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2011 has served to remind them. it has reconnected the democratic party with its reason for existing. scott walker is looking at being recalled as governor in wisconsin. what's happening on the other side? the progressive group act blue put out a call for people to support the wisconsin senators that fled the state to stop walker and republicans from what they are doing. with that call they raised more than $540,000 for state senators. aflcio are reveling. the president saying we've never seen the incredible solidarity we are seeing now. united mine workers quoted by the associated press, peop...

Democratic party with its reason for existing. scott walker is looking at being recalled as governor in wisconsin. what's happening on the other side? the progressive group act blue put out a call for people to support the wisconsin senators that fled the state to stop walker and republicans from what they are doing. with that call they raised more than $540,000 for state senators. aflcio are reveling. the president saying we've never seen the incredible solidarity we are seeing now. united mine workers quoted by the associated press, people are saying this is a struggle i want to be part of, ...

Country believes in. and now scott walker and the great republican overreach of 2011 has served to remind them. it has reconnected the democratic party with its reason for existing. scott walker is looking at being recalled as governor in wisconsin. what's happening on the other side? the progressive group act blue put out a call for people to support the wisconsin senators that fled the state to stop walker and republicans from what they are doing. with that call they raised more than $540,000 for state senators. aflcio are reveling. the president saying we've never seen the incredible solida...

Basically harming innocent people. number one, and number two, the last thing the u.s. wants as well as various allies is to have sort of u.s. fingerprints on what's going on in libya. in terms of all this talk about look, there's just an organic protest. the u.s., the west is not forcing this on gadhafi. the u.s. gets more heavily involved, that could backfire as well. >> i'm changing gears to the budget battle. an interesting meeting on david plouffe's schedule. that's what all about? >> i just caught up with him a few minutes ago on his way into this private lunch he's having with aflcio le...

We're broke. >> the president of the aflcio which is america's largest federation of unions offered a rebuttal and said he thinks walker has overreached and that the union workers should be both protected and paid more. >> this isn't about the budget crisis. let's look at how the arguements migrated. first it was caused because workers were paid too much in wisconsin. we now have studies that show they are not overpaid. they are underpaid. people with a degree in wisconsin get 25% less than the private sector. >> and governor walker also said that he has always been an optimist so even though ...