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day for democracy in wisconsin. the residents of wisconsin have collected nearly two million total signatures to recall six radical republicans from office in the state. the focal point of course has been governor scott walker, his government overreach, agenda has been way too much for these middle classers to take. the governor's union-busting law got the recall drive underway. wisconsin democrats needed to collect about 540,000 signatures to trigger a recall election against walker. today, grass roots americans in the middle of the country delivered more than one million. walker isn't the only elected official who is in trouble in the state. signatures were submitted against four republican state senators including the senate majority leader and lieutenant governor. wisconsin is now home to the second most important election of 2012. the recall vote could be held as early as this spring, but many are expecting some legal challenges. walker, what is he doing? he's feeling the pressure. he ran for cover to his frien
day for democracy in wisconsin. the residents of wisconsin have collected nearly two million total signatures to recall six radical republicans from office in the state. the focal point of course has been governor scott walker, his government overreach, agenda has been way too much for these middle classers to take. the governor's union-busting law got the recall drive underway. wisconsin democrats needed to collect about 540,000 signatures to trigger a recall election against walker. today,...
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wisconsin is a ground zero. you are going to have the president race and you are going to see the president going there a lot. a lot of republican overreaching going on in that state. there's a backlash and recall on the governor. there's a lot of focus on wisconsin. she's going to get a lot of support. >> well, i do think that wisconsin is right sort of in the middle of a lot of the battles over which -- >> we should say that the republican governor scott walker was very popular coming in than played around with the unit unions, took power away from the unions, now everybody is upset about that. and there's a recall. >> there's a recall. >> he also fixed their economic problems. >> right. he did a lot of positive things. i don't know how piz is going to go. she's an appealing person in terms of her personality. i think actually the country has moved so far on the issue of homosexuality, that's not going to be the factor. she may be too liberal. it may be -- who knows what is going to happen in the presidential
wisconsin is a ground zero. you are going to have the president race and you are going to see the president going there a lot. a lot of republican overreaching going on in that state. there's a backlash and recall on the governor. there's a lot of focus on wisconsin. she's going to get a lot of support. >> well, i do think that wisconsin is right sort of in the middle of a lot of the battles over which -- >> we should say that the republican governor scott walker was very popular...
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over a million people want to change governors in the state of wisconsin. he has been in office a year and a week. it's celebratory and strange at the same time. it's making sure even though election hasn't been called yet, making sure the signatures are certified and move forward from there. >> in terms of your decision whether or not to run, and if you don't run, your decision about who you are going to support, who you want to be the republican -- excuse me the democratic nominee against governor walker, is there a litmus test for you? a specific issue or specific set of issues you feel like are must-dos, must-haves for any democratic candidate to really carry the party line against walker? >> obviously, it has to start with restoring workers rights and collective bargaining in wisconsin. it's larger than that. thousands of volunteers gathering signatures for thousands of different reasons. whether it's taking away from the badger care program or senior care program, over a billion dollars in cuts to the k-12 education system here in wisconsin, which is
over a million people want to change governors in the state of wisconsin. he has been in office a year and a week. it's celebratory and strange at the same time. it's making sure even though election hasn't been called yet, making sure the signatures are certified and move forward from there. >> in terms of your decision whether or not to run, and if you don't run, your decision about who you are going to support, who you want to be the republican -- excuse me the democratic nominee...
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not just in wisconsin, but across the country. state-by-state, circling washington my hope is as we have discussions there'll be more people willing to think about the next generation more than the next election. >> we want to open it up to folks in the audience for questions. just a couple of ground rules. they've got microphones that will be going around, so please wait for the microphone. identify yourself and please make your question in the form of a question. we would appreciate that. >> max rosenthal from the "huffington post." you talk about the national money that came in over the process anything critical opinions and sources -- many sources from out of state, but obviously you see fundraising today and a significant chunk of your money, almost half this come from sources outside of wisconsin. why are you comfortable with picking up money and not the other side and are you concerned about how little play in the upcoming election? spin that the simple reason to suspect groups and of course the recall in the first place. t
not just in wisconsin, but across the country. state-by-state, circling washington my hope is as we have discussions there'll be more people willing to think about the next generation more than the next election. >> we want to open it up to folks in the audience for questions. just a couple of ground rules. they've got microphones that will be going around, so please wait for the microphone. identify yourself and please make your question in the form of a question. we would appreciate...
