfield right now a simultaneous policy scrum.
In the game of rugby, a scrum is where you go the distance as a unit, passing the ball back and
forth. If someone gets hurt, someone gets hurt.
According to Broadway, Madigan wants a bi-partisan revenue bill with a tax increase. A bi-partisan bill means getting a couple of Republican votes. Madigan wants it in this session. To get the couple of GOP votes, teachers get it up the rear.
But Madigan gets a score and if teachers get hurt, teachers get hurt.
Broadway:
As an analogy, consider the Obama Administration’s recent capitulation to