anthony hutchinson is a federal employee. when you speak of federal employees, it seems to me we owe them at least the courtesy of recognizing them for what they do for the american people . but you would not have understood that if you had been watching over the last few weeks the episodes in wisconsin. these were shocking, and many, i think, thought, well, maybe it has come to this. unions aren't very popular and maybe people are ready to bash unions in just this way. but look at what the polls are showing us. the polls show following wisconsin the national polls about the standing of public employees and public employee unions that americans oppose weakening the bargaining rights of public employee unions by a huge margin. by a margin of 2:1. 60% to 33%. even a slim -- only a slim majority, just a slim majority of republicans favor taking away bargaining rights. it's as if americans understand a right when they see one. now, bargaining rights are not like the rights of freedom of relimmingon or freedom of speech, but they'