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Governor walker's office releasing e-mails to milwaukee journal sentinel. e-mails that show him caving on big parts of the union stripping bill, offering modifications, offering compromises. budging. this, of course, is not over yet. senate democrats in wisconsin have not returned to the state capitol. the begrudgingly e-mailed offers from the governor are not the same as legislation being withdrawn or new legislation being introduced. but essentially "i won't budge" has been forced to budge. he lost this one. and more importantly, he lost it on the substance, and he lost it publicly in a very...

Contract the town may have entered into, including any collective bargaining agreements. so this emergency person who gets put in charge of a town deemed to be in financial crisis by the governor's administration, this emergency person gets to strip the town of union rights, unilaterally, by their own personal authority. but this emergency person also gets the power under this bill to suspend or dismiss elected officials. think about that for a second. doesn't matter who you voted for in michigan, who you elected. your elected local government can be dismissed at will. the emergency person sen...

Financial emergency. and how do you know when you're in a financial emergency? because the governor tells you you're in a financial emergency. or a company he hires to do so does that instead. the senate version of the bill in michigan says it has to be humans declaring the fiscal emergency. the house says a firm can do it as well. this is about a lot of things, this is not about a budget. this is using or fabricating crisis to push an agenda you would never be able to sell under normal circumstances. so you have to convince everyone these are not normal circumstances, these are desperate circ...

Aims that people wouldn't necessarily vote for, but also about changing the process, putting our thumb on the scales so that the process is easier for them to keep making more decisions like this in the future? >> absolutely because unions are a political force. i mean, they represent their members, but they also give them a political voice, and you know, in that fake conversation with david koch when scott walker thought he was talking to david koch, there was something really revealing that he said. he said this is our moment to change the course of history. that's what he said when he thoug...

They are doing everything they can to make their case and they worked it and they won it. >> they are wimps on the approach. i believe in the fight. you know, what i went through the last two years as rnc chairman. i believe in the fight. despite folks battling against you, the fact you may not have the vote, it is always important to stand before your opposition whether it is the governor of your state or anyone else, look them in the eye, say this is what i believe in. this is why this is a value to me, and i think, you know, with all due respect to our friends there, you can do it better in...