you know, all the experts would say, don t take these bold stands, don t take these courageous stands, don t take on the unions, don t make these tough decisions. he did the exact opposite. looking to see if governor walker would keep that resolve, keep that stiff spine and recognizing that as his spine stiffens, the rest of us then feel empowered. other governors across the nation feel empowered and emboldened to do the right thing for the people that they re serving. as predicted, they can t get enough of the guy. welcome back to the ed show. last night s victory cemented governor scott walker s reputation as the rock star of the republican party and now some say walker could help out mitt romney in november. former bush speechwriter mark teson writes, putting walker on the gop ticket would make romney instantly competitive in wisconsin and it would force president obama to spend time and resources the defending a state he expected an easy win in november. and as the republican
you get a bipartisan view, unless you get to former president bill clinton. even president bill clinton gets it. they don t miss an opportunity, do they? let s get real. we re talking about cutting taxes for the wealthiest 2% of americans. white house spokesman jim carney told reporters today, president barack obama will not, i could not be more clear, he will not support extension of the upper-income bush tax cuts. bill clinton has been campaigning for the president s re-election, but all the fund-raising and speeches in the world won t change the reality about what s good for the economy. the bush-era tax cuts did not work. the tax cuts expire in january. at the exact same time, $1.2 trillion in spending cuts take effect. everyone s got to pay for it. the president s simply asking 2% of americans to just pitch in and help out on the budget. tonight, in our survey, i asked, will walker s win affect the future of the middle class?
tonight is that good policy is great politics. you know, all the experts would say, don t take these bold stands, don t take these courageous stands, don t take on the unions, don t make these tough decisions. he did the exact opposite. looking to see if governor walker would keep that resolve, keep that stiff spine and recognizing that as his spine stiffens, the rest of us then feel empowered. other governors across the nation feel empowered and emboldened to do the right thing for the people that they re serving. as predicted, they can t get enough of the guy. welcome back to the ed show. last night s victory cemented governor scott walker s reputation as the rock star of the republican party and now some say walker could help out mitt romney in november. former bush speechwriter mark teson writes, putting walker on the gop ticket would make romney instantly competitive in wisconsin and it would force president obama to spend time and resources the defending a state he expected
mr. simon may think i should be an employee of the campaign, but i m not. i m trying to help the president win re-election because i think he s done a better job than most people know and i think, you know, i ve been aghast by all this flutter about it. i think that i m not, i don t think i should have to criticize romney personally to disagree with his politics. hours later, clinton issued a clarification. he says he only wants to extend the bush tax cuts for a little while, not permanently. but the damage has been done. the republicans are spinning clinton s words right into gold. senator orrin hatch thanked clinton for his call to action. represent roskam calls clinton s remarks a gift from heaven. and speaker boehner s staff wants to call the extension the clinton tax cuts. republicans sang bill clinton s praises at a press conference as well. even bill clinton came out
say, don t take these bold stands, don t take these courageous stands, don t take on the unions, don t make these tough decisions. he did the exact opposite. looking to see if governor walker would keep that resolve, keep that stiff spine and recognizing that as his spine stiffens, the rest of us then feel empowered. other governors across the nation feel empowered and emboldened to do the right thing for the people that they re serving. as predicted, they can t get enough of the guy. welcome back to the ed show. last night s victory cemented governor scott walker s reputation as the rock star of the republican party and now some say walker could help out mitt romney in november. former bush speechwriter mark teson writes, putting walker on the gop ticket would make romney instantly competitive in wisconsin and it would force president obama to spend time and resources the defending a state he expected an easy win in november. and as the republican ticket did pull an upset in wis