madison, wisconsin. >>> we are back in madison, wisconsin. that was a montage of all the things wisconsin has been through. across america, the big question tonight is can wisconsin really do it? i think it's well documented the fight for the middle class has taking over in this country. the corporate favors out there. now the outsourcing and the attack on wages, the attack on pensions and health care. across the board, where as the top 2%, they skip off again scott-free. when you take someone's voice away in the workplace, when you tell americans they can't stand-up for themselves and collectively bargain, it cuts to the root of what make this is country great. the ordeal in wisconsin, the radical agenda of governor walker was so strong they stepped forward and said we need to change how people talk about their jobs. we need to change about how people talk about their livelihood. we need to get on their kitchen table. i thought republicans didn't want government intrusion. it's all they want in wisconsin. ohio, i know you are watching. ohio,

the votes are in in wisconsin. >> the polls are officially closing in the great state of wisconsin. >> repeal fever in wisconsin. >> the democrats get their chance to get even. >> a major moment for the progressive movement. >> and ed schultz live from madison. >> this is ground zero for the middle class -- >> i'm feeling really, really positive. >> washington has lots of suggestions for the president's next move. >> what can the president do? >> physically, what do you do? >> really credible changes to the budget. >> a more aggressive tone called the leaders of congress back to washington. >> the best move would be to say -- >> shiny balls. >> pretty darn [ bleep ]. >> ooh. >> the obama campaign thinks mitt romney is weird. >> mitt romney, get the phone. >> they plan an aggressive counterattack. >> assault on both mitt romney's personality -- >> to disqualify the opponent. >> also his business background. americans think he's awkward. they mentioned his love of skinny jeans. >> the other guy looks weird in skinny jeans. >> weird. >> shiny balls. >> weird. >> and "newsweek" cannot kno

and i have to believe that while this was a wisconsin fight, and wisconsin grassroots work hes and teachers really let it, that a visit from the president simply saying that he believed in fairness, he believed in collective bargaining, he believed that it is valuable to keep an open and free government, not one with late night meetings and violations of open meetings laws, i think a statement like that while seen as partisan by his critics would have been a rallying cry for people who respect and value his leadership. >> i can't help but think there's a disconnect between the white house and what's happening in the heartland. how could they miss -- >> it's terrible. >> do you think there's a disconnect? >> it's a terrible disconnect, ed. and it's not a disconnect purely of coming or going, and things like that, there's also an intensity factor. in wisconsin, you had people who literally couldn't sleep at night. they stayed up late, they made calls, wrote letters, knocked on doors, passed petitions, and they're still doing it, still fighting two more recall elections next week. and out in w

>> i teach fifth grade in northern wisconsin. >> northern wisconsin. how far north -- >> 280 miles. >> 280 miles. >> i think that's your husband back there saying he came 280 -- oh, your friend. good. you're a teacher, and you say you're down. it's had a real emotional effect on you. tell us about that. >> well, it has. in our elementary school we've had to get rid of the art program. so the -- one of my friends' daughters, a second grade daughter, is devastated about it. >> have you had cuts beyond the art program? >> yes. we've had cuts. constantly we've had cuts. and then now with this it's just going to be more devastating. we've had cuts every year. and i would say that now it's just going to be worse, much worse if this continues. >> we will continue our coverage here on msnbc with "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." i will continue to report here from madison. just to give you a flavor of the anticipation that is in the crowd tonight, two republicans have won, three democrats are leading. there is still hope. it's in the balance. it's going

the wisconsin state senate. three republican senators have held on to their seats tonight, fending off recall efforts. one of them is republican senator robert cowles. he easily held on to his seat tonight. robert cowles's recall race against democratic challenger nancy nusbaum was the first one that was called tonight. it was called in senator cowles's favor. in this race senator cowles had been considered the safest of the six republicans facing recall tonight. the petition to recall him was the last one to be filed, and in a set of elections that was drenched in campaign cash the total spending on both sides of the cowles race was reported to be the lowest of all the recall races. again, with 94% of precincts reporting, this race long called the recall -- the republican, excuse me, state senator, the incumbent robert cowles having fended off nancy nusbaum as the democratic challenger. also, district 10 tonight, that was the second race called tonight. the republican incumbent, state senator sheila harsdorf, h

