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Of course, nbc comes up to these characterizations from information more than just the precincts that are reporting. they are looking at exit poll data and other means open making their projections. but scott walker, according to nbc news, is holding on tonight in wisconsin after this epic, epic recall fight. well be joined in a moment by my friend, ed schultz who has been covering this race. ed, weve been able to characterize this race as a win for scott walker. governor walker surviving this r...

Nobody will unseat you. you are talking about a national narrative. even if you dont gain anything more, now is the time to get aggressive. he is talking about not the next election, but generations. walker gets it. he gets the generational shift and a little bit at a time and you look at the big picture. the democrats need to get to the table and figure out how they combat this. you have to ask yourself the question, can democrats trust scott walker? he comes up and said you have to unite this?...

Gubernatorial recall the rupp governor scott walker. mayor barrett has fallen short. i got to get your first reaction. >> my first reaction is i listened to ed. money makes a huge difference. it was a sprint. it wasnt your traditional race. when you come in and youve got $50 million in a race that lasts four weeks. and keep in mind. scott walker was running ads against tom barrett before barrett was in the primary race so the money made a difference. ill be curious to see what the final spread i...

Union power, organized labor in the badger state. we have some early exit polls in todays voting already for you. we interviewed 1500 voters in wisconsin earlier today. here are some results. they are evenly split about changes in state law that limit collective bargaining by unions. 50% approve, 48% disapprove. when we asked their opinion overall toward those workers, 52% favorably, then unfavorably, just 43%. we also asked wisconsin voters how they would vote if the presidential election were ...

Candidate. and this state does not have a surplus. they were able to get that message across to a lot of people to the point where you had national media figures saying that the state has a surplus. so a lot of fudging going on, so to speak and its really surprising but when youve got the money and you can buy the message you can convince a lot of people youre on the right side of the issues. so its going to be really a fight for the democrats here in november. no question. >> live from wisconsi...

Little bravery than they very been and if theyre serious about it they need to be as candid as scott walker was about cutting the budget. i think its fair to say that wisconsinites while they might have disagreed with his methods, they ended up approving what he did. no other way to read it than that. >> yeah. >> and i think that mitt romney will do the same. >> so those are three lessons i would take right there. >> i would say that president obama is on notice that hes got a tough rode to hoe ...

Whats your response? >> well do everything to fight that. well fight it. >> they may try to make it a right-to dork wash state but i think the public will liez up. we have elections coming up this fall. based on this, were going to change that. were not going to let that happen. >> senator taylor, what do you think was the big difference in tonights outcome? what did the democrats not do? what could they have done better? >> you know, ed, well be able to sit down and look at all of those issues....

The ground in milwaukee was just something youd never seen before. how do you unpackage what you saw tonight? and these results? whats your reaction? >> record-breaking votes in milwaukee and madison and much of the rural wisconsin democratic base are republican. thats interesting. secondly, 9-1 spending gap does matter. it really means, ed, more super pac money driving us further and further away from a one-person one vote democracy. im concerned what it means when collective bargaining is on t...

Scott walker has 27 million more dollars than his challenger, and he might lose. thats how passionate this state is about the issues. so whether president obama were to come or not, it doesnt -- i dont think it really matters to the folks here. it was nice to see bill clinton here. he strategically went to milwaukee where theyve got to have the turnout. but i think that on the ground, its about wisconsinites. >> the reality of this, though, ed, is that the money disparity that you cite is totall...

Democrat later in the day. weve known that for 50 years now. heres head of "the ed show," ed schultz, always assuming for the better part of labor and for the interests of labor and democrats, they always do better after people get home at night after work, after 6:00. how does it look to you? >> i think it looks great, chris. i think the elbow grease ground game that the democrats have been able to put together in this state could lend itself to having a big night tonight. there is still a lot ...