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Andy stern, former president 58 visits. the afl-cio as we just reported put out that ad in wisconsin. now, i dont think its a stretch to say that president obama may be behind the scenes in this wisconsin brawl. it might be he and his guys directing what happens out there. >> directing is a word i would not use. that is conspiratorial. obama is dragged into this because the democrats cannot exist without union support. this, what is happening in wisconsin is the threat of the power of unions, th...

Andy stern, former president 58 visits. the afl-cio as we just reported put out that ad in wisconsin. now, i dont think its a stretch to say that president obama may be behind the scenes in this wisconsin brawl. it might be he and his guys directing what happens out there. >> directing is a word i would not use. that is conspiratorial. obama is dragged into this because the democrats cannot exist without union support. this, what is happening in wisconsin is the threat of the power of unions, th...

Andy stern, former president 58 visits. the afl-cio as we just reported put out that ad in wisconsin. now, i dont think its a stretch to say that president obama may be behind the scenes in this wisconsin brawl. it might be he and his guys directing what happens out there. >> directing is a word i would not use. that is conspiratorial. obama is dragged into this because the democrats cannot exist without union support. this, what is happening in wisconsin is the threat of the power of unions, th...

Organizing for america, barack obamas fundraising arm, they came out and bragged about how they were fueling these efforts. once people criticized that, the white house backed off and said its overblown. it got overblown by the d.n.c., because they touted their role. the question is whether the obama white house does have its fingerprints on the union uprisings and whether its a good or a bad thing. >> reporter: of course their fingerprints are all over this. barack obama cannot be re-elected wi...

>> reporter: correct. the left is okay with that because thats their agenda. the american people need to know whats going on in the conversations. megyn: dont we think we know? is it any shock that the democrats are aligned with big labor, with unions? is there an argument that its no big deal? >> reporter: its not a mystery that president obama got elected in large part because of union support. megyn: why isnt he allowed to meet with them, same as the g.o.p. president would be meeting with the...

Employees, theyre our neighbors, theyre our friends. >> okay. is this a smart move to come out and talk about this? because on the one hand, yeah, it might bolster union support. on the other hand, its a state issue. so, what is your take there? >> well, look, i think the president was careful to say in the earlier part of that clip, look, obviously, a governors got to try to balance his budget, but that whats going on here doesnt appear to be just that. you know, theres been some discussion abo...

>> julie: too bad for the fish! and six weeks since the governor is taking on one of the wealthiest states in the country, done a different path, a state that faces the largest per capita deficit in the nation, now faces $1.5 billion in tax hikes. for more income, sales and gas tax and cigarettes and alcohol and hair cuts and pet grooming and pa let-- pa lates and -- pilates. senate what we dont want to see are cuts in services, job losses and a revenue structure that can -- continues to let the...

Approach to their workers, walmarts approach to their products. but labor groups arent necessarily of the same mind. they have said that walmart is still the same old walmart it was a couple of years ago, and they are hoping that this new sort of partnership between michelle obama and walmart really gives them an opening and really, that the obama administration will use their position with walmart to really push for fair labor practices. walmart, of course, is looking to expand into urban areas...

Democrats. there is an energized conservative base out there. i think its important that democrats engage unions. they have historically been very helpful to democrats and they organize well. the issue is again not about some of the issues youve talked about, its about jobs and where the economy is going and how the economy is trended. megyn: that is their issue. but the question is, what does it say that now youve got the head of the democratic party not to mention of the country having to addr...

Kim was suggesting is ultimately going to get shafted. you know, how much the pbgc, pays out the fund to an individual, 12,800, a thousand dollars a month. now, casey is saying hes going to raise it to 21,000 if he gets away with it. this is a terrible deal. >> paul: its a terrible deal for the current pensioners expecting to get a lot more money than that if these pensions arent thrown on the lap of the government. >> right. >> paul: why would the unions be supportive of this? >> because the un...