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Same thing a few years ago, slowing down, blocking, not pushing legislation forward because they didn't want the outcome of the vote to go the way the outcome was going to go, shall on the left criticized republican leadership for doing the same thing. this is no different. if you're going to be elected to office, then damn it, be the leader. stand in the well of the floor of the senate and the house and state your case. if you don't have the votes, then work your members to get the votes. you bring the voters to the table with you and say this is the reason why. the small business owner, the ...

Where customers save an average of $293 a month. call lending tree at... today. one thing that's nice is loyalty. a specific form of loyalty that is sort of sort of home state solidarity, the kind we saw on display today in wisconsin in the state assembly. at the most divided moment in politics in that state in generations, the state assembly today was able by voice vote and without dissent to approve a measure lauding the beloved university of wisconsin football team, so they can agree on nothing else, but at least they can agree aigner wisconsin football. i mean it is ultimately sort of me...

Democratic counter part brings a lot of weight to the debate and the discussion, and really kind of moves the agenda forward on something that i think everybody in this country is looking to move forward on, and that's bipartisan ship, or more importantly, consensus on what's the best thing to do. alan simpson is the guy to help us do that. >> i think enema man, snoopy snoop changes the character. >> it is a good move by the president. >> all right. fair enough. let me ask you about that whole issue about bipartisan ship. it is interesting. the milwaukee sentinel journal, they front paged this...

Poorly in terms of policy, they are editorializing against union stripping thing, but poorly in terms of conservative politics in wisconsin. what is the national impact of wisconsin? >> i think there is now a small national impact. i don't think it rippled out as as far as some of my friends on the left would like and hoped. but i think there are a couple of things to start with rachel to look at. the first issue that the governor had to deal with was a fundamental one, and an important one, and that is the privilege of state employees to collectively bargain versus the right of individuals to...

Thing just about tore the state apart. but loyalty and home state favoritism have strategic limits as well. consider the republican national committee. right now, if you want to go to the republican national committee website, you go to the internet machine, type in rnc.org, and it repopulates to this. stop obama's union bosses. the entire republican national committee website has been overlaid with pro-scott walker, pro-republican thing from the day that walker caved on this fight, republicans in wisconsin have essentially lost this thing. but at the republican national committee, not only is...