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so do respect for the taxpayers of wisconsin. in doing so we are powered not only local government does well to ask for things like a master of pension contribution, which nearly everybody in america does for their retirement and to make a very modest contribution for health insurance premium. in our case 12.6%. the average taxpayer in my state pays 20 to 25% outside of government. so we did all those things, but more importantly without our school districts to do things like that out there health insurance, which is to say tens of millions of dollars. school districts in particular had to buy health insurance from a company owned by the teachers union a bidding that out and hope in the that to our reforms. school districts have saved millions and millions of dollars just by changing where they bought their help insurance from. were able to rein in abuses at them like over time other access without they are by no longer having opportunities were some other state employees could literally call in sick on their ship and come back a
so do respect for the taxpayers of wisconsin. in doing so we are powered not only local government does well to ask for things like a master of pension contribution, which nearly everybody in america does for their retirement and to make a very modest contribution for health insurance premium. in our case 12.6%. the average taxpayer in my state pays 20 to 25% outside of government. so we did all those things, but more importantly without our school districts to do things like that out there...
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you head. 540,000 in wisconsin -- you have to collect 540,000 in wisconsin. at the same time, there is on limited fund-raising on the part of the target of the recall. . it time right now where positions are handed in. the governor can raise money in and -- on limited amounts from his supporters. it is disclosed, but it is a huge political asset for him, and he has been spending a lot of that money on television, before he even has a democratic opponent. -- host: talking with we are talking with craig gilbert, the washington bureau chief of "milwaukee journal sentinel." in addition, he is also cover the past six presidential elections as well as numerous house and senate races, written extensively on the battle for swing states in the upper midwest and was a former speech writer for the late senator daniel patrick moynihan. back to the phones. mike, on our line for republicans, calling from honolulu, hawaii. caller: i'm enjoying this, mr. gilbert. i am a republican over here. i also belong to a union that takes money out of my check every week for the democra
you head. 540,000 in wisconsin -- you have to collect 540,000 in wisconsin. at the same time, there is on limited fund-raising on the part of the target of the recall. . it time right now where positions are handed in. the governor can raise money in and -- on limited amounts from his supporters. it is disclosed, but it is a huge political asset for him, and he has been spending a lot of that money on television, before he even has a democratic opponent. -- host: talking with we are talking...
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they love you in wisconsin by the way. >> i love wisconsin back. >> it was always hi ed, we love rachel. >> well, i get from my whole family, hi, honey, how's ed. there are both sides. see you later. >> you bet. >>> thanks at home for joining us for the next hour. it's true, mama meadow loves her some ed, i never hear the end of it. it's fine, it's my mom. but it's fine. >>> this is senator blunt's t t twiter page. for background he has a picture of a lovely scene, looks like a missouri country road. vice magazine tracked down the photographer of the picture that the senator had on his twitter page. they tracked down the photographer by way of finding his wife who happens to be the person who appears on the horse in the picture. the lady on the horse told vice she and her husband were surprised to learn that senator blunt was using their picture on his twitter page. since her photographer husband had not given senator blunt permission to use that picture. senator blunt until today was a sponsor of a very very controversial piece of legislation you might have heard something about, anti-
they love you in wisconsin by the way. >> i love wisconsin back. >> it was always hi ed, we love rachel. >> well, i get from my whole family, hi, honey, how's ed. there are both sides. see you later. >> you bet. >>> thanks at home for joining us for the next hour. it's true, mama meadow loves her some ed, i never hear the end of it. it's fine, it's my mom. but it's fine. >>> this is senator blunt's t t twiter page. for background he has a picture of a...
