year. there have been just actual travesties that are going to be happening in our natural environment. there are a host of reasons why scott walker should be recalled from office, and i think the most important point here is, reverend, he didn t campaign on any of these things. he didn t get elected saying that, that s correct. that s the important point. that s the critical point. john, let me ask you real quickly. he s trying to give a different spin on this. the koch brothers group, americans for prosperity, they are running this ads of misinformation. let me show you quickly. they told us the sky would fall and wisconsin would end as we know it, but the sky is still there, and wisconsin is stronger than ever. we cut spending by asking government employees to contribute to their own pensions and benefits, like everyone else, and reining in abuses of collective bargaining positions, to put taxpayers back in control. this is funded by the billionaire koch brothers, john.
support and being able to assign them, break them down and organize them properly it can be done. it absolutely can be done, and the democratic party, working in conjunction with groups like united wisconsin, are going to get that done. we ve got 30 field offices around the state, and i know as an organizer, reverend, would you appreciate the very good work that s being done to make sure that we are gathering the data we need, analyzing the signatures, making sure we re handing in valid signatures, and i believe that in 60 days we re going to hand in more than enough signatures to trigger the recall of governor walker and frankly it s very exciting. it s exciting times and it s historic. john, one of the reasons that people around the country take this effort seriously and believe the organizing ability is there is what you ve already done. you have successfully recalled two state senators earlier this year. state senator randy hopper and state senator dan kapanke have
hi. i want to take on a petition to recall governor walker. just surreal. it feels like a dream, like i said before, something i ve waited all year to do, never knowing that it was actually going to be me that got to do it and that s a real proud moment. rallies continued today all over the state to collect more than half a million signatures in 60 days and force an election next year. the goal, kick scott walker back into private life. joining me now, two men who are both key to the recall efforts, state senator john urpenbach, a democrat from madison, and mike tate, chairman of the wisconsin democrat democratic party. thank you both for joining me tonight. thanks, reverend. mike, you helped organize the recall effort. let s start with you. how confident are you? well, i am as confident as
that he found it very unsettling and troubling that anyone would consider creating safety risks for our citizens and law enforcement officers. and state senator tim carpenter, one of the 14 who left the state, called for the governor s resignation over what he said on that infamous phone call. senator carpenter writes, governor walker, this tape would make richard nixon blush. if the recording and the items discussed by you are indeed your plans, you have no business being in public office in our state and should resign. returning to the show tonight, democratic state senator john urpenbach. and on with us for the first time, republican state senator and majority leader scott fitzgerald. senator fitzgerald, thank you much for joining us tonight. i want to get straight to that complaint by the police chief about what the governor said on that tape. here he is talking about
that infamous phone call. senator carpenter writes, governor walker, this tape would make richard nixon blush. if the recording and the items discussed by you are indeed your plans, you have no business being in public office in our state and should resign. returning to the show tonight, democratic state senator john urpenbach. and on with us for the first time, republican state senator and majority leader scott fitzgerald. senator fitzgerald, thank you much for joining us tonight. i want to get straight to that complaint by the police chief about what the governor said on that tape. here he is talking about entertaining, thinking about sending troublemakers into the crowd. is that something you discussed with the governor? we talked about afl-cio individuals that might be in wisconsin on saturday that may use those type of tactics to get