the votes are in, in wisconsin. >> the polls are officially closing in wisconsin. >> repeal. >> the democrats get their chance to get even. >> a major moment for the progressive movement. >> this is ground zero for the middle class. >> i'm feeling positive. >> washington has lots of suggestions for the president's next move. >> what can the president do? >> physically, what do you do? >> really credible changes to the budget. >> the four leaders of congress back to washington. >> the best move would be to >> the obama campaign thinks mitt romney is weird. >> mitt romney, get the phone. >> they plan an aggressive counterattack. >> assault on both mitt romney's personality -- >> to disqualify the opponent. >> also his business background. americans think he's awkward. they mentioned his love of skinny jeans. >> the other guy looks weird in skinny jeans. >> weird. >> shiny balls. >> weird. >> and "newsweek" cannot knock michele bachmann off message. >> my name is michele bachmann. >> an unflattering "newsweek" cover. >> a-ha. we'll have to take a look at that, won't we? >> with crazy eyes. >> th

even though wisconsin looks a little purple, frankly in 2008, wisconsin was deep blue. it was a blow out in the '08 presidential race in wisconsin of the still though on that night in that same election in which barack obama made john mccain irrelevant, on that same night, these six republican state senators also won their races, republicans. it's because they represent republican districts, at least five of the six do. state senate races, of course, are local races and even when a whole state leans blue, specific parts might still lean red. these six republican senators who all won on the same night barack obama won by 16 points, these senators are facing recall elections in wisconsin today and that's why this is going to be a tough fight for democrats. that's why democrats say for all their enthusiasm, excitement, anger at republicans in wisconsin right now, it's going to be really hard to pick off these republican state senators. crunching the numbers on each district yesterday and concluding "democrats are running uphill in five of the six elections, trying to captu

for context, here's what happened in wisconsin this year that turned the word wisconsin into a democratic and liberal rallying cry for 2011. last november, as in many states, the republicans won hugely in wisconsin's election, the new republican governor decided although he had not campaigned on the issue of union rights, he would use his new power as governor and the big republican majorities in both houses of the state legislature to strip union rights in wisconsin. wisconsin, in turns out, is pretty attached to his union rights and so huge, no, really, huge crowds took to the streets of madison and to the state capitol building itself this winter and spring protesting governor walker and the republicans' action. the largest demonstrations at the state capitol in history. the state senate's democrats hatched a plan to stop the republicans from passing the union-stripping measure by themselves fleeing the state so the wisconsin senate could not get a quorum, so the senate would not be allowed to vote on or pass anything. ultimately on march 9 of this year by unprecedented and dodgy proce

we called up we are wisconsin today. we asked what they thought about governor kasich's actions, last night ended a period where scott walker paid a enormous political price, earning himself sky high disapproval numbers for his attacks on middle class working families. if john kasich's decision to back peddle wins, the very next day is a pure coincidence, it's a pretty stunning one. >> you're right, rachel. >> do you agree with them this seems to be connected? >> what we're seeing in ohio and wisconsin and other places around the country is a sound rejection of the union, the attacks on the middle class, the attacks on labor, the attacks on police, the attacks on fire, the attacks on teachers, attacks on nurses, attacks on the middle class, and a whole range of issues, and people are fed up and they are expressing that in wisconsin through the recalls and are going to express that in ohio on the referendum. >> the referendum would be a full repeal of s.b. 5, that bill would be totally repealed by the referendum. the law

i think that's what wisconsin shows. look, wisconsin got the government they elected. those people didn't get put in by some sort of coo, they were elected to those positions, but when they saw what it was, as you point out, lit up the base. >> lit up the base not just in a way that made them angry about what the republicans were doing, which has succeeded the national level in terms of a democratic agenda, but made them start cheering for their democrats and wanting more of them. >> it's tough and they are going to have to do that with more than rhetoric. i remember during the campaign senator clinton said you campaign in poetry but you govern in pros, the question we regain the poetry along with the difficulty of the pros. >> melissa harris-perry, professor at tulane, msnbc contributor, thank you for coming back so soon. you did a great jobs. fans of "the ed show," get excited, want to know who their guest is? want to know who it is? bill maher, it's true. dictators, say what you will about politics. >> announcer: there's a new breakthrough for men experiencing hair