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it's no longer acceptable and wisconsin. so one of the things we're interested in is the extent to which what's going on in wisconsin for the reforms may be a model for other states. one of the things that is extraordinary about the wisconsin history is that may be more than any other states have the tradition of being ahead of the curve in all sorts of reforms need a progressive or conservative you have the whole wisconsin idea coax like bob but folks like tommy thompson on welfare, paul ryan obviously your friend but from this process how you mentioned you talked to chris christi and the battle of the success that you have how applicable is this to other states and the situation they are facing as you talk to other governors? >> first on the history, a year ago on january 3rd when i took the oath of office i did it in front of the state's constitution. the reason i did is because i wanted to develop a part of the constitution that's never been altered, never been amended to read talks about spending and talks about how mod
it's no longer acceptable and wisconsin. so one of the things we're interested in is the extent to which what's going on in wisconsin for the reforms may be a model for other states. one of the things that is extraordinary about the wisconsin history is that may be more than any other states have the tradition of being ahead of the curve in all sorts of reforms need a progressive or conservative you have the whole wisconsin idea coax like bob but folks like tommy thompson on welfare, paul ryan...
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you're the epitome of a middle-class family in wisconsin. he said to me shaking his head, i pay more than $800 a month for the health insurance premium and a little bit i set aside for 401(k). you're asking for a fraction of that and people are upset about it. to me that was the disconnect a lot of folks have who had worked outside of government that will be scored is not radical. it's actually still pretty generous compared to what most people are outside of government. it is a very reasonable expectation to make sure we can pay for the benefits we ultimately offer. >> i did a quick calculation where i showed that to match the pension benefit that a full career wisconsin state employee with good and to get a guaranteed benefit in retirement as they do come a private sector work with the same salary would invest somewhere close to a third of their salary for 401(k). so one of the things you focus on the main contributions the same when one of the defenses is benefit productions and making contributions based on a formula in the background. t
you're the epitome of a middle-class family in wisconsin. he said to me shaking his head, i pay more than $800 a month for the health insurance premium and a little bit i set aside for 401(k). you're asking for a fraction of that and people are upset about it. to me that was the disconnect a lot of folks have who had worked outside of government that will be scored is not radical. it's actually still pretty generous compared to what most people are outside of government. it is a very reasonable...
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i expect wisconsin voters will stand with me and keep moving wisconsin forward. he didn't have too much military language in his statement today. >> i think he realized what happened. this is one of the most extraordinary days in the history of wisconsin politics, now setting up a classic, classic bat, he was in new york, been to texas, been to washington, d.c., pouring in dollars, out of state dollars, special interest dollars and he has frankly shattered records there. you have had two records shattered, the record that was shattered today, the most recall signatures in this state's history and probably in this station's history up against the largest fund-raising month we have ever seen in the history of the state as well this is the classic battle. millions and millions of dollars versus millions of sig match daughters this come from in-state grassroots people, you are right when you say the real battle begins tomorrow because he has so much money, it's unbelievable how much money he has, but i think those people who are his strongest supporter, they have to
i expect wisconsin voters will stand with me and keep moving wisconsin forward. he didn't have too much military language in his statement today. >> i think he realized what happened. this is one of the most extraordinary days in the history of wisconsin politics, now setting up a classic, classic bat, he was in new york, been to texas, been to washington, d.c., pouring in dollars, out of state dollars, special interest dollars and he has frankly shattered records there. you have had two...
