i am a journalist who works at the law school, exploring public policy issues with the public policy program upfront. this is our second conversation with the candidates. in august, which hosted the republican candidates in the gubernatorial primary. tonight, it is the nominees, the democratic candidate tom barrett, mayor of milwaukee, and scott walker, the county executive. i will be asking questions for roughly the first 15 minutes in a free-flowing conversation, and then we will begin taking questions from citizen groups around the state. the citizens were recruited based on their participation in their local communities. we found them by reading letters to the editor and attending city council meetings. they are republicans, democrats, independents. they are asking questions that all agreed on. we want to thank them for their participation in advance. some are in the audience tonight. dan jones from milwaukee public television channels 10 and 36 is giving questions from
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david brooks s write this morning in the the new york times op-ed piece that this money does not make a difference but washington consultants argue otherwise. what do you think about the role money plays in politics? all numbers are on your screen. start dialing now. host: on that colorado race, the washington post in colorado, a slew of negative ads. if you look at who is spending money as far as the interest groups, the groups are a who s who of big money in the campaign this year. american crossroads, 65 million group, funded by the support a political adviser karl rove was the first to go in and air act of the primary. a few nights later, other conservative and business groups dropped it six-figure sums, including anti-tax group club for growth, chamber of commerce and the senate conservative fund run by senator john demand. it has favored joe buck, the republican candidate, but the democratic party picked up some of the difference on behalf of michael bennett. at uni