scott walker still seems sure of himself. at least he sounded that way this morning. >> we're going to get a chance to do what's never been done before, have a chance to be elected twice in the same term. >> you know, maybe he will be elected twice in the same term. with guys like hank greenberg and the cook brothers behind him, a billion percent, all the other motivated billionaires he has on his side, john nichols wrote about how 10% of the money that governor scott walker is known to have raised to stop the recall effort against him, 10% of that money has come from texas alone. with all that money, governor scott walker can presumably raid infinite money and maybe he will win when the recall election happens, consider the bigger picture of what is going on. 2010 was a huge year for republicans, not just at the federal level but particularly in the states. in 2010, republicans swept in office across the country. state legislatures, and governorships in particular. and then they started governing in the states accordingly. i

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nchtsz. >>> big trouble for governor scott walker. two staffers who worked for walker when he was milwaukee county executive have been charged with illegally doing campaign work while being paid by the county. it's all part of an ongoing john doe investigation involving walker's staffers. his former staffers. today, with the milwaukee county district attorney filed a complaint directly connecting illegal activity to walker's campaign for governor in 2010. darlene wink, a former constituent service coordinator was charged with two misdemeanors for using county resources to raise money for walker's campaign. also, scott walker's former deputy chief of staff, kelly rhineflesh, was charged with four counts of misconduct in office. in the way these walker staffers allegedly broke the law is unbelievable. the district attorney's complaint reveals the existence of a secret e-mail system used by insider staffers to conduct fund-raising and over political activities on taxpayer time. thousands of e-mails were allegedly exchanged between county

one of them is a former top aide of scott walker's. here's the report from wtmj tv. >> reporter: tim russell was charged in court with three counts of theft. he's accused of stealing money from a military charity fund for families of wisconsin soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan. the fund was part of then county executive scott walker's "operation freedom" events at the zoo. it was walker's administration who asked prosecutors to investigate allegations of missing funds. >> we go where the evidence leads and partisan politics plays no role in any decision made by this office. >> let's turn to john nichols, washington correspondent of "the nation" magazine. john, what's the latest on this investigation? >> well, ed, it is a very serious investigation. and one of the things that's been revealed today is that this charity, which had been run very effectively by an american legion post, was shifted to control by governor walker's political aide, the guy who's been arrested, by walker himself when he was serving as county executive. so

what about alec, and americans for prosperity and scott fitzgerald, and scott walker. guest: there are groups on the right, just as there are groups on the left, that put money into wisconsin. alc has been accused of setting the policy agenda for a lot of republicans at the state level. that does come into the debate. the caller mentions the money scott walker has raised. there is an interesting wrinkle in the recall law compared to other states. the bar is pretty high in wisconsin. 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 a

this is what unions are facing this year with scott walker and people like him. reactionaries who want to roll back decades of progress and put corporations before workers. joining me now is mike tate, chairman of the wisconsin democratic party, which is helping to coordinate the recall effort. mike, how strong is the recall movement right now? >> hi, reverend. the recall movement is very strong, made up nos just of labor union households, but people from all over the state concerned about what scott walker has done to wisconsin in just the one year he was in office. we had half a million right before christmas, we're on track to hit or publicly stated goal of 720,000 signatures collected. >> 720,000 signatures. >> that's our publicly stated goal. we only need 540,000 signatures to generate an election, but we want to hand in a number so impressive appeared so large there will be little question about which side the public is on and whether the election will happen. it's a pretty strong movement driven by the hundreds of thousands of people standing out in the co

no not at all in fact i think it's fair to say that this is become scott walker's republican party the candidates for president and have told me in interviews that they will gladly come and campaign for scott walker in fact newt gingrich said he would do whatever helps walker the most either coming campaign for him or stay out of the state because people may not be that impressed with newt gingrich and the other candidates have been just as militant in their anti public employee anti-labor stances they have argued in favor of not just a tax on public employee unions as walker did but also right to work law laws that make it difficult in some cases almost impossible for unions to organize and collectively bargain so we really have in the republican party at this moment the most militant leet anti-labor the age your political party in modern history yeah and i think it was highlighted when you know the secessionists governor rick perry i think was the last to bed said he's all about a federal law a federal right to work law to involve than to overturn all the state rights about labor uni

