"When the president talks about Wisconsin I think that really is inappropriate," he said. "The governor of Wisconsin is doing what he campaigned on ... there was an election on his proposals and he won." Obama said last week that the collective bargaining reform proposal "seems like more of an assault on unions." His campaign arm Organizing for America has also helped coordinate protests in Wisconsin. Graham said that Gov. Scott Walker (R) was open about his plans to reform collective bargaining while campaigning and now should be allowed to fulfill that mandate. "He didn't take anybody by surprise," he said. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), though, said that assuming the Wisconsin standoff was about budget austerity was like believeing that United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez was just trying to wrangle a few more pennies per pound on grapes.
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