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. >> big developments in wisconsin today. scott walker is raising loads of cash to fight the recall, but that money could mean trouble for the governor. state senator lena taylor is here on explain. >>> good to have you with us. president obama knows what kind of fight he's in for this year. he was in iowa today at a manufacturing plant, just what he talked about in the speech last night. the president told the crowd "we can't go back to failed policies of the past." >> after everything that's happened, there are people in washington who seem to have collective amnesia. they seem to have forgotten how we got in this mess. they want to go back to the very same policies that got us into it. same policies that stacked the deck against middle class americans for years. >> this was the same message the president had of the state of the union last night. american people approve of the message. 91% of the people watching the speech, they are in favor of the proposals the president laid out last night. think about that. 91%. 9% disap
. >> big developments in wisconsin today. scott walker is raising loads of cash to fight the recall, but that money could mean trouble for the governor. state senator lena taylor is here on explain. >>> good to have you with us. president obama knows what kind of fight he's in for this year. he was in iowa today at a manufacturing plant, just what he talked about in the speech last night. the president told the crowd "we can't go back to failed policies of the past."...
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you're the epitome of a middle-class family in wisconsin. he said to me shaking his head, i pay more than $800 a month for the health insurance premium and a little bit i set aside for 401(k). you're asking for a fraction of that and people are upset about it. to me that was the disconnect a lot of folks have who had worked outside of government that will be scored is not radical. it's actually still pretty generous compared to what most people are outside of government. it is a very reasonable expectation to make sure we can pay for the benefits we ultimately offer. >> i did a quick calculation where i showed that to match the pension benefit that a full career wisconsin state employee with good and to get a guaranteed benefit in retirement as they do come a private sector work with the same salary would invest somewhere close to a third of their salary for 401(k). so one of the things you focus on the main contributions the same when one of the defenses is benefit productions and making contributions based on a formula in the background. t
you're the epitome of a middle-class family in wisconsin. he said to me shaking his head, i pay more than $800 a month for the health insurance premium and a little bit i set aside for 401(k). you're asking for a fraction of that and people are upset about it. to me that was the disconnect a lot of folks have who had worked outside of government that will be scored is not radical. it's actually still pretty generous compared to what most people are outside of government. it is a very reasonable...
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quick thoughts in wisconsin. how many millions of dollars do you think walker is going to bring back into the state to try to win the election and is it possible that he can spend enough money to recover his political career i don't think i think he could lose all the banks of saudi arabia and he still would not be able to save his life or all he's probably is trying and i'm sure there certainly are a lot of out of state interest i heard that that fellow is wearing the madison rising t. shirt for his band i think madison wisconsin is going to after revoke his privilege of using our name and that way. ality is that scott walker is the most unpopular person in wisconsin's history he's more in popular than jeffrey dahmer he's more unpopular. in mccarthy i don't think that's i mean i don't know if you can get a million signatures around jeffrey dahmer in wisconsin but a million people said as my wife put it the other night a million people. walk or a million people said you stink ouch that hurts to be him and this is
quick thoughts in wisconsin. how many millions of dollars do you think walker is going to bring back into the state to try to win the election and is it possible that he can spend enough money to recover his political career i don't think i think he could lose all the banks of saudi arabia and he still would not be able to save his life or all he's probably is trying and i'm sure there certainly are a lot of out of state interest i heard that that fellow is wearing the madison rising t. shirt...
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you head. 540,000 in wisconsin -- you have to collect 540,000 in wisconsin. at the same time, there is on limited fund-raising on the part of the target of the recall. it time right now where positions are handed in. the governor can raise money iunlimited amounts from his supporters. it is disclosed, but it is a huge political asset for him, and he has been spending a lot of that money on television, before he even has a democratic opponent. host: we are talking with craig gilbert, the washington bureau chief of "milwaukee journal sentinel." in addition, he is also cover the past six presidential elections as well as numerous house and senate races, written extensively on the battle for swing states in the upper midwest and was a former speech writer for the late senator daniel patrick moynihan. back to the phones. mike, on our line for republicans, calling from honolulu, hawaii. caller: i'm enjoying this, mr. gilbert. i am a republican over here. i also belong to a union that takes money out of my check every week for the democratic cause, and if i did not
you head. 540,000 in wisconsin -- you have to collect 540,000 in wisconsin. at the same time, there is on limited fund-raising on the part of the target of the recall. it time right now where positions are handed in. the governor can raise money iunlimited amounts from his supporters. it is disclosed, but it is a huge political asset for him, and he has been spending a lot of that money on television, before he even has a democratic opponent. host: we are talking with craig gilbert, the...