a million is almost as many people who voted for scott walker in the first place. it's nearly a fourth of the voting population in the entire state of wisconsin. united wisconsin the group organizing the recall effort says the way they got the signatures is because they had roughly 30,000 volunteers, fanned out across the state in every county in the state. they stood outside post offices, landfills and grocery stores, stood on street corners, holding signs that read "united wisconsin recall walker" they did that day in and out. by all cans they have enough signature to do a historic thing, only happened a couple times in the history of the country, recalling a sitting governor. of course now the focus shifted from yesterday's jubilation which looks like an outtake of "the office" it's counting and verifying the signatures. if and when enough signatures are certified and the recall goes ahead, there does remain one important piece of business, a piece of business half exciting protest and half nuts and bolts, that is that democrats need a candidate to run against s

scott walker's policies are running the state right into the ground. the people of the state can't stand the guy. that's why they're going to recall him. that story is coming up next week. for jim demint to say he wants someone like walker to run the country is job killing psycho talk. >> the very first case to challenge citizens united. the supreme court case which opened the flood gates of corporate cash in politics. montana is holding the line. steve bullock joins me next. stay with us. >>> ed show survey tonight. i asked does mitt romney need to come clean about his record at bane capitol? 98% of you say yes. 2% of you say no. coming up, will montana's ruling hold up in the country's highest court? stay tuned. ♪ more and more folks are trying out snapshot from progressive. a totally different way to save on car insurance. the better you drive, the more you can save. no wonder snapshot's catching on. plug into the savings you deserve with snapshot from progressive. and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more sup

mind when people call i don't understand what we're trying to recall scott walker's because scott walker's come in and said you know the union has one of the best educations is one of the best education in this country because he did do more than you do he said we need to stop collective bargain for teachers he doesn't want to get absolutely no say ideas he wants to bring to you what you want to do you can do for your mother want to decrease the amount of money that they may they need to be wise about their pay that was then and what it is they need to contribute more to their pensions not even as much as private sector workers as well as sort of their less to litigate the details of this i'm just curious if there's a backlash dan real quickly and i want to i think you're seeing a nationalization of all these issues and it's filled with rhetoric look at what they say you know we don't want to turn election day and election month let's have only two weeks of early voting instead of three plus let's not send out unsolicited absentee ballots to people who didn't ask for him and let's make sur

and we had mayor tom baric go down to scott walker. but i think today, collecting over 1 million signatures, getting almost as many signatures as scott walker did votes, it sends a signal. scott tried to jam down this radical agenda. he didn't campaign on this, he didn't tell people that's what he was going to do that's why people are so upset here. that's why i believe we'll have a successful recall. >> here's why the recall election, will have repercussions. in 2008, president obama made a look at the ones with the white flag there, including a blowout in wisconsin he beat john mccain by 14 points. here's six of the eight states had democratic governors. that changed dramatically in the 2010 elections when power flipped in these midwest states. now just two of the eight have democratic governors. so back to you, ed. i know you're mainly a labor guy. you're interested in labor rights. what's this mean in terms of economics in this country? >> i think it means a lot, chris. this story goes far beyond the borders of wisconsin. and scott

scott walker's policies are running the state right into the ground. the people of the state can't stand the guy. that's why they're going to recall him. that story is coming up next week. for jim demint to say he wants someone like walker to run the country is job killing psycho talk. the very first case to challenge citizens united. the supreme court case which opened the flood gates of corporate cash in politics. montana is holding the line. attorney general steve bullock joins me next. stay with us. ut without my covergirl. are you crazy? i want to look natural, not naked! but all you need is 3. lashblast for volume, outlast -- for kissing... simply ageless to help you look easy breezy beautiful covergirl. ♪ imagine zero pollutants in our environment. or zero dependency on foreign oil. ♪ this is why we at nissan built a car inspired by zero. because zero is worth everything. the zero gas, 100% electric nissan leaf. innovation for the planet. innovation for all. >>> ed show survey tonight. i asked does mitt romney need to come clean about his re

