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Class, taking rights from people and lost the focus on jobs. negative polling by and large has been that they are taking rights and arent paying attention to jobs. that in a nutshell is i think why they are so grossly unpopular unbelievably quickly which normally doesnt happen for a new executive. in ohio, we dont have a recall process, but voters can decide whether they accept this law. there will be petitions after the governor signs the bill, after he signs it into law, the recall, this refer...

And lost the focus on jobs. negative polling by and large has been that they are taking rights and arent paying attention to jobs. that in a nutshell is i think why they are so grossly unpopular unbelievably quickly which normally doesnt happen for a new executive. in ohio, we dont have a recall process, but voters can decide whether they accept this law. there will be petitions after the governor signs the bill, after he signs it into law, the recall, this referendum likely will take place in n...

Supporters moving forward, is it just going to be through the courts or efforts through the ballot box? >> theres a lot of different things. theres several prominent democrats that have acknowledged legislative defeat. but as we mentioned, theres a couple of complaints that have been filed in the district attorneys office and the attorney generals office here in wisconsin. and also, there are major recall efforts. some 16 senators and legislators face a possible recall. 8 democrats, 8 republican...

Ultimately governor walker is going to sign this bill. he has shown a determination to sign this bill no matter what and to move it forward and when he does, i think reality is going to set in for an awfully lot of wisconsinites. not just union workers but people from across this state that their governor was so determined to commit a political act that he didnt even consider the impact on the state. thats going to be a driving force for this recall. ed, i have to tell you across this state peop...

The energy to get those signatures. im going to bet you come monday morning many of these senators are actually at that point of being ripe for recall and this recall process moves quickly, ed. its not going to take forever to put these votes to the people. when that happens, we look at the possibility of control of the state senate and the restoration of a system of checks and balances in wisconsin. >> john nichols, i want to ask you one more question. if we can go back to that fake phone call ...

Were gathered. 27% of the signatures were gather against another senator. we have four others where well probably be able to take that recall and defeat those senators. so in a sense they won this battle, but we, the people, will win the war because the people in the state of wisconsin have a long tradition of fairness. and this wreaked of unfairness. this is where they said, we want you to come back from illinois. we went to illinois because our voice was not being heard. then what they did was...

Thing as governor walker? >> well, thats the real trump card here, is that if the democrats come back, they are now saying weve made our point, weve turned the public. what they did is they bought time and space for the people not only in wisconsin but around the country to capture exactly áe severity of this. and to have the public realize. are we in a 24-hour news cycle, could this story spin off into a aut outer space, once they come back, it might. but the fact is they are winning in the po...

The wisconsin 14 are going to have to digest that if they come back, they are going to be making the political calculation that they have the public on their side and they can claim victory and then begin their recall process. but if they come back, and the process goes to the vote, its going to hurt thousands upon thousands of çwisconsinites an of course collective bargaining will be a thing of the past and thats a big gamble. a tough place to be. >> is the governor prepared to compromise at ...

Afraid and there because fleet behind it, and they took care of the customers very well, and in many instances they went to have dealers go pick up the car and then gave them a rent-a-car for the time they are not able to do. and this recall process is rigorously going on. there is a good understanding now on the part of the customers that the cars are being fixed well, and they are confident about that. >> but my question is, are you just doing this in new york, or is this something that you ar...

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