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Early voting underway in Wisconsin recall election

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    Will union's choice replace Governor Walker?

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Are able there's a lot of interest in the upcoming recall election for Wisconsin governor Scott Walker of course we -- watching this story for.

Feels like a year now writes a -- is in jeopardy though.

Of losing his job the unions -- try to push him out after -- -- a lot of reforms collective bargaining and a lot of people upset there's some of them.

In the state capital we all remember those scenes so already 90000.

Absentee ballots had been sent -- How is this looking Mike Tobin joins us live from the -- -- -- -- -- the Democrats are not really backing their man in Milwaukee what's up with that.

Well -- amid those grumbling -- the national party has not invested enough or done enough for mayor Barrett mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee in his fight.

Against Governor Walker in this recall campaign -- left wing political organization just pulled a 100000.

Dollar ad buy in Wisconsin.

That prompted Wisconsin Republicans to claim that their opponents are cutting their losses and turning their attention to November.

However David Axelrod told Fox News -- the manpower and money in a national party are still behind mayor Barrett.

Sixty paid staffers.

Hundreds of lawyers to do ballot protection thousands of volunteers and now the DNC is sending out a fundraising.

-- email to try and raise money for.

-- -- -- -- That fund raising effort comes from Debbie Wasserman Schultz -- DNC chair announced that she's coming to Wisconsin later this month to raise money for mayor Barrett.

Republican counterparts say that set too little too late.

Meantime Louisiana governor Bobby -- calling governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina -- the latest Republicans to show up in the -- state.

And throw their weight behind Governor Walker at least announced -- the coming years.

We're out there you know everybody in the country is watching this very closely for all of the larger implications.

That this has for everybody.

The original fight of course is over union rights collective bargaining is that really what this race is still about -- Not anymore when you see the ads from mayor Barrett you hear the talking points from mayor -- side of this fight.

They are usually hammering Governor Walker for investigation about campaign practices when he was county executive of Milwaukee County.

Yesterday Governor Walker said that's because his reforms are working for the people of Wisconsin there for his opponents -- campaign on those points.

Won't play well that's interesting.

If that -- gone away wonder what the recall is about the first place.

But the -- attention has turned to something else -- it -- the beautiful thing about -- Milwaukee.

Might enjoy that out there it really it is beautiful but -- -- -- my thanks a lot.

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