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% disapprove. that is a heck of a number. of course republican members of could be congress are with the 9%.

scott walker are we seen and now there's a recall effort michigan recall rick snyder is there a full blown backlash in america now against extreme conservatives i think there are political parties in america and i think that there's going to be your dedicated opposition that's going to come out against somebody like a scott walker and you know we've talked about this before s.c.i you has decided to jump in head first into wisconsin to fight scott walker because you took on yeah he took on and what you have is that you can definitely see the power of the unions in this effort to combat a person like scott walker and to be able to listen it was it wasn't the unions who were most of those people who are showing up in madison why do they want to be was not going to as being about what they're going to say standing with the a union issue that's right and you were the most out walker because he wants to take teachers out the classroom you want to take the ones that nurses at the hospital he want to take away their rights to benefits i don't i mean i don't. mind when people talk about i don

scott walker's policies are running the state right into the ground. the people of the state can't stand the guy. that's why they're going to recall him. that story is coming up next week. for jim demint to say he wants someone like walker to run the country is job killing psycho talk. the very first case to challenge citizens united. the supreme court case which opened the flood gates of corporate cash in politics. montana is holding the line. steve bullock joins me next. stay with us. bored with your one trick lipstick? then lead a double life! with new blast flipstick from covergirl. creamy color on one end, shimmery color on the other. so you can flip your look from demure, to daring. new blast flipstick from covergirl. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you hav

what about alec, and americans for prosperity and scott fitzgerald, and scott walker. guest: there are groups on the right, just as there are groups on the left, that put money into wisconsin. alc has been accused of setting the policy agenda for a lot of republicans at the state level. that does come into the debate. the caller mentions the money scott walker has raised. there is an interesting wrinkle in the recall law compared to other states. the bar is pretty high in wisconsin. 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 presi

governor scott walkers days are numbered? mike tate will give us an update along with senator lena taylor, how many signatures do they have, that is coming up. [ male announcer ] is zero worth nothing? ♪ imagine zero pollutants in our environment. or zero dependency on foreign oil. ♪ this is why we at nissan built a car inspired by zero. because zero is worth everything. the zero gas, 100% electric nissan leaf. innovation for the planet. innovation for all. >>> psycho talk tone, governor rick perry defens urinate tors. the governor responded to a youtube video showing four u.s. marines urinating on the bodies of taliban fighters. the obama administration and us military condemned the action, but rick perry brushed it off essentially saying boys will be boys. >> 18, 19-year-old kids make stupid mistakes, all too often, that occurred here. what was disturbing is kind of the over the top rhetoric, from this administration and disdain for the military. >> disdain for the military? not only does rick perry want to reinvade ira

governor scott walker joins us. good evening, sir. >> greta, good to be with you. >> i guess it's not such a rude awakening. you saw this one coming. it wasn't just this afternoon when the petitions were delivered. >> no. i said months ago that i thought this effort led by the operatives and the state democratic party and also really funded ultimately by the national big government unions were going to be pushing for this long ago. we said from early on we thought with the activists, they had get enough signatures. but in the end we earned the trust of the majority of citizens in our state back in the fall of 2008. i believe we kept our promises and did what we said we were going to do. we reformed our government, did it without raising taxes and i think we earn the trust again of the majority coming 2012. >> the democrats or those who want you out of office, they got more numbers than they needed. they got about the same number of people signing petition the, assuming they are good signatures, as voted you into off

if scott walker knew any of this was going on, he is in big time trouble. 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 the