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Washington correspondent of the nation. john, the legal ramifications of this turnout tonight are huge when it comes to collective bargaining. if the supreme court justice retains his seat, how big a victory is this for governor walker? ed, we have to be honest with ourselves. it is a significant victory for governor walker. you know, in reality, the fact that joann kloppenberg came from nowhere to make it essentially a tied race now and one that she could still win, is a real story. but that s an inside politics story. the outside story, the one that governor walker will certainly want to communicate, if prosser wins, is that, you know, in this referendum on him he s narrowly won. and so, yeah. this is high stakes politics, ed. it s as good as it gets for those of us who cover politics for a living. no doubt. and what effect do you think this election tonight if it goes either way would have on the recall effort? ....
Were aware of the consequences and the special interest money just poured into the state. on the left, greater wisconsin committee spent over a million to elect the democrat joann kloppenberg. right wing groups raised well over $2 million for judge prosser. if he s which candidate he like? ....
John, the legal ramifications of this turnout tonight are huge when it comes to collective bargaining. if the supreme court justice retains his seat, how big a victory is this for governor walker? ed, we have to be honest with ourselves. it is a significant victory for governor walker. you know, in reality, the fact that joann kloppenberg came from nowhere to make it essentially a tied race now and one that she could still win, is a real story. but that s an inside politics story. the outside story, the one that governor walker will certainly want to communicate, if prosser wins, is that, you know, in this referendum on him he s narrowly won. and so, yeah. this is high stakes politics, ed. it s as good as it gets for those of us who cover politics for a living. no doubt. and what effect do you think this election tonight if it goes either way would have on the recall effort? well, it s very, very significant. ....
She is an assistant attorney general. very experienced but somebody who has never run for public office before. she is challenging a 30-year career politician who has run statewide, who served as the speaker of the state assembly, the republican majority leader and it s simply incredible this race is so close. i will remind folks that at this point only one precinct in the city of madison, which is a, seen as one of the core bases hasn t reported yet. that is significant. back in 1998 when russ feingold was running for election he looked like he lott statewide but then dane county came in particularly madison and provided such a boost of votes he actually won that election. a lot of kloppenberg people are looking at that. john nichols, we ask you to stay right there. we ll talk about the legal ramifications of tonight s election and the latest on the recall efforts, next. stay with us. [ woman ] welcome back, jogging stroller. ....
Saying that you if re-elected look forward to acting as a common sense complement to both the new walker legislation and the legislature. what does that mean? well, that particular statement was issued i never saw that statement. that was wisconsin republican supreme court justice david prosser back in january. his re-election campaign was billing him as a rubber stamp for scott walker. tonight as the news continues to roll in from wisconsin with 42% of the vote in the man you just saw on that tape, republican david prosser, is ahead of challenger joann kloppenberg 51 to 49%. make no mistake this is a referendum on governor walker s radical agenda to end collective bargaining rights for middle class in that state. the polls closed in wisconsin at 8:00 p.m. central standard time tonight. reports are that the turnout was record. in appleton, green bay, madison, and elsewhere outside groups ....