and the human element can solve anything. [ all ] shh! [ male announcer ] solutionism. the new optimism. republicans won everything in wisconsin in 2010. they won the governorship with scott walker and the legislature, they won this republican majority in the wisconsin state senate. they used their political wins in 2010 to strip union rights in wisconsin. democrats responded by trying to recall the governor, which did not work. the democrats did recall the state senate. it took two rounds. in the first round they rrled two republican state senators who voted to strip union rights. it left the democrats one vote shy of a majority. there was a republican resignation in march that gave them an even split. democrats recalled another republican state senator, that gives the democrats an outright