i think that's what wisconsin shows. look, wisconsin got the government they elected. those people didn't get put in by some sort of coo, they were elected to those positions, but when they saw what it was, as you point out, lit up the base. >> lit up the base not just in a way that made them angry about what the republicans were doing, which has succeeded the national level in terms of a democratic agenda, but made them start cheering for their democrats and wanting more of them. >> it's tough and they are going to have to do that with more than rhetoric. i remember during the campaign senator clinton said you campaign in poetry but you govern in pros, the question we regain the poetry along with the difficulty of the pros. >> melissa harris-perry, professor at tulane, msnbc contributor, thank you for coming back so soon. you did a great jobs. fans of "the ed show," get excited, want to know who their guest is? want to know who it is? bill maher, it's true. dictators, say what you will about politics. the great dictators of the world really know how to put on a show.

i think that's what wisconsin shows. look, wisconsin got the government they elected. those people didn't get put in by some sort of coo, they were elected to those positions, but when they saw what it was, as you point out, lit up the base. >> lit up the base not just in a way that made them angry about what the republicans were doing, which has succeeded the national level in terms of a democratic agenda, but made them start cheering for their democrats and wanting more of them. >> it's tough and they are going to have to do that with more than rhetoric. i remember during the campaign senator clinton said you campaign in poetry but you govern in pros, the question we regain the poetry along with the difficulty of the pros. >> melissa harris-perry, professor at tulane, msnbc contributor, thank you for coming back so soon. you did a great jobs. fans of "the ed show," get excited, want to know who their guest is? want to know who it is? bill maher, it's true. dictators, say what you will about politics. yes! ha ha! [ clicking ] dad, what happened? power went out, want a

. >>> repeal in wisconsin. could it lead to rejection fever for republican policies all over the country? tonight the big election in wisconsin. why it's so important to workers' rights, and why boehner and his crowd may have the most to lose. >>> and another wave election. why new poll numbers suggest the tea party is in danger of being swept away in the next election. >>> plus, texas governor rick perry is so against government handouts, that he took a load of money for his own farm. that's our ethic con job of the day. welcome to the show. i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead -- the big night in wisconsin is also a major moment for the progressive movement. we're just three hours away from the polls closing on an unprecedented recall election. six republican state senators are facing recall, if democrats can flip three seats, they win control. seven months ago, governor scott walker with the support of a gop state senate majority cut collective bargaining rights for public employees. [ chanting ] >> this recall e

wisconsin. officials say they do not know what caused that blaze, luckily no one was hurt in the we are wisconsin offices or six adjoining apartments that burned. today we are wisconsin planned to open shop again at the plumbers and steam fitters local. also on saturday, same day as the fire a voter filed a formal complaint over a mailer he got from the group americans for prosperity. americans for prosperity, supported by the oil and chemical billionaire coke brothers. this was first posted online by politico.com. it was an application for an absentee ballot, says the deadline for voting is august 11th. august 11th is two days after the recall election in the area this mailer was sent. it's two days too late. the state director for americans for prosperity blames all this on a typo. "this went out to our members. i'm sure the liberals will try to make a mountain out of a mole hill in an attempt to distract voters attention from the issues. that's the reaction from this group, it only went to th

was fired i mean is this are tensions high in wisconsin is this this indication of nasty stuff going on. oh certainly how mad people are keyed up they are in cage they are dialed then i think not the discussion on the debt ceiling has been our result for the time being that we will once again here in wisconsin really come to a center of attention in the next seven days because there is so much at stake as far as standing up for our working families here in the state of wisconsin and if the democrats are successful be able to take back the majority in the state senate we can really beat that goalie lack a lot of this extreme radical agenda that the governor walker and his republican colleagues continue to rubberstamp and really told the party line at every opportunity need to stand up to the senate we need to stand up for families we need to stand up for communities and we just end up for wisconsin we are so polarized and divisive right now that people don't recognize that the process and so we're now my husband and i were asked to run for this recall being a nasty run for the past we

