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(laughter) welcome to the "report," thank you for joining us in here; out there. nation, all eyes are on wisconsin tonight and the hotly contested recall election deciding the fate of republican governor and living fifth grade school photo scott walker. now, we taped this show earlier in the evening and the results arent in yet. im tivoing it so no one tell me how unions end. well have more on that story tomorrow but, first, folks, you know that i do not flinch at unpleasantness. when ...

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effort of the republican governor scott walker. >> this is about mobilizing our people and the base and connecting with our voters. >> reporter: its a similar scene in a walker war room. gop officials claim to have made 4 million calls and all of this comes at an unprecedented price tag, upwards of $63 million raised so far. >> when we come up with the final tally of this race it will be in the $75 to $80 million raised. $37 million just raised in 2010 when walker was sew first elected...

im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com wisconsin residents are voting right now on an extraordinary move to recall the governor scott walker and replace him with tom barrett. this election might be a sneak preview of the november press connection. the effort to get rid of walker was sparked by his move to get rid of collective bargaining rights for public employees. the state is split down the middle, the nasty battle against the tea par...