group in the entire company. well, they had a choice and they voted against equal pay for women. especially scott brown. this is a terrible vote for him. this may put elizabeth warren over the top in a dead heat race. i am shocked at that. mike allen, please. this was teeing up these ads, and the white house-obama campaign see this as a fantastic issue they can talk about a lot. the president s close adviser, valery jarrett went on twitter just on this issue, her first tweet was on this issue. they are going to keep talking about the smarter politics for senate republicans would be to say, fine, vote for it, take away the issue, hand the club off to someone else. but now they have given democrats a great weapon. it s been interesting. republicans in the senate have gone quiet on this. only one republican went to the floor of the senate even to debate the bill. afterward, mitch mcconnell didn t respond to harry reid s statement. this is obviously not a vote they are particular
failed record on jobs and spending. and i think it s good news for us for five months down the road. chuck todd? hey, governor mcdonald. you and i have talked about this before. on this issue of you and other republican governors making a more optimistic case about where the state of the economy is in your respective states, that was your message from the rga. that was governor walker s message to voters in wisconsin. and what was interesting on the exit poll it was clear that walker voters also viewed this is a vote where a majority wanted walker to stay in office, also picked the president over romney on handling of the economy. is this a case where as republican governors talk up the economy in their own battle ground states that it may be helping the president? no. i think voters are smart, and they can figure out whose policies are contributing to a good economy. and in wisconsin, they obviously felt that these specific reforms
grow jobs in the state. [ cheers and applause ] we ll renew our commitment to help grow the quality of life for all of our citizens, both those who voted for me and those who voted for someone else. because tomorrow, tomorrow is the day after the election, and tomorrow we are no longer opponents. tomorrow, we are one as wisconsinites. so together, we can move our state forward. welcome back to morning joe. jon meacham and harold ford jr. are still with us. we re going to get right to wisconsin, our top story here at the top of the hour. wisconsin governor scott walker is back on the job today after a decisive win in yesterday s closely watched recall election. the race was called less than an hour after the polls closed with the republican incumbent taking in at least 53% of the vote. he edged out democratic challenger milwaukee mayor tom
be asked instead of pitting people in some ways, whether they are doing it or not, i think it s unfair when people criticize the obama administration unfairly about pitting classes against one another. but there is an argument to be made that there is a little pitting of americans against americans. walker s race should send a message to all democrats. we have to change a approach a little bit here as we head into the final stretch, the final two laps of this campaign. my point is it may end up sending a message to the republicans if they lose that last senate seat because walker is neutered. is this good news or bad news for a climate of compromise on some kind of grand fiscal bargain? there is no compromise. forget it. there will be no compromise between now and the election. look out 24 months. this vote does not seem to be a real very encouraging sign that there will be a change in climate. there will be no compromise of any kind from now until after the election. we are
white house council on women and girls. i can t believe that this is even an issue today and that this is a problem. they then passed the lily ledbetter act. they have been slowly trying very hard to crack the code on this. and i have to tell you, they have credibility. they have history on their side. the white house has a record on their side. i don t know anyone who could say this is pure politics. of course, everything is political. but not pure. they have started from the get go, this presidency has been working on this and republicans just want to say no. i think the obama people believe what they are trying to do here. the timing of the vote is pure politics. what s going to happen is about three, four months from now, there s going to be ads showing all these guys and all these senate races around the country which are much closer than anybody expected that they voted against equal pay for women. it s a crusher. the most influential voting