The Fall of Wisconsin

This looks very good: The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics by Dan Kaufman.

NPR: “Yes, Obama had won there twice, but his wins stood in stark contrast to what was going on in the state during his years in office — a drastic rightward shift in the state’s power arrangements from the top statewide jobs to the local precinct level. Second, Kaufman argues that what’s been happening in Wisconsin has historical significance because it made the state a model for conservative activists who, with corporate backing, were remarkably successful in reversing the state’s deeper tradition of progressive populism that dates from the 1800s.”