you can't both be the people, unless we got ourselves an old-fashioned wisconsin populist-off. let's blow up some cows. [dramatic music playing] [applause] do you know how upsetting it is for a cow to be detonateed, reconstituted and then lit on fire? that is just unacceptable behavior when it comes to treating livestock. well, last night with tensions high, the wisconsin populism off came to a head when democrats unhappy with the results of the 2010 mid-term election's populist movement. forced a special populist 2011 election to recall six republican state senators, hoping to win at least three of those races to regain at least one-vote majority control of the upper house of the wisconsin state legislature. or to put that in less hyperbolic terms. >> this is ground zero for the middle class. this is ground zero for organized labor. >> major moment for the progressive movement. >> a totally historically unprecedented nature of this election. >> national political history. >> national drive to push back on whether we have more to go to build a move. of resistance, but resist we

tensions high in wisconsin is this just indication of nasty stuff going on. well it certainly are a lot of people are keyed up they are engaged they are dialed their own air and i think now that the discussion on the debt ceiling has been out results for the time being that we will once again here in wisconsin really become the center of attention in the next seven days because there is so much at stake as far as standing up for our working families here in the state of wisconsin and if the democrats are successful be able to take back the majority in the state senate you can really beat that goal if you lack a lot of this extreme radical agenda that governor walker and his republican colleagues continue to rubberstamp and really told the party line at every opportunity need to stand up for senate we need to stand up for families we need to stand up for communities and we just cannot for wisconsin we are so polarized and divisive right now that people don't recognize the process and so we're now my husband and i were i asked to run for this recall being an as

we're standing up and winning in wisconsin. come january, this is wisconsin too. come january, we're going to go out and collect half a million signatures and recall the governor of wisconsin. because when we stand up, when we fight, we win. >> no doubt. great to have you with us tonight. i've met some great people from ohio today in las vegas at the steel workers convention. they are very motivated to do what they have to do on senate bill 5. >>> yesterday, rush limbaugh had to share the psycho spot white hannity. but tonight he has it all alone. he can't help himself with those racial slurs. ium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. >>> let's talk ohio. the folk leading the effort to repeal the union busting collective bargaining law have formally rejected the call for negotiations. leaders of the group we are ohio and the ohio afl-cio are refusing to meet with kasich before it is

local time in wisconsin tomorrow. nobody in the national media covered the wisconsin story earlier, more thoroughly, more urgently, or any better than msnbc's own ed schultz. live tonight on recall election eve is mr. schultz himself, who is live in madison. ed, it's great to see you. thanks for making this time tonight, my friend. >> rachel, it's an honor to be on with you tonight, i think we really are in the eye of the storm for the fight for the middle class of the country, tomorrow is going to be a benchmark day, no question about it. >> i hear the enthusiasm of the folks gathered behind you. this is sort of an unprecedented situation in terms of this many recalls, this time of year coming out of this kind of an environment in wisconsin. the polls seem close, everything seems unpredictable, from what you are hearing on the ground, what are you expecting to happen in tomorrow's elections? >> well, i think there's going to be a tremendous turnout tomorrow, something that wisconsin's never been through before, this

joining me now from madison, wisconsin, the host of "the ed show," our ambassador to wisconsin, ed schultz, thanks for joining me. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, lawrence. i'm having a hard time hearing you, the crowd is just awesome here tonight. the intensity, the anticipation is absolutely riveting here in the badger state. these americans are just maybe an hour or two away to find out if they have been on a successful journey to recall what has been a radical agenda by the governor of this state. and let me give you an example of just how intense everything is, lawrence, in district 14, in portedge, wisconsin, luther olson, hasn't been challenged in 16 years, being charged by fred clark, the democrat, it's a 45-minute wait to vote at this moment. the vote total is greater than that of the governor's race and greater than that of the most recent supreme court case. keep in mind, in this district, a democrat has not won in 114 years. this is remarkable political stuff that is unfolding here in the badger state. it is something that the entire country is watching right now. nowhere

the gentleman from wisconsin. the gentleman from wisconsin reserves the balance of his time? the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to the gentlelady, a member of the budget committee, ms. moore. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. ms. moore: thank you so much for yielding. so many of my colleagues have said that it was necessary to storm the white house and take the country hostage in the name of their grandchildren. so i wanted to go on record talking about what i want for my grandchildren. i want head start for my grandchildren. i want w.i.c. programs and early childhood education for my programs, i want my kids to go to a school where they can participate in the science fair. i want immunizations for them. i want research done for food safety to make sure the chicken nuggets are safe, i want clean air and clean water for them. i want jobs where they invent things like new energy sources and, yes, i want them to be contributing citizens and pay taxes and i want a safety net fo

