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Who have been in hiding to make that vote made an appearance on "the ed show." >> well, ed, i think its absolutely shameful what the republicans have done in the state senate, what theyre going do in the state assembly tomorrow. you know, it really does take away from our democratic process in wisconsin. this bill -- they were so desperate to strip away 50 years of worker rights that they had to go and break the open meetings law according to the attorney general. they voted on a bill that wasnt...

And that is why. mr. chairman, this is a violation of law. this is not just a rue, it is the law. there must be -- >> youre wrong. >> no, mr. chairman, this is a violation of the open meetings law. it requires 24 -- at least 24 hours notice. excuse me. >> joining me now are democratic members of the wisconsin state assembly. joining us here on the ed show, the man that was just up there, state representative peter barca, who is the minority leader in the assembly. mr. barca, how confident are yo...

I know our audience appreciates your time. lets start with the basics if we can. your office gave us a chart that shows the number of oil futures contracts rose from 617,000 back in the summer of 2008 to more than 1 million last month. im curious, can you prove that thats the cause of high gas prices? >> well, obviously theres some things going on in the middle east that youve covered. we also have some transportation issues, ed, with oil pipelines. im worried that the speculative interest is be...

Disheartened tonight, i think theres going to be thousands of people who wake up tomorrow and grab clip boards in order to give the republican recalls new life. as we take back our democracy. >> amen. >> thanks, ed. >> senator mark miller, id like to ask you this, if i could. okay. the recall process is probably going to get even more enthusiastic here in the coming days. but what recourse do the workers of wisconsin have at this point? is there anything else in your opinion that they can do out...

Stone of that bill which was a bonding that the governor said he needed in order to not lay off workers. so the charade is up. the people of wisconsin were cheated. the people in wisconsin believe in the wisconsin way of clean and open government, of rolling up our sleeves and solving our problems together. but unfortunately the governor has never -- has divided this state like weve never been divided before. and there will be recourse on every single level. that i can assure you, ed. >> wiscons...

>> ed, i believe that they popped this vote this quickly for a number of reasons. but one of the reasons was because they knew the intense pressure that was coming on some of their more moderate members, people like rob coles, luther olson, and i think that the leadership forced this vote now, because they were afraid if a few more days went by, they would start to lose members to the other side. and so i think the recall is actually being incredibly effective. and i have to tell you, ed, tonigh...

A lot of people in power. and it should. >> michael moore, award-winning filmmaker, and a man who has been generous with his time for this show. thank you for being here. >> no, thank you. keep putting that information out there. its so vital. you hear things on this show that you just dont hear elsewhere. thank god for ed schultz, for being out there from the very beginning on there. >> ed schultz was among the first people in the news media to identify the story in wisconsin. hes covered the s...

All of the signals from the governors office were that things were easing, that this tension was beginning to dial down. at the same time its clear that republican legislators were preparing to spring the surprise. people were shocked. there were people who told me that they literally heard the report on the radio, saw a mention on television, and ran out of their house. some of them came without coats, because they thought that their entire democratic process in this state was under assault. pe...

Going to see this through. there will be some damage to the republicans. >> more pressure on the governor then there is on the 14. >> these are the numbers that the 14 have been waiting for. this happened so fast. >> they needed to slow down the clock. >> time and space for the public to consume all of this. >> starting with ed schultz, host of the ed schultz show here. think you for joining us. >> coming up, charlie sheen said his message. he plans to sue. they say they will sue right back. two...

Decisions as governor walker minus the collective bargaining fees but still right now he is making serious cuts there to state employees salaries and benefits because they cant afford it. >> but there is no correlation, nationwide, between states having budget trouble and collective bargaining. yes there is. >> there isnt. the states doing the best have some of the highest collective bargaining rates of any other states. >> right now but the reality is these are contracts as you well know that a...