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Jobs and careers, chasing the middle-classers down to try to fix what some people view as a very bogus and ginned-up financial crisis in this state. and this governor is backed by the tea partyers, and we definitely are going to show the infrastructure tonight on our show exactly who the people are that are backing this governor. you get a sense that he is way off base, that he may have won the election but now on february 17th, just a few months later, so much has changed in this state because ...

In green bay or over in lacrosse or wausau or eau claire. this is having a huge impact on the state of wisconsin and people are not realizing what it is or what it means and they dont like it. >> john erpenbach, thank you for your time tonight, sir. good luck. >> all right. thank you. nobody has done better national coverage of this astonishing situation in wisconsin than my colleague ed schultz. nobody. he is right in the middle of this thing. literally, he is in madison right now in the midd...

Walkout, are prepared to hang in there for weeks if necessary. >> well, to be honest with you, id rather be sleeping in my own bed tonight. >> im sure many would rather you be at the state house. with that said, you are, though, prepared to stay out for weeks? >> we are prepared to do whatever it takes to get the governor to sit down and talk with people who this bill directly affects. were talking about public unions. there are some people -- i heard ed talk about how this is a big cut on their...

The workers of wisconsin so that they can at least, at the very least, have an opportunity to be heard and for the governor to sit down and do what hes been paid to do -- be the governor. sit down at the table. negotiate with the workers of wisconsin. stand up and do what we sent you to do, which is be a governor for all of wisconsinites, not just your friends or those special interest groups who did something for you, because the bill also doesnt treat all unions the same. he did favors for his...

Week? >> absolutely, ed. were getting the same thing over here in ohio. weve had hard work doing the same thing here at the statehouse. we also had a hand full of tea partyiers as well. >> did you think it was going to be this intense? did you think that the republican agenda of these republican governors was going to be so coordinated and just so determined? >> well, you know, they took over power and they want to move their agendas, but its not going to be that easy, because we have people dow...

Saw? there was another sign here. "wake up, america. thank you. ed schultz, 2012." im not running. thats not going to happen. where you from? >> illinois. >> why you hear? >> stand up for the middle class, not only here, but all across america. >> are you going to succeed? >> absolutely. >> what do you think of the republicans and what theyre doing? >> im very disappointed with what theyve done to us. this is unthinkable. >> sir? >> yes. >> youre feeling about this crowd, how long will this last...

This is having a huge impact on the state of wisconsin and people are not realizing what it is or what it means and they dont like it. >> john erpenbach, thank you for your time tonight, sir. good luck. >> all right. thank you. nobody has done better national coverage of this astonishing situation in wisconsin than my colleague ed schultz. nobody. he is right in the middle of this thing. literally, he is in madison right now in the middle of the protests and joins us live from there next. if y...

They want america to know how they feel on this. and i dont see how this is going to resolve anytime soon. >> ed, you have taken this story national. you said on your program you havent heard from the president about this, you havent heard from people in washington about it, you couldnt get responses from people like nancy pelosi when you tried to. you have gotten those responses today. youve provoked it. lets listen now to what president obama had to say about this today. >> and i think its ver...

Corporations and their allies, the wealthy to spend whatever they want on politics, has freed them up to do a lot. but theyre determined to take down the labor unions. because labor unions can coordinate and campaign and push back with people power. so the fact is, you will see this nationally. and people should be aware that literally within minutes of scott walker making his announcement, the tv ads went up. this is a coordinated strategy, not just in wisconsin, but for the whole country. >> w...

And these people in this state need to be heard. i went into the capitol tonight, and the first lady i talked to was a teacher and she started to cry before she could even say anything to me. i had a firefighter grab my hand tonight. a big firefighter, a hard-working guy. he grabbed my hand and almost crushed it because he wanted to get my attention. and he came this close to me, and he said, ed, this isnt fair. were americans. this isnt what our government is supposed to do to american citizens...