it was called the saturday night massacre and nothing about it will probably ever be repeated again in our history. except for one thing. it was really, really, really weird. absolute crazy business at the highest reaches of government. so crazy that it is hard to explain that -- it's hard to explain that this really happened, that american government went that rogue. it is that same level of incredulity that we can expect from future generations when they are told about what happened in the great state of wisconsin today. today, state law enforcement fanned out across the great state of wisconsin to find wisconsin's state senators. the democrats of the wisconsin state senate fled. they physically fled. they left. they hot tailed it to prevent the senate from reaching a quorum. so the senate republicans could not take the vote they wanted to take to strip union rights from people who work in the public sector. the wisconsin state constitution says lawmakers can be compelled to appear at the statehouse if they do not want to go.