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$86 million annually. that means people with jobs in that state are still having to turn to the public safety net to get by. because working at walmart is not sustainable employment. if walmart became the standard across all retailers in california, taxpayers would have to subsidize their fellow workers with an additional $410 million a year. yet according to a study by the policy development and advocacy administration, it would only cost a typical shopper $17.73 a year if walmart paid its empl...

This was going to be close. we were being warned we were going to be up very late tonight counting the votes. the decision came in sooner than we expected. what does it mean in national terms and also, what does it mean in terms of the future of wisconsin? >> i think it means more in terms of policy than it does in electoral outcomes. everybody is wondering whether or not wisconsin is going to be a swing state in november. i think a lot of other things are going to affect that in wisconsin, more...

hurt on the raid on osama bin ladens compound. whats going on? >> im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> as they should be, republicans are ecstatic over their victory in wisconsin where republican governor scott walker empress ofly survived a recall vote. democrats are on the defensive and president obama is taking heat for not going wisconsin to help his fellow democrats. what does all of this mean for november? lets go live to dana b...

From not having necessarily to be actually running. so she wins the prize for best backdrop, a great president. shes -- she doesnt have all of the policy development and the questions coming at her and doesnt have to debate. >> no, she doesnt have to debate anybody. >> she can still get that kind of thing. thats why i -- >> shes constantly in the news. if it isnt this crazy book about her, its a documentary. she is like the most politically charged person -- >> she probably created a lot more jo...

From not having necessarily to be actually running. so she wins the prize for best backdrop, a great president. shes -- she doesnt have all of the policy development and the questions coming at her and doesnt have to debate. >> no, she doesnt have to debate anybody. >> she can still get that kind of thing. thats why i -- >> shes constantly in the news. if it isnt this crazy book about her, its a documentary. she is like the most politically charged person -- >> she probably created a lot more jo...

And what you you saw in that exchange with him is someone clearly trying to sell books and trying to score cheap points. this is not the same presidency that was handed a memo prior to that attack saying that al qaeda, osama bin laden was going to try to do something like this. >> i new. and he was a speechwriter. he wasnt a policy guy. he wasnt in the policy development. he probably couldnt have

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Undergirding for further policy development in that area from the republicans. i think that can be catastrophic in electoral terms for the democratic party in the long run. if they essentially eliminate public sector unions the democrats will lose one of their most important and strongest allies they have in any election. so i think the republicans are going to be emboldened by this. with wisconsin, well have to watch to see what happens with the state senate races. four on the bubble tonight an...