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How do you work with these guys? if i was in your position and i went back oh, hey, we would like to strike up some sort of bipartisan compromise on something. i would be like yeah, right, tell it to somebody else, buddy. i'm looking to recall you. are the democrats going to do that? >> well, i think it's unfortunate that the republicans decided to rubber stamp this extreme agenda. they have the opportunity to stand up for themselves and their constituents, but they decided to instead do this. and it's going to make it really hard to work with, especially considering the last week, we thought ...

2012 election. scott walker is almost immaterial. he will be a hero in the halls of republican conservatism, a hero at the republican convention. i seriously doubt he'll be on the ticket, but he is doing what the real leaders of the republican party want done. >> robert reich, senator miller said in his statement in 30 minutes, 18 state senators undid 50 years of civil rights in wisconsin. did this process provide something that is encouraging to other republican governors or was it so messy, so chaotic, so politically risky that other republican governors will now be wary of taking steps in t...

Something that is encouraging to other republican governors or was it so messy, so chaotic, so politically risky that other republican governors will now be wary of taking steps in this direction? >> lawrence, i think that in ohio, john kasich is probably encouraged by what walker did or what walker is doing. i wouldn't be surprised if governors in new jersey, christie and indiana and other midwestern states where you have republican governors that feel they are in the asen den see take some courage from all of this and feel that actually governor walker is going to make head way, at least amo...

Give two hours' notice. the minority leader has already gotten the wheels in motion to make the complaint. the republican's argument was the business was nonfiscal which allowed the state to cast it without a quorum. but governor walker spent the last three weeks saying they had to get rid of collective bargaining because of the budget. which he pushed today as well. >> this will allow us to move forward to balance the budget. and it is part of the budget. >> you can't not pass it saying it's not a part of the fiscal bill and then say it's fiscal. aww, who cares.

I also had the opportunity to stop and talk to him on tuesday, february 15 after governor walker had presented his bill. >> so what happened? did you ask him, you promised me, i mean, were you lying what happened? if i was you, i would have asked that question. . >> and i did. i was with two of my colleagues and among other things i reminded him of the fact when we interviewed he clearly made that statement, his response was why would he vote no for a bill that was just going to pass anyway. he would lose credibility within his party and he wouldn't be able to do anything else. he basically sh...