and tonight, wisconsin goes to the polls for the state's final two wisconsin recall elections. scott walker's radical agenda may hang in the balance. tonight all the late breaking results and john nichols of the nation magazine. >> good evening, folks, good to have you with us tonight. rick perry has hit a new low. president obama is the greatest threat to america? >> i think the greatest threat to our country right now is this president who's trying to spend our way out of this disaster. >> this comment comes one day after he told iowa voters we need a president who loves america. perry doesn't apologize for the overheated rhetoric coming out of his mouth. he doubles down. >> you need to ask him. >> i'm saying, you're a good reporter, go ask him. >> perry is on president obama's radar screen. the president was asked about the governor's reckless rhetoric today. like always, the president took the high road. >> mr. perry just got in the presidential race and i think that everybody who runs for president, it probably takes them a little bit of time before they start realizing th

republicans remain in control of the wisconsin senate now, 17-16. two democrats still face recall elections of their own next news in order to trigger a recall election of governor walker in 2012, democrats will need to gather 543,208 signatures starting in november. walker carefully avoided a partisan victory lap over last night's republican wins, issuing this statement. "in the days ahead, i look forward to working with legislators of all parties to grow jobs for wisconsin and move our state forward." joining me now, just back from wisconsin, our man in madison, host of "the ed show," ed schultz, ed, it was exciting having you out there last night covering this. this is, to my eye, an amazing win for democrats. they just ripped two republican senate seats away from the republicans in the middle of their term. these guys are supposed to be comfortably governing as republicans, and now they are out. and we talked about the history of recalls last night. this is the rarest form of democratic exercise in this country, and we saw the democrats take two

everything in the narrative is here in wisconsin tomorrow. they have put together a template on how to fight back against this. so if walker survives this, if his agenda survives this, tm be a real defining moment i think for the democrats and the progress ifs in this country to take a step back and rethink strategy. if they win, this is how you want to do it. >> well if i had to have one person tell meningococcal he the real deal, it would be my big brother ed, thank you ed schultz. and we'll be watching you and dealing with this issue. programming note, ed will be doing his show live from wisconsin tonight, and tomorrow night. that's at 10 p.m. eastern time right here on msnbc. >>> ahead, a texas governor running for president. yes, america, been there, done that. but this time, his name is rick perry. we'll have that story next. >>> plus, a new look today at michele bachmann and her supporters are not happy with the new look. stay with us. sngs. >>> the country is mourning the death of 30 u.s. soldiers. they were on route to a mission. 20

the gentleman from wisconsin. the gentleman from wisconsin reserves the balance of his time? the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to the gentlelady, a member of the budget comttee, ms. moore. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. ms. moore: thank you so much for yielding. so many of my colleagues have said that it was necessary to storm the white house and take the country hostage in the name of their grandchildren. so i wanted to go on record talking about what i want for my grandchildren. i wantead start for my grandchildren. i want w.i.c. programs and early childhood education for my programs, i want my kids to go to a school where they can participate in the science fair. i want immunizations for them. i want research done for food safety to make sure the chicken nuggets are safe, i want clean air and clean water for them. i want jobs where they invent things like new energy sources and, yes, i want them to be contributing citizens and pay taxes and i want a safety net for th

the gentleman from wisconsin. the gentleman from wisconsin reserves the balance of his time? the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to the gentlelady, a member of the budget committee, ms. moore. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. ms. moore: thank you so much for yielding. so many of my colleagues have said that it was necessary to storm the white house and take the country hostage in the name of their grandchildren. so i wanted to go on record talking about what i want for my grandchildren. i want head start for my grandchildren. i want w.i.c. programs and early childhood education for my programs, i want my kids to go to a school where they can participate in the science fair. i want immunizations for them. i want research done for food safety to make sure the chicken nuggets are safe, i wa clean air and clean water for them. i want jobs where they invent things like new energy sources and, yes, i want them to be contributing citizens and pay taxes and i want a safety net for