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let's turn in now to wisconsin state senator lena taylor. senator, good to have you with us tonight. what does this all mean? could this bring down the governor of wisconsin? what do you think? >> there is no question this can bring down the governor of wisconsin. and i believe that it will come and ultimately sit at a table right in front of him. how can he be less than 20 feet away from these individuals and not know what is going on? it's amazing, he knew what was going on with previous scandals that happened in our state. he always talked about tom amid but didn't know what was going on in his offices, that is ludicrous. >>> what does it mean that one of the people who has been arrested and charged is going to work with authorities? this is going to come out, is it not? we're going to find out for sure whether walker had anything to do with this and if he did, what would be the move of the state then? aren't republicans concerned about this at this point? >> well, i think that they should be. i think a lot of his money, as you noticed, h
let's turn in now to wisconsin state senator lena taylor. senator, good to have you with us tonight. what does this all mean? could this bring down the governor of wisconsin? what do you think? >> there is no question this can bring down the governor of wisconsin. and i believe that it will come and ultimately sit at a table right in front of him. how can he be less than 20 feet away from these individuals and not know what is going on? it's amazing, he knew what was going on with...
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the wisconsin democratic party points out more than 46% of the wisconsin electorate signed a petition to recall walker. happened two other times in history, 1921, 31.8% of the voters signed when north dakota governor lynn frazier was recalled. and not too long ago in 2003, took 23.4% of california petition signers recalled gray davis. remember those days? would you like to have them back? walker won the 2010 election. think about this. he won election in the mid-terms, 2010, this gubernatorial chair by 124,638 votes. keep in mind, many union households voted for this guy. before they realized he was out to destroy collective bargaining. i don't think they will make the same mistake again. the working men and women of s wisconsin needed to sign 540,208 signers, they collected over a million, 185% of the amount they needed. in 2010, what happened? could you call it a health care hangover. many didn't show up, were mad at democrats, didn't do enough, now look what happened much the democrats in wisconsin got a major chance to correct all of that, and turn this around. they have done the
the wisconsin democratic party points out more than 46% of the wisconsin electorate signed a petition to recall walker. happened two other times in history, 1921, 31.8% of the voters signed when north dakota governor lynn frazier was recalled. and not too long ago in 2003, took 23.4% of california petition signers recalled gray davis. remember those days? would you like to have them back? walker won the 2010 election. think about this. he won election in the mid-terms, 2010, this gubernatorial...
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what i get on the ground here in wisconsin, this is going to motivate people. this is going to focus people on how important 2012 is. and the big beneficiary of this should be president obama and the obama campaign. and it should be a wakeup call, as we saw in ohio and indiana. right-to-work is a huge issue. there's being labor issues going on in michigan. so these radical governors that came in, this is really, i think, an overreach and a response to an overreach. it's a ground swell response. i think it does play big in these states in 2012. >> let me go back to mike tate. i grew up with the fact there was big labor. i remember working in the senate years ago. a long time ago when people like george meade, head of the afl-cio, would come in. republican senators would rush over to light his cigar. that sounds like a thousand years ago. big labor was truly big labor. bigger than the fed chairman. bigger than the guy from the fed, afl-cio was big they were the fed chairman, politically. do you see that coming? i don't mean overnight, but could it become a big pa
what i get on the ground here in wisconsin, this is going to motivate people. this is going to focus people on how important 2012 is. and the big beneficiary of this should be president obama and the obama campaign. and it should be a wakeup call, as we saw in ohio and indiana. right-to-work is a huge issue. there's being labor issues going on in michigan. so these radical governors that came in, this is really, i think, an overreach and a response to an overreach. it's a ground swell response....
