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This wisconsin situation last night? >> were hoping that small contributions can make up the disadvantage that weve had in big money. in our case, 50,000 people have come to the website congressmanwithguts.com and we have raised the money we needed to respond to the negative ads that have already started. they started in may that the polit politicfact called liar liar pants on fire false. youll see more of that this year preponderate only way to respond is for people to reach into their pockets ...

Fell by 20 points. it fell in democrat districts. republicans turned out in 2010 for the next election but democrats didnt turn out. almost a million fewer people voted compared to 2008 and republicans just ran the board that year. they won the state assembly. they won the state senate and scott walker won the governorship as well. scott walker said if he were elected governor he would drive a hard bargain with public workers in wisconsin in terms of trying to achieve savings and balance the sta...

Means he goes for the win no matter what his margin are. going after public employee pensions and what remains of union power and also, he was talking about "right to work" i think its real. >> you said in recent days that you havent seen this kind of enthusiasm in the progressive movement? >> i was out and i know what i saw and i know what people were saying. the rulgt is so differ. youre saying that the race will tighten. the fact is, walker won. and this is a big victory for the conservative ...

lets take a break to the magic wall to show why were predicting why walker will keep his job as governor of wisconsin. number one, its obvious. red is republican. you see a lot of red. dane county here, this is the key county for democrat, 8% of the population. democrats say their turnout operation worked well there. but tom barrett the democrat getting 60% and scott walker getting 40% right there. barrett needs to be up around 70% in this key county right there. lets come back to the ...

number one, its obvious. red is republican. you see a lot of red. dane county here, this is the key county for democrat, 8% of the population. democrats say their turnout operation worked well there. but tom barrett the democrat getting 60% and scott walker getting 40% right there. barrett needs to be up around 70% in this key county right there. lets come back to the map here a little bit. this is waukesha county. the key county for republicans in this state. 75%, scott walker got jus...

governor walker sparked by his move to cut union rights and benefits that in the midst of a state budget crisis. with potentially national significance. were going to talk it over with dana bash, ari fleischer, and paul begala. we know this is a big turnout. both sides trying to get out of vote. what are you hearing as we enter the final hour? >> the turnout across the state of wisconsin is very, very high. at this point it is for the most part anecdotal. were talking about lines very ...

results. 50% for scott walker. hes on the left of your screen. 50% for tom barrett, the democrat, the mayor of milwaukee. hes on the right. scott walker is the incumbent republican governor. this is a race to recall him, to remove him from office. based on the exit polls that weve been conducting throughout the day. right now the exit polls show its 50% for walker, 50% for barrett. doesnt get much closer than this. obviously we are in no prediction to make a projection of the winner in...

lets take a break to the magic wall to show why were predicting why scott walker will keep his job as governor of wisconsin. number one, its obvious. red is republican. you see a lot of red. lets break it down closer. dane county here, this is the this is the key county for democrats in the state, about 8% of the population. democrats say their turnout operation worked well there. but tom barrett the democrat getting 60% and scott walker getting 40% right there. tom barrett needs to be...

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original race in 2010 and his victory speech put a national spin on the local win. >> tonight, tonight we tell wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. >> cnns ted rowlands for us this morning is in madison. good morning to you, ted. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. you see the video of that woman slapping tom barrett, and a lot of talk about that, obviously, this morning. we...