the same time. it s making sure even though election hasn t been called yet, making sure the signatures are certified and move forward from there. in terms of your decision whether or not to run, and if you don t run, your decision about who you are going to support, who you want to be the republican excuse me the democratic nominee against governor walker, is there a litmus test for you? a specific issue or specific set of issues you feel like are must-dos, must-haves for any democratic candidate to really carry the party line against walker? obviously, it has to start with restoring workers rights and collective bargaining in wisconsin. it s larger than that. thousands of volunteers gathering signatures for thousands of different reasons. whether it s taking away from the badger care program or senior care program, over a billion dollars in cuts to the k-12 education system here in wisconsin, which is going to devastate the schools. the voter id law, probably the worst law not
certified and move forward from there. in terms of your decision whether or not to run, and if you don t run, your decision about who you are going to support, who you want to be the republican excuse me the democratic nominee against governor walker, is there a litmus test for you? a specific issue or specific set of issues you feel like are must-dos, must-haves for any democratic candidate to really carry the party line against walker? obviously, it has to start with restoring workers rights and collective bargaining in wisconsin. it s larger than that. thousands of volunteers gathering signatures for thousands of different reasons. whether it s taking away from the badger care program or senior care program, over a billion dollars in cuts to the k-12 education system here in wisconsin, which is going to devastate the schools. the voter id law, probably the
stamps. when they stand-up and fight, we will win. we are going to show the country that tomorrow. what about the money that poured into the state? do you think it will help the republicans turn out? no. they have cut down the debate in the assembly, locked people out of the capital. i don t think they can buy their way out by dumping money into the state. what have the cuts to education meant? it s been devastating. take the money away then talk about how bad the public schools are. pump up the for profit schools. it s known for a phenomenal k-12 education system. any regrets about leaving? if you had not left, what would have happened? we would be sitting here licking our wounds. what we have instead is a popular uprising that is going to take back the state tomorrow.
it s been devastating. take the money away then talk about how bad the public schools are. pump up the for profit schools. it s known for a phenomenal k-12 education system. any regrets about leaving? if you had not left, what would have happened? we would be sitting here licking our wounds. what we have instead is a popular uprising that is going to take back the state tomorrow. it s all about the turnout. you have had $40 million that has been put into the state from outside interest groups trying to get the vote out. we ll see if it works. stay with us. we are back with more from madison, wisconsin on the ed show on msnbc. what s up, smart?
and it is not about the budget anywhere that republican governors are doing these things this year. in florida today, new republican governor rick scott, state of the state address. massive budget cuts to the state s education system. massive budget cuts in particular to the state s k-12 education system. $1.7 billion cut out of k-12 alone in public schools in florida. what are you going to do. we don t have a choice, have to make these cuts. k-12 education being cut at the knees. but the state needs to save that money. is the state saving that money? no, the state is not. governor scott is giving that money away. the money he is saving by taking it out of schools he is giving away as corporate tax breaks and property tax breaks. so hey, florida, those cuts that are going to cut k-12 education off at the knees is going to make your state deficit precisely not better. those cuts for k-12 are not going to do anything to help