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back in wisconsin, detective ben schoonover had a hunch. the fargo embezzler pretending to be tim wicks is really dennis gaede. a search of wicks' apartment turns up a tax return that is signed at the bottom by the preparer, dennis gaede. >> my gut is telling me that tim is dead, but we can't prove it, we don't have a body, we don't know. >> then the police tell it, wrapped out the details of a grisly discovery on the side of the road. on the upper michigan side, the detective had a feeling. gene maxwell and jeff paridon, who knew dennis gaede as tim wicks, mentioned that he said his family had a cabin up there. >> and the generalities of the body description met the very general description and size of timothy wicks. >> of course, lots of people can match that description. plus, the head which was found on the wisconsin side of the river with a single bullet hole in it was badly decomposed. >> we need dental records. and now we have to figure out who timothy wicks' dentist was. and then one of our officer s remembers seeing an appointment
back in wisconsin, detective ben schoonover had a hunch. the fargo embezzler pretending to be tim wicks is really dennis gaede. a search of wicks' apartment turns up a tax return that is signed at the bottom by the preparer, dennis gaede. >> my gut is telling me that tim is dead, but we can't prove it, we don't have a body, we don't know. >> then the police tell it, wrapped out the details of a grisly discovery on the side of the road. on the upper michigan side, the detective had a...
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it just is as thick as it gets, politically in wisconsin. john nichols, thanks for your time tonight. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz, you can listen to me on sirius xm radio channel 127 and follow me on twitter @edshow and like "the ed show" on facebook.
it just is as thick as it gets, politically in wisconsin. john nichols, thanks for your time tonight. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz, you can listen to me on sirius xm radio channel 127 and follow me on twitter @edshow and like "the ed show" on facebook.
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>> wisconsin -- sorry? >> wisconsin among others? >> well, that is true, but at the same time, people are concerned, also, about making sure they have the rights. making sure they have the, you know, the ability to stand up for their workers in the state, and workers, you know, aacross the country and this is an example of someone overreached and trying to cut down on the rights of workers, and people will take a close look at this. >> and this is straight forward, illinois is right next door to wisconsin and it is a state where they tried to balance budgets and a state where they laid off huge public workers where wisconsin said a common sense agreement on the labor agreements on health care costs, et cetera, and they fired way fewer workers and better for the public workers who wanted to keep the jobs in wisconsin than illinois. so if you want to go illinois down the road and see services deteriorating go that route. if you want a situation where the democratic and the republican mayors can come to common sense agreements that is w
>> wisconsin -- sorry? >> wisconsin among others? >> well, that is true, but at the same time, people are concerned, also, about making sure they have the rights. making sure they have the, you know, the ability to stand up for their workers in the state, and workers, you know, aacross the country and this is an example of someone overreached and trying to cut down on the rights of workers, and people will take a close look at this. >> and this is straight forward,...
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>> wisconsin -- sorry? >> wisconsin among others? >> well, that is true, but at the same time, people are concerned, also, about making sure they have the rights. making sure they have the, you know, the ability to stand up for their workers in the state, and workers, you know, ak cro a the country and this is an example of someone overreached and trying to cut down on the rights of workers, and people will take a close look at this. >> and this is straight forward, illinois is right next door to wisconsin and it is a state where they tried to balance budgets and a state where they laid off huge public workers where wisconsin said a common sense agreement on the labor agreements on health care costs, et cetera, and they fired way fewer workers and better for the public workers who wanted to keep the jobs in wisconsin than illinois. so if you want to go illinois down the road and see services deteriorating go that route. if you want a situation where the democratic and the republican mayors can come to common sense agreements that is
>> wisconsin -- sorry? >> wisconsin among others? >> well, that is true, but at the same time, people are concerned, also, about making sure they have the rights. making sure they have the, you know, the ability to stand up for their workers in the state, and workers, you know, ak cro a the country and this is an example of someone overreached and trying to cut down on the rights of workers, and people will take a close look at this. >> and this is straight forward,...