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election is going to be felt across the country. john avlon, rahem salon and rion simmons are here. i like the sumo wrestler image because they both come off as bloated and full of excess, which both big business and big labor can often be in elections. this is the big bite in the badger state. all eyes on wisconsin tomorrow, high stakes. whoever wins this will be going into the general election with a real sense of confidence, not only when it comes to swing states like wisconsin but a sense of momentum behind them. but it is a big indication of how much money will be driving the debate this year, unprecedented amounts, difficult to follow, driven by special interests. this is all-out political warfare in the state of wisconsin right now. and the history, john, right, shows incumbents get tossed out in these recall elections? it may not happen this time. there are three cases where this has occurred in american history. we ve got a little recall happy in our country, b
i think what we have there were an enormous numbers of levels you could have taken over the last few days. at its most basic, a tourist attraction for people to come to london ahead of the olympics. go up a notch and you can take it as being gratitude for 60 years of service by one woman. and go up to the top notch and you really come to something that s very british. the monarchy, which is in the very backbone of this country, an appreciation of the stability and the way in which it interacts with the people of this country. and i m aware i m talking to you in a republic and a monarchy is not for everybody. but the uk has had a monarchy for 1,000 years. and the queen is that unbroken lineage from then to now. and it was quite a moment quite an amazing moment in history indeed. i know it was special for you. richard quest, thank you so much. here s an angle to the jubilee that you may not have heard about. taking an official part in all this pageantry is a man from harl
because they both come off as bloated and full of excess, which both big business and big labor can often be in elections. this is the big bite in the badger state. all eyes on wisconsin tomorrow, high stakes. whoever wins this will be going into the general election with a real sense of confidence, not only when it comes to swing states like wisconsin but a sense of momentum behind them. but it is a big indication of how much money will be driving the debate this year, unprecedented amounts, difficult to follow, driven by special interests. this is all-out political warfare in the state of wisconsin right now. and the history, john, right, shows incumbents get tossed out in these recall elections? it may not happen this time. there are three cases where this has occurred in american history. we ve got a little recall happy in our country, but this has been a big one. one of the big secrets is the rnc chairman is a wisconsinite so there s a real knowledge of the state i
watch. how about the companies that they enticed to come over and then went bankrupt. the structure in massachusetts as i understand it is a commission of public appointees that the governor does not have direct control over. and you re saying governor romney was against this? what i m saying is when he was governor was we should not have the state investing in private enterprise. the fact is we should be reprogramming this money. and he tried to reprogram the money away from investments. the record seems to contradict that. back in 2003 shortly after taking office, he acted and sounded like a fan of state investment and enterprise, not a critic. talking about the state s already existing renewable energy fund he said quote, the trust fund has been growing for years and i believe now is the time to refocus the assets in such a manner that it can become a spring board for the commonwealth by focusing on job creation in the renewable energy sector. in other words, he