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Interesting. pawlenty is a more interesting person, was a more interesting governor than he is a candidate. he had interesting ideas about the environment. he had interesting ideas about making state government work. and when that person reemerges i think america may like it. can that person survive a republican primary? >> how -- there's a certain kind of dumbing out you can see with some of these republican candidates at times. you had steve forbes running for president saying he's not so sure about evolution. i mean, he was a princeton graduate who's not so sure about evolution. and it happ...

Governors in indiana, wisconsin, and ohio have all attacked collective bargaining rights, rights that indiana governor mitch damages already eliminated by executive order on his first day in office in 2005. joining me now, former governor of vermont and current msnbc contributor howard dean, thanks for joining me tonight, governor. >> thanks, lawren. >> chris christie's point, here's a republican governor who's considered tough on spending, tough on unions, says he's eager, eager to jump into collective bargaining negotiations with unions. why is he eager to do it and other republican governor...

Coming after us with every live shot here, these people hate. >> the hate you that get from these demonstrators, you can see it in their faces. >> these teachers are getting violent. no surprise, given their unfettered access to craft scissors. >> not all republican governors think governor walker's way is the only way. >> in fact, i love collective bargaining. let me at them. let's have it be real collective bargaining. >> former governor howard dean will explain the governors. >> please, everybody, have a seat. >> and as the president deals with the budget, meets with the president of mexico...

And that has really hurt him. if you see the polls that came out today, the "wall street journal" poll, the pew poll, there was another one -- oh, the rasmussen poll, which is a republican poll. the republicans are going to get hammered in wisconsin. democracy for america's got a recall effort going on for five republican senators. 57% think the republican senator ought to be recalled of the five they're looking at. so this is killing them. and what christie essentially is saying is look, we can respect each other and i'm going to be tough as nails. there's nothing wrong with being tough as na...

Walker wanted to use it as a call for a press conference to say look, i tried talking to them but nothing's working out. he knows exactly what we're looking for and he could bring us home and end this divide today. >> who was in those discussions with you on the other side? what republicans are you talking to? >> we're talking to walker's staff. we're also talking to him. and we're also talking to senate republicans, some of their more moderate members. fitzgerald has proven himself to throw out a lot of rumors about what we're talking about that are not true. but there are some moderate membe...