we're standing up and winning in wisconsin. come january, this is wisconsin too. come january, we're going to go out and collect half a million signatures and recall the governor of wisconsin. because when we stand up, when we fight, we win. >> no doubt. great to have you with us tonight. i've met some great people from ohio today in las vegas at the steel workers convention. they are very motivated to do what they have to do on senate bill 5. >>> yesterday, rush limbaugh had to share the psycho spot white hannity. but tonight he has it all alone. he can't help himself with those racial slurs [ fema le announcer ] introducing crest complete whitening plus deep clean. you feel it working, so you know it's working. and that means you're good to go, for whatever the day brings. new crest complete. unlike ordinary toothpaste, you feel a deeper clean. it's a signal that tells you your whole mouth is clean. you're also protected. because most of life happens outside the bathroom. feel it working, know you're covered. with new crest complete, life opens up when you do. w

local time in wisconsin tomorrow. nobody in the national media covered the wisconsin story earlier, more thoroughly, more urgently or any better than msnbc's own ed shultz. live tonight on recall election eve, ready to cover the contest from start to finish is mr. shultz himself, live in madison. great to see you. thank you for making the time tonight, my friend. >> it is an honor to be on here tonight with you, rachel. i think we are in the eye of the storm for the fight for the middle class in this country. tomorrow's going to be a benchmark day. no question about it. >> ed, i hear the enthusiasm of the folks gathered behind you. this is sort of an unprecedented situation in terms of this many recalls, this time of the year, coming out of this environment in wisconsin. the polls seem close. everything seems unpredictable. what are you expecting to happen in tomorrow's election from everything you are hearing on the ground? >> i think there will be a tremendous turnout tomorrow. it is something wisconsin had never be

wisconsin voters lined up to cast ballots in huge numbers for an off-year, summer election. at stake-- the republicans' approach to deficit-reduction. >> this is people saying, "hey we want more of a voice in what's happening in our nation, in our country and in our state." >> it's just like you say when you're a carpenter: you measure twice and cut once. we already put her in office once. what do you want to get rid of her for? >> warner: in the end, two republican state senators lost their jobs, but four kept theirs. that means the g.o.p. will retain control of the state senate, by at least a one-vote margin. after the vote, republican governor scott walker struck a conciliatory note, saying in a statement: "i look forward to working with legislators of all parties to grow jobs for wisconsin and move our state forward." walker's tone was decidedly more combative earlier this year, shortly after he took office and fellow republicans took control of both houses of the legislature. >> we've got an economic and fiscal crisis in this state and we need leaders who are gonna stan

is taking place starting seven o'clock tomorrow morning in less than twenty four hours we'll know if wisconsin democrats can take control of the state senate and restore sanity to that torn apart state and free trade is a scam i'll explain it and i still eighty. three days after the s. and p. credit rating agency reacted to last week's republican debt limit deal and delivered our nation its first ever credit downgrade the markets had their chance to speak during trading this afternoon president obama said this about confidence in our nation's credit worthiness after the s. and p. downgrade. markets on the other hand continue to believe our credit status is for a boy in fact warren buffett who knows a thing or two about good investments said if there were a quadruple a rate i'd give the united states that i and most of the world's investors agree. you would think maybe his speech writers wrote that much earlier in the day because then the dow continued its plunge which it had opened the day with basically and ended up six hundred thirty four points down for the day it was the largest one day lo

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we know democrats are angry in wisconsin. they are motivated, unhappy with scott walker and republicans in general. they want to send a message. conservatives are pretty contents right now. they have a budget they like, they saw collective bargaining changes go through. it's harder motivating somebody who is content. can the conservatives get up for one day and go to the polls. that's the huge unknown we look at this morning. >> what have you seen surrogate-wise. i know the memo went out to scott walker to basically say keep as low a profile as you can over this period during this recall campaign? are other republicans trying to help these state senators? how are they doing it? on the other side, have you seen high profile democratic involvement beyond the labor movement? >> well, we saw this weekend, the congressman from nominee falls out campaigning. paul ryan has not been very profile in these elections. democrats trying to tie the state lawmakers to medicare proposal and trying to throw that negativity upon the lawmakers

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