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Wisconsin voters head to the polls in recall election
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Will the Badger State make major changes?
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- Date Jun 5, 2012
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So back to Wisconsin where it all started.
When really a battle over union power.
And the governor's fight to try to see -- his state from fiscal disaster.
They have walker now and his democratic challenger the Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett saying the State's financial future is the number one issue there.
I was just up in the Seattle Lambeau Field earlier this evening and I said you know borrowing from the Packers weekend spiked the ball -- the ten yard line.
We got to get it all the way through to the until.
We got to get it done and we got to get it done that we can't because the truth the truth is on.
Our side debate now is whether Wisconsin has -- -- job performance record in the nation or just the worst job performance record in the midwest and neither of those are acceptable.
So people I think why did risks -- the -- Wisconsin values.
Reclaim Wisconsin values and and I'm a person who can and Scott Walker civil war and do just that while Steve Bratislava -- this.
Morning as people vote today politically polarized -- what is ahead regardless.
Of the -- come from this.
It's really difficult situation that lies ahead and keep in mind this is the fourth go around of elections.
In the shadow of the -- an election that made Scott Walker governor.
There was a recall there was a -- election there was a recall some senators now again with a gubernatorial race so they've been nonstop campaign mode for about two years now.
And governor Walker's banking that he will win and -- people had enough of this have a -- They're sick of all the that -- this last week I mean some real doozies in terms of the -- -- it's been out there attacking us throughout this people are tired of the be ready to wake up Wednesday morning.
And not be assaulted on television and of -- about.
But patching things up between the two parties in trying to get about the business of governing could be a difficult thing regardless of outcome there's an awful lot of hard feelings on both sides and what about the other so what about -- -- his -- sixty.
He really.
-- get Democrats to turn out much better than they did in 2010 he's a winner wants young people he's a winner.
Geographically with the city of Milwaukee and the city of Madison which is Dane County he really needs a -- turnout than they have.
In twenty -- He believes that he can win if he can win the game changed the direction of.
This it.
This is a nation where the middle class has prospered.
And it's prospered because we have had leaders who recognize -- -- without a middle class this nation would be the greatest nation on this planet.
And that means people should be able to buy a home send their kids to college and retire in dignity.
And I am not going to allow this governor and his Tea Party buttons that and that.
Now there's an extraordinary amount of outside help -- coming in both sides but particularly as dramatic for the Democrats the Democratic Party Minnesota then bussing people in.
You see Twitter remarks about folks are driving around the country all the help to get out -- vote effort Howard -- organization.
28000 phone calls in one hour of phone banking in -- -- Wisconsin yesterday that's what they say.
An awful lot of intense effort to get out the vote it's close giving out your vote is the key.
Bill and it seems like -- it is razor tight there Steve Brown thank you going to be a fascinating day -- throughout the evening tonight thank you Steve check in later.