Three weeks until the Wisconsin recall election, and Gov. Scott Walker has been massively outspending his Democratic rival. But now Tom Barrett may be getting some help from the DNC and its Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.
By Carey Fox, Segment Producer
Tonight is the next big step in the culmination of 15 months of protest over the radical agenda of Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin.
It’s primary day in Wisconsin.
It is the first gubernatorial recall primary in Wisconsin’s history and on June 5, Wisconsin will hold only the third gubernatorial recall election in the nation’s history.
Scott Walker has collected millions for his campaign from all around the country, but he is still in a dead heat with the likely Democratic challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
The Nation’s John Nichols joins Ed tonight on The Ed Show at 8pET and 11pET on MSNBC!
On the eve of the Democratic Primary for the Wisconsin recall elections, reports reveal that Republicans have outspent Democrats by millions in the Badger State. John Nichols, Washington Correspondent of The Nation, joined Ed Schultz Monday to preview the primary election.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker addresses a joint session of the Legislature in the Assembly chambers at the State Capitol Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Madison, Wis.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has raised 4.5 million dollars in just under 5 weeks and 60 percent of the money is coming from outside the state.
During a typical election Wisconsin governors can only except donations under $10,000 but in a recall anything goes. The largest contribution Walker accepted totaled 500,000 dollars from a single donor in Texas.
In an age with Citizen's United and unlimited Super PAC money, is all of this cash flowing into politics really a good idea?
Two former aides to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker were charged today with allegedly doing political fundraising while working on taxpayer time in the Milwaukee County Executive’s office when he ran it.
Ed will dive into that part of the story on tonight's 8pET show!
Today in Congress, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) asked Gov. Walker to back up his claim that stripping public workers of collective bargaining rights is a fiscal issue.
Specifically, Kucinich asked Gov. Walker exactly how much money this provision saves for the Wisconsin state budget. Gov. Walker responded, "It doesn't save any".
Watch Rep. Kucinich grill Gov. Walker:
