pluses and mine debate on the plus and minuses of the debate. brand-new developments in the budget standoff in wisconsin. the state s democratic party just filed an ethics complaint against governor walker in the wake of comments he made during a prank phone call two weeks ago. they claim he violated an ethics rule in taking this call, this prank phone call and what he said on it. already folks are saying the state is battling potentially thousands in worker layoffs, and teacher strikes and so on, and this is what they are worried about, a prank call? mike tobin live from madison, wisconsin. mike? reporter: you cut right to the heart of the matter. the ethics complaint goes back to the prank phone call made by a left-wing blogger when he posed as as a billionaire
right now. senator miller said we made numerous attempts to reach out to republicans. i have personally called senator fitzgerald and the governor at his office on a regular basis, but have noteceived return calls. has senator miller called you and have you not returned his call? that s ridiculous. every time my phone rings and it s mark miller i pick it up and he has nothing to say. he does not have control of the caucus and his members. he is not willing to negotiate. the other two senators are the ones negotiating from a mcdonald s. the whole thing is preposterous it s hard to wrap your arms around these guys have a band in their job and in their constituents and held up in a hotel in chicago. it s ridiculous the democratic party filed a complaint against the governor based on the prank phone call. the most serious part seems to
preposterous, it is hard to wrap your arms around that these guys have abandoned their jobs, their seats, constituents, and are hold up in a hotel in chicago. it is absolutely ridiculous. representative mason, the democratic party has filed a complaint against the governor based on the prank phone call, the most serious part of it seems to be where the governor appears to in effect solicit campaign contribution help, asking that in the future they get some help with funding advertising in some senators districts down the road. do you think that was a violation, and do you think this is the time to bring that complaint against the governor or wait until this crisis has resolved itself? i think thatรง call raises a lot of questions, i ll be honest with you. i am worried about the finance part of it. i am more worried about his consideration on whether or not to use goons to instigate
kenosha, wisconsin. the whole thing is so preposterous, it is hard to wrap your arms around that these guys have abandoned their jobs, their seats, constituents, and are hold up in a hotel in chicago. it is absolutely ridiculous. representative mason, the democratic party has filed a complaint against the governor based on the prank phone call, the most serious part of it seems to be where the governor appears to in effect solicit campaign contribution help, asking that in the future they get some help with funding advertising in some senators districts down the road. do you think that was a violation, and do you think this is the time to bring that complaint against the governor or wait until this crisis has resolved itself? i think that call raises a lot of questions, i ll be honest with you. i am worried about the finance part of it. i am more worried about his
ground, mike tobin. can you break the crowd down, how many are professional leftwingers, how many just regular pungs? a lot of out of towners, a lot bussed in from wisconsin and surrounding states. shocking footage from madison, wisconsin. they are not only busing in people from out of state, they re also busing in palm trees. the wisconsