Carol Grabins, a supporter of Republican Gov. Scott Walker, was watching election returns Tuesday at a bar in rural Dane County when she let out a whoop of excitement at the latest results. A woman at a nearby table gave her the finger, and another yelled, “You’re the reason my daughter and I will have to go on welfare.”
That’s when Grabins, who helped start the bipartisan, pro-civility group Reach Out Wisconsin, knew there was still a lot of work to do.