that's tammy baldwin. scott walker is courting high-profile conservative donors, and many of them outside of his state. his secret schedule -- actually it is kept secret but he has been reportedly traveling to california and new york texas. last night he was at a fund raiser in michigan, this as hundreds of protesters turned out when he headlined a $10,000 a plate event in oklahoma put on by the billionaire coach -- koch brothers. >> walker go home! walker go home! >> they didn't stop walker from finding big money in oklahoma and elsewhere. bob perry the texas financier he cut two, $250,000 checks to walker at the event. two. this is not just about wisconsin, however. what happens there could have major implications for other state races. republican oklahoma state senator david holt when he was at that event summed up the sentiment saying: that we can do this. hum. now we turn to madison wisconsin and kathleen falk. she is the democratic candidate for governor, and hoping to become the state's first female

that's tammy baldwin. scott walker is courting high-profile conservative donors, and many of them outside of his state. his secret schedule -- actually it is kept secret but he has been reportedly traveling to california and new york texas. last night he was at a fund raiser in michigan this as hundreds of protesters turned out when he headlined a $10,000 a plate event in oklahoma put on by the billionaire coach -- koch brothers. >> walker go home! walker go home! >> they didn't stop walker from finding big money in oklahoma and elsewhere. bob perry the texas financier he cut two, $250,000 checks to walker at the event. two. this is not just about wisconsin, however. what happens there could have major implications for other state races. republican oklahoma state senator david holt when he was at that event summed up the sentiment saying: that we can do this. hum. now we turn to madison, wisconsin and kathleen falk. she is the democratic candidate for governor and hoping to become the state's first female

tammy baldwin with us tonight. now, let's turn to terry o' neil. mitch says he doesn't know what members of his own kau issues are saying. >> i guess we should be grateful he knew the names of the women. he isn't listening to what they are saying. clearly senator snowe, senator hutchison. those women really doll know. the reason that senator mckowsky apologized is she caught huge blow back from independent women and republican women when she went home for the weekend after casting that vote. >> can mitt romney afford to avoid this issue and let the sound chamber and people in the senate say it's all manufactured and it's no big deal? >> no. being in denial is not going to make the war on women go away. the republicans can make the war on women go away. here is how they can do it. first of all, they can take a birth control pledge and say i promise to do everything i can to enact policies that will make birth control available, universally to women throughout the country. every woman should have it. take the birth control pledge. take the pledge not

tammy baldwin with us tonight. now, let's turn to terry o' neil. mitch says he doesn't know what members of his own kau issues are saying. >> i guess we should be grateful he knew the names of the women. he isn't listening to what they are saying. clearly senator snow, senator hutchison. those women really doll know. the reason that senator mckowsky apologized is she caught huge blow back from independent women and republican women when she went home for the weekend after casting that vote. >> can mitt romney afford to avoid this issue and let the sound chamber and people in the senate say it's all manufactured and it's no big deal? >> no. being in denial is not going to make the war on women go away. the republicans can make the war on women go away. here is how they can do it. first of all, they can take a birth control pledge and say i promise to do everything i can to enact policies that will make birth control available, universally to women throughout the country. every woman should have it. take the birth control pledge. take the pledge not

tammy baldwin with us tonight on "the ed show." now, let's turn to terry o' neil, president for the national organization of women. mitch mcconnell says he doesn't know what members of his had own caucus are saying. >> i guess we should be grateful he knew the names of the women. he isn't listening to what they are saying. clearly senator snowe, senator hutchison -- senator murkowski who had to apologize for voting for the amendment. snatsor murkowski caught huge blow back in alaska from independent and republican women when she went home for the weekend after casting that vote. mitch mcconnell is not listening. >> can mitt romney afford to avoid this issue and let the sound chamber and people in the senate say it's all manufactured and it's no big deal? >> no. and being in denial is not going to make the war on women go away. but the republicans can make the war on women go away, and here's how they can do it. it first of all, they can all take a birth control pledge and say, i promise to do everything i can to enact policies that

i think you will see democrats running on this. >> i love the tammy baldwin point amanda made there. i don't think it should be the president but all congress members. a poll to give awe sense, daily kos in september of 2011, 77% in favor of the buffett rule. 66% of republicans are in favor of it t even 73% of those making over 100,000. 50% of tea partyers are in favor of it. washington post, same numbers 72% of americans say yes, raise taxes on millionaires. no question about it. so john, shouldn't democrats be running all across the country on this? >> well actually cenk they ran in it on 2008. they overwhelmingly elected barack obama. he caved like an unreguted coal mine in west village but he did it for the unemployment benefits. they have chosen this. you are expectedly right. -- you are exactly right. if they can get conservatives to see how badly they are being screwed. this would be. i call it revealing w-care. when the bush tax cuts were put into effect they were designed to expire 10 years later. this is bush's tax increase and it should not be called anything but. >> two g

