Waiting in the wings

Governor Doyle is doing what he can to keep Wisconsin a leader in stem-cell research. The extremists of the Republican Party attack him at every turn on this issue and like to boast about it. In Life News right now:

Gov. Jim Doyle is coming under fire from pro-life advocates for signing an executive order directing the Wisconsin Department of commerce to spend $5 million in taxpayer funds on attracting stem cell research companies to the state.

Other states love to see this. They are just waiting to pounce if our state fails to keep pace with the race to be the industry leader in stem-cells. You can find a story here about Florida putting up $15 million toward stem-cell research. And you can find a story here about our neighbor directly to the south looking to spend $15 million next year and $100 million over the next decade.

Lucky for Wisconsin we have a nice head start over these states and a governor committed to building our economy. However, without continued support, there are many other states waiting in the wings that would love to pull all of our scientists and jobs to their states.