it s in his court. and, senator taylor and senator lasso i d like you to answer this one. would you like to see president obama in madison? you know what? having the president be supportive and the fact that the archbishop is supportive and the pope is supportive and the packers are supportive, you know, come on. who should not be with us at this point? would you like to senator, would you like to see president obama come to madison? well, we would certainly welcome him in madison or anywhere in the state of wisconsin. i think that he certainly brings a message of hope and really has proven to be a force that has been standing up for workers anç the middle class. we would certainly roll out the welcome mat for him. we would at least hope they roll out the welcome mat because we re going to be in illinois when he comes. that s right. senator taylor, senator lasse, and all of you great
to think that our job description of elected officials is to get re-elected. that s not our job description. aknown thamen to that, mr. p. that is not your job description to get re-elected and no middle class family in this country who supported you will ever think you are going to madison to score political points. you re going there because there was a time that you, barack fjt(spyou made people believe. you grabbed them by the heart. you got into their soul. you made them believe that you would be there for the middle class. you made them believe that your support was going to be unwavering. i m not sure about that tonight. now, look. i know there is a lot on your plate. i know that libya is going to hell in a hand basket. but i was in madison last week, mr. president. and i ve visited with nurses and
and librarians and teachers and you know what? their world is going to go to hell in a hand basket, too, if this radical republican governor gets his way. it s time for a road trip. it s time for the president of the united states to go out and prove that he is with these americans, that he s standing with them and he ll stand with them and rally with them as long as he has to in madison, indianapolis, columbus, and trenton. those will just be the first four steps. because the republicans, you see, they have a map, too. they have a road trip. it s called all over america. all over america they re attacking public education. all over america they are attacking organized labor. and all over america they are trying to defund the progressive movement. but we had barack obama on our side one time but now tonight i ve just got this one sound bite where he says, over a week ago that, you know, he is kind of with them and then, jay carney, you just didn t sell me,
as muammar qadhafi loses control of major cities. is the capital the next city to fall? we are on the road to 2012. mayhem in madison continues. neither side is showing any sign of backing down. gop governor scott walker the hero of this battle went over the heads of union organizers last night and took his case straight to the people of wisconsin. for years i tried to use modest changes in pension and health insurance contributions as a means of balancing our budget without massive lay-offs or furloughs. on nearly every occasion the local unions, told me to go ahead and lay-off workers that s not acceptable. sean: governor walker made it clear if the 14 democratic senators who remain hole up, do not return before friday, he will be forced to lay-off at least 1500 state workers. what do the people of
wisconsin think? joining me to get the answer to that question is pollster frank luntz, in madison, wisconsin with a special focus group. sean, i don t know what going to happen. so let s go to the group. who should win this the unions or the governor? we re split. you have a position with the union? yeah. what is this debate about? gentleman bottom line is it comes down bottom line is it comes down to the collective bargaining. we understand we need too contribute. as a fiscal conservative, i know the state is in trouble. but, to take a shot at hurt collective bargaining is overboard and a control issue. what is wrong with that? he s not a fiscal conservative if he was, he would be for walker s budget. walker is trying to fix things. our schools and communities can t make a budget with this going on. we are millions of dollars in debt. the time has come for us to