i think you will see democrats running on this. >> i love the tammy baldwin point amanda made there. i don't think it should be the president but all congress members. a poll, to give awe sense, daily kos in september of 2011, 77% in favor of the buffett rule. 66% of republicans are in favor of it t even 73% of those making over 100,000. 50% of tea partyers are in favor of it. washington post, same numbers 72% of americans say, yes, raise taxes on millionaires. no question about it. so, john shouldn't democrats be running all across the country on this? >> well, actually, cenk they ran in it on 2008. they overwhelmingly elected barack obama. he caved like an unregulated coal mine in west village but he did it for the unemployment benefits. they have chosen this. you are expectedly right. -- you are exactly right. if they can get conservatives to see how badly they are being screwed. this would be. i call it revealing w-care. when the bush tax cuts were put into effect, they were designed to expire 10 years later. this is bush's tax increase and it should not be called anything but. >

. >>> congresswoman tammie baldwin will join us. also, senator sherrod brown. former senator russ feingold will be here. also, dave barry will join us onset. >>> up next, the top stories in the politico playbook. but first, here's bill karins with your green is universal forecast. >> ok. >> well done. >> thanks. >> well done. >>> good morning, everyone. if you weren't paying attention and watching tv over the weekend, you missed these amazing publics of all of these tornadoes that were in the midwest. incredible stuff. in some cases, there were two tornadoes on the ground at the same time. the one that caused the most problems was the woodward, oklahoma, tornado. went through a trailer park. five fatalities with that tornado. and actually, out of the 126 tornadoes, that was the only deadly one that we had. most of the tornadoes, thankly, were out over rural areas. this is the map that shows where the tornadoes took place. mostly kansas, nebraska, and parts of oklahoma. five fatalities. 126 tornadoes. it's amazing it wasn't worse. >>> as far as today, thundersto

a spokesman for representative tammy baldwin, a vice chair of the caucus told the huffington post that she can, quote, confirm that congresswoman baldwin is not a communist. but isn't that what you would expect from a come communist? they tell the daily caller that this is all much a do about nothing saying the real point is if you listen to the words of the progressive caucus it is clear these people are opponents of capitalism. they impose economic freedom so you can call them what you want whether they are socialist or marxist or communist. amen. we asked a frustrated penguin to comment. >> that's why they don't invent things, a dumb, dumb animal. global warming can't happen soon enough. welcome to the show. isn't it a fact that colonel west was wrong because he under estimated the number of pinkos in our government? >> well, i only counted 12. it is very strange. he is out of line. it is terrible. in a serious way though. they are fashist and communist. it detract from people on the right and the left doing awful things to under mind our economic liberty. we should be a bit more se

[ overlapping speakers ] >> well, look, i'm just talking about the fact that the ideology -- >> tammy baldwin is a communist -- >> you can call it whatever you want. >> i want to know what you are calling it. >> communist, progressive, markist, statist. >> are you now or have you been a statist? >> i never have been. that's just crazy. that's like a flashback to 65 years ago, and it's a bad trip. [ laughter ] >> all right. i'm going to leave it right there. you have been a lot of fun. congressman cohen from tennessee. thank you so much for joining us on "the young turks." >> always good to be with the "young turks." >> all right. when we come back we have another conservative on the show. the topic we'll discuss should president obama be blamed for the secret service scandal? we'll do more uncovering when we return. ♪ it takes people with real knowledge to build and maintain a race car. polymers, hydo-carbons, thermal plastics, math and science? you bet it is. many kids don't understand how important these subjects can be that's why time warner cable developed connect a million mind

[ overlapping speakers ] >> well, look, i'm just talking about the fact that the ideology -- >> tammy baldwin is a communist -- >> you can call it whatever you want. >> i want to know what you are calling it. >> communist, progressive, markist, statist. >> are you now or have you been a statist? >> i never have been. that's just crazy. that's like a flashback to 65 years ago, and it's a bad trip. [ laughter ] >> all right. i'm going to leave it right there. you have been a lot of fun. congressman cohen from tennessee. thank you so much for joining us on "the young turks." >> always good to be with the "young turks." >> all right. when we come back we have another conservative on the show. the topic we'll discuss should president obama be blamed for the secret service scandal? we'll do it takes people with real knowledge to build and maintain a race car. polymers, hydo-carbons, thermal plastics, math and science? you bet it is. many kids don't understand how important these subjects can be that's why time warner cable developed connect a million minds. to introduce kids in our communit

baldwin. she's running for senate, she's going to tell what's she's doing to take out probably former governor tommy thompson, the republicans have a primary there, but its likely he's going to win. she's going to talk about the issues in her race. then we'll go to kathleen salk in the democratic run for governor. she hopes to take over scott walker in the fall. sheas turning into a hot and nasty campaign. she's not backing down. we might have a few things to say about the motor city mad moan, too. >> we were talking about wisconsin the other night. i can't figure out what is going on out there. they have these fictitious candidates being permitted to run, and it sounds like seven grade politics not the grown up world where you run for office because you want to win. it's like the which would west. i can't figure it out. >> wisconsin is such a fascinating state, and paul ryan is from there, too. there is going on in wisconsin. >> fascinating is not the first word that would spring to mind. but

baldwin. she's running for senate, she's going to tell what's she's doing to take out probably former governor tommy thompson, the republicans have a primary there, but its likely he's going to win. she's going to talk about the issues in her race. then we'll go to kathleen salk in the democratic run for governor. she hopes to take over scott walker in the fall. sheas turning into a hot and nasty campaign. she's not backing down. we might have a few things to say about the motor city mad moan too. >> we were talking about wisconsin the other night. i can't figure out what is going on out there. they have these fictitious candidates being permitted to run, and it sounds like seven grade politics not the grown up world where you run for office because you want to win. it's like the which would west. i can't figure it out. >> wisconsin is such a fascinating state and paul ryan is from there too. there is going on in wisconsin. >> fascinating is not the first word that would spring to mind. but as

also tammy baldwin who is in the house and running for the united states senate, she's another hero of the communities really. >> so when we talk about the enroads that have been made for lgbt, the community itself, there are politicians that do remain in the closet so to speak and they do get locatelected. we only have two republican candidates running. no currently serving. paul babeau recently outed. wasn't running as an out man until some information came forward that put him on the scene and he's embraced it. why does there remain this staunch opposition within the republican part iity? >> there used to be openly gay republicans in congress up until 2006. there haven't been in a little while thousand. and we think it's important that there are authentic lgbt voices on either side of the aisle. and in those cloak roomses and in the back rooms where the decisions about policy issues are really made. so it's important to us that somebody like richard tiset is added to congress. >> the daily baeily beast makes observation that no state has enacted partnership rights for same sex coupl

nomination, they haven't selected that yet and he's likely to face congresswoman tammy baldwin running to be the first openly lesbian senator in the country. so that will be a very close race. this is a very important battleground state in the presidential election and obviously there's a lot of attention because of the governor's recall that's going to be this summer with governor scott walker there, a republican. >> suarez: in virginia, one of the longest of the long nights in 2006 jim webb decided not to fight to keep his seat. another open one. >> and virginia always takes on national implications in part because it's in washington, d.c.'s backyard but also because you've got big personalities there and you've got tim kaine, former governor, former democratic national committee chairman, one of barack obama's best friends running for the democratic ticket there and george alan, the former senator, who jim web unseated in 2006 wants his seat back. he obviously still has national ambitions. this is a lot of money is going to be involved in this race and it's a very important battlegr

nomination, they haven't selected that yet and he's likely to face congresswoman tammy baldwin running to be the first openly lesbian senator in the country. so that will be a very close race. this is a very important battleground state in the presidential election and obviously there's a lot of attention because of the governor's recall that's going to bth sumr with govnor ott walke there, a repuican >> sarez: virginia, one of the longest of the long nights in 2006 jim webb decided not to fight to keep his seat. another open one. >> and virginia always takes on national implications in part because it's in washington, d.c.'s backyard but also because you've got big personalities there and you've got tim kaine, former governor, former democratic national committee chairman, one of barack obama's best friends running for the democratic ticket there and george alan, the former senator, who jim web unseated in 2006 wants his seat back. he obviously still has national ambitions. this is a lot of money is going to be involved in this race and it's a very important battleground state for the

the interesting thing about tammy baldwin i asked leaders in the house and senate whether or not it was something that they asked her to do or she came up with it. they said she approached us about it. she worked with senator sheldon whitehouse. it demonstrates a savvy. this is something they are using in the senate and administration level for weekses now. whether it was a press call with senator schumer, who's number two, or dick durbin, she's putting her name out. it's national attention for the party. at a minimum, it could be good for her fundraising. >> host: let's hear from a caller. >> caller: good morning. how are you? >> host: good morning. go ahead. >> caller: yes, i have a question on the sex issue in congress. i've heard debates about once they want to tax to us, i want to impose higher taxes on the list. the question is how can you impose more taxes on the list if they are losing money in the stock market? >> host: bob cusack, he's bringing up the issue of taxes the rich. how we are looking at taxation moving forward. there's a lot of talk about taxes because it's almost t