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Ed. it's not going to take forever to put these votes to the people. when that happens, we look at the possibility of control of the state senate and the restoration of a system of checks and balances in wisconsin. >> john nichols, i want to ask you one more question. if we can go back to that fake phone call that the koch brother was involved in, with the governor, the governor talked about protesters and the national media going away. is that going to happen? >> well, look. the fact of the matter is the protesters have proven today that they're not going away. it was a pretty rough night las...

Evening. back in madison today students organized walkouts to protest governor walker's budget repair bill. less collective bargaining rights for teachers means these kids, these students and all the 800,000 public school students of wisconsin. they're basically losing out. two madison high school students have started a facebook page calling for a a nationwide student walkout. tomorrow at 2:00 to show solidarity with wisconsin workers. the nation's john nichols tonight is telling us that well over 100,000 protesters might show up in madison this weekend. joining me now, outside the capitol, i...

From here. i want to also tell you that labor lawyers have a stake in this as well. if this law is passed illegally when they ask for an injunction from the judge what they can say is you have to stop the implementation of this law because it was not passed according to the rules, laws, and regulations of the state of wisconsin. >> john nichols, doesn't this underscore that what the democrats did by leaving the state and the law being where it is right now, doesn't this really guarantee the recalls? i mean, in the long run, isn't this good for the democrats to have this? because if they get th...

Started to use the word "strike." the president of the madison firefighters union will join me momentarily on this program to talk about that possibility. you know what i think? i think governor walker actually wants strike. it would give him the chance to fire strikers just like his hero ronald reagan did back in the '80s. scott walker feels like he is in the driver's seat right now but i can tell you this is far from over. my message to the people of wisconsin, nothing is lost until you give up. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's text question should wisconsin...

Ed.msnbc.com. i'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now is joe conway the president of the madison firefighters union. joe, good to have you with us tonight here on the ed show. i appreciate your time. i know it has been a very stressful day there in madison. what actions are you and your union taking against scott walker tonight? >> a tough day for the working middle class in wisconsin, ed. just like governor walker has created these tools for this budget shortfall that he is creating for all municipalities we're using tools, too. the recall elections, economic transpare...