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Collective bargaining is being modeled after the walker bill. he's the hero. alaska's first overhauled its state retirement system a few years back. democratic lawmakers say the state has had difficulty retaining qualified teachers and police officers ever since that move. that hasn't stopped governor christy in new jersey from steam rolling public workers in his state. in fact, his cuts to education are so deep new jersey schools have been unable to provide a, quote, thorough and efficient education to their students. now, folks, that is not my opinion. that's a ruling from a state superior c...

Workers is just one part of a larger republican agenda. break the middle class and call it deficit reduction. wisconsin's republican attorney general wants to appeal a judge's order blocking walker's antiworker bill so the state justice department filed a petition and listed secretary of state doug la follette as the petitioner. but as john nichols reports, la follette was never consulted on the petition, probably because he opposes the walker bill and has obeyed the judge's order. meanwhile big rallies are planned for wisconsin this weekend. organizers hope it will move the recall effort for ...

Larger republican agenda. break the middle class and call it deficit reduction. wisconsin's republican attorney general wants to appeal a judge's order blocking walker's antiworker bill so the state justice department filed a petition and listed secretary of state doug la follette as the ç petitioner. but as john nichols reports, la follette was never consulted on the petition, probably because he opposes the walker bill and has obeyed the judge's order. meanwhile big rallies are planned for wisconsin this weekend. organizers hope it will move the recall effort for several republican senators...

Point tomorrow. >> yes. we've been talking about for a while, but a crisis point. scott walker's office, governor of wisconsin, putting out eight statement if we do not refinance the debt by tomorrow, we will lose 165 million. that is the budget deficit will get $165 million bigger. they can't refinance it until they pass what he's calling his budget repair bill, which of course is the bill that has state senators not wisconsin. it's hard to know how hard these deadlines are, andrea. talking about refinancing loans and that sort of thing. but this is clearly he is putting a marker down here an...

Been holding down the fort for the the last two weeks. many republicans are prepared to reach across the aisle there? >> reporter: the likelihood according to one republican source i spoke to is, better than 50/50 but only for 2 of the 4 or 5 moderate republicans who are considering backing a compromise or voting against the walker bill. here's how this shakes out. there are a number of moderate republicans, one, dale schultz long on regard saying he wants a compromise or will vote no on the walker bill. he's been in tfrgs wiconsiderat other republicans. some of the democrats hiding out have b...