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Back to 1993 all of which he won in wisconsin. why has he been able to win all those elections in wisconsin when he performed so unbelievably badly at the national level? do you have insight into that, having seen him operate in your state all these years? >> yeah, i have. and he won his first election in my opinion, rachel, by saying one thing all over the state of wisconsin and doing something completely different when he got into office. act 10 is a great example. he didnt talk about taking a...

2009. it was made possible by the huge spike in federal spending thanks in large part to the stimulus bill. it is up, that federal spending is up 93% the last decade, and federal money now accounts for more than a third of all state expenditures. >> the real world where we are is if i have more money to spend this year than last year, even if its not as much as i wanted, thats an increase. so state government has been having increases steadily, just not as high as legislators would like. >> repo...

Needed to show photo i.d. in order to vote. voters do not need to do that in new hampshire but it was a nice reminder that new hampshire republicans in the state legislature are trying to change that to force photo i.d. in wisconsin itself where a major recall effort is under way after governor scott walker and republicans wildly unpopular union stripping adventure, republicans there, too, are scurrying to pass one of the most restrictive voting laws in the entire country. it would be a radica...

Voters do not need to do that in new hampshire but it was a nice reminder that new hampshire republicans in the state legislature are trying to change that to force photo i.d. in wisconsin itself where a major recall effort is under way after governor scott walker and republicans wildly unpopular union stripping adventure, republicans there, too, are scurrying to pass one of the most restrictive voting laws in the entire country. it would be a radical change for wisconsin. it would also be an ...

That to force photo i.d. in wisconsin itself where a major recall effort is under way after governor scott walker and republicans wildly unpopular union stripping adventure, republicans there, too, are scurrying to pass one of the most restrictive voting laws in the entire country. it would be a radical change for wisconsin. it would also be an expensive change. wisconsins voter restriction bill expected to have multimillion-dollar start-up costs for the state and additional multimillion-dolla...

Up to the highest level in american history and then saying, why dont we freeze it there, is almost laughable. given the scale of the challenges we face. you have to cry instead when you think of the people suffering because of it. when i came in as governor, obviously state is a smaller entity. i recognized we couldnt keep spending up and meet obligations. we said were not going to slow done the growth of spending or freeze it, we are going to cut spending. reduce state expenditures in a series...

Up to the highest level in american history and then saying, why dont we freeze it there, is almost laughable. given the scale of the challenges we face. you have to cry instead when you think of the people suffering because of it. when i came in as governor, obviously state is a smaller entity. i recognized we couldnt keep spending up and meet obligations. we said were not going to slow done the growth of spending or freeze it, we are going to cut spending. reduce state expenditures in a series...