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Plans to step in and help their most faithful political allies? >> we havent heard it yet. we heard the president early on in all of this talk about the union protests and came down pretty clearly on the side of the unions who are saying dont take away our collective bargaining rights. white house officials would say that was in response to a question he was invited to answer a ku question on that. at the same time, the organizing for america, the campaign wring of the dnc for president obama is...

The time and left and went to the same hampton inn or comfort inn or wherever the heck you are because they didnt want to be a part of it and take their marbles and went home. you seem like petulant children. >> thats a good point because in washington, d.c. in the senate they have the filibuster. as you know mitch mcconnell and the republicans use that very effectively to require a super majority in order for a lot of things to get passed and caused the health care bill to go through a pretty o...

And more importantly establish a quorum in the senate so they could move this bill forward. >> i know they just need one democrat to establish that quorum for the vote and speaking of, we had heard that it could happen any minute. is that still the case or might this be pushed off even farther? >> oh, no, thats on the senate side. thats one side of the equation. whats happening in the state capitol is the assembly is moving through this. the assembly democrats, their strategy was to prolong this...

You had the opportunity, im talking to viewers now to, fly into space, would you? join in the discussion on alis m blog. and also were going to use your comments on the show the throughout the day. stay tuned. we want to see your pictures of the launch. upload pictures and videos to cnn.com. lets go to wisconsin where stainedoff over budgets, politics and labor rights are showing signs of movement. were finally expecting a is vote on a bill that would sharply hike public worker contributions to ...

Rights go away. wisconsin passed the strongest civil service protect-in the country. nothing to do with collective bargaining. those agreements codify that the law we are not changing protects worker rights when it comes to hiring, just cause for termination all those are in place this is about workers. >> greta: in terms of listening are you willing to take a call so they dont have to come back to the tate? >> sure. if i got a call from -- from the senate majority or minority leader, i would ta...

Once you crush these bastards, ill fly you out to cali and show you a good time. >> thanks for the all the support and helping us move the cause forward and we appreciate it. essentially having taxpayers money to use to pay for lobby for spending more of taxpayers money. its absolutely ridiculous. >> governor walker talked about bringing them home by offering a chance to, quote, talk, not negotiate. and then have 19 republican senators declare a quorum and force the vote. he said that was someth...

Rights go away. wisconsin passed the strongest civil service protect-in the country. nothing to do with collective bargaining. those agreements codify that the law we are not changing protects worker rights when it comes to hiring, just cause for termination all those are in place this is about workers. >> greta: in terms of listening are you willing to take a call so they dont have to come back to the tate? >> sure. if i got a call from -- from the senate majority or minority leader, i would ta...

Illinois. those democrats and the others are protesting a bill that would allow public and private sector workers to opt out of membership and dues requirements. earlier today, indiana republican senators dropped that bill and replaced it with one that would establish a committee to study the provisions effects. in ohio, fleeing wasnt an option. republicans have a quorum, even without democrats being in attendance. 5,000 protesters chantd outside td columbus, ohio statehouse. instead, they held ...

You can argue that is not fiscal. you can argue therefore you can introduce a bill to cancel the collective bargaining powers. that the unions in wisconsin have today. argue its not a fiscal issue. is there a parliamentarian in the senate to make a ruling on this? say its illegitimate? im not sure they had parliamentary issue in 50 years. obscure issue. quorum of 20 is obscure in itself, not sure its ever been invokeed. why not split off issue of the bargaining rights and leave in place, untouch...

To start happening. >> one quick point, what daniels will do is keep calling the special sessions over and over. he says he will keep the legislature in special session until they come back, even at christmastime. they have to come back some time. >> bret: charles? >> i think in wisconsin, first they should use the absence of the rogue democrats to pass everything on the agenda and get it -- everything. obviously, he cant pass fiscal matters. this is the reason that the democrats are hiding out ...