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Same thing a few years ago, slowing down, blocking, not pushing legislation forward because they didnt want the outcome of the vote to go the way the outcome was going to go, shall on the left criticized republican leadership for doing the same thing. this is no different. if youre going to be elected to office, then damn it, be the leader. stand in the well of the floor of the senate and the house and state your case. if you dont have the votes, then work your members to get the votes. you brin...

Where customers save an average of $293 a month. call lending tree at... today. one thing thats nice is loyalty. a specific form of loyalty that is sort of sort of home state solidarity, the kind we saw on display today in wisconsin in the state assembly. at the most divided moment in politics in that state in generations, the state assembly today was able by voice vote and without dissent to approve a measure lauding the beloved university of wisconsin football team, so they can agree on noth...

Democratic counter part brings a lot of weight to the debate and the discussion, and really kind of moves the agenda forward on something that i think everybody in this country is looking to move forward on, and thats bipartisan ship, or more importantly, consensus on whats the best thing to do. alan simpson is the guy to help us do that. >> i think enema man, snoopy snoop changes the character. >> it is a good move by the president. >> all right. fair enough. let me ask you about that whole iss...

Poorly in terms of policy, they are editorializing against union stripping thing, but poorly in terms of conservative politics in wisconsin. what is the national impact of wisconsin? >> i think there is now a small national impact. i dont think it rippled out as as far as some of my friends on the left would like and hoped. but i think there are a couple of things to start with rachel to look at. the first issue that the governor had to deal with was a fundamental one, and an important one, and ...

Thing just about tore the state apart. but loyalty and home state favoritism have strategic limits as well. consider the republican national committee. right now, if you want to go to the republican national committee website, you go to the internet machine, type in rnc.org, and it repopulates to this. stop obamas union bosses. the entire republican national committee website has been overlaid with pro-scott walker, pro-republican thing from the day that walker caved on this fight, republicans i...

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Negotiating. these e-mails. governor walkers office releasing e-mails to milwaukee journal sentinel. e-mails that show him caving on big parts of the union stripping bill, offering modifications, offering compromises. budging. this, of course, is not over yet. senate democrats in wisconsin have not returned to the state capitol. the begrudgingly e-mailed offers from the governor are not the same as legislation being withdrawn or new legislation being introduced. but essentially "i wont budge" ha...

Apart. but loyalty and home state favoritism have strategic limits as well. consider the republican national committee. right now, if you want to go to the republican national committee website, you go to the internet machine, type in rnc.org, and it repopulates to this. stop obamas union bosses. the entire republican national committee website has been overlaid with pro-scott walker, pro-republican thing from the day that walker caved on this fight, republicans in wisconsin have essentially los...

Apart. but loyalty and home state favoritism have strategic limits as well. consider the republican national committee. right now, if you want to go to the republican national committee website, you go to the internet machine, type in rnc.org, and it repopulates to this. stop obamas union bosses. the entire republican national committee website has been overlaid with pro-scott walker, pro-republican thing from the day that walker caved on this fight, republicans in wisconsin have essentially los...

Governor walkers office releasing e-mails to milwaukee journal sentinel. e-mails that show him caving on big parts of the union stripping bill, offering modifications, offering compromises. budging. this, of course, is not over yet. senate democrats in wisconsin have not returned to the state capitol. the begrudgingly e-mailed offers from the governor are not the same as legislation being withdrawn or new legislation being introduced. but essentially "i wont budge" has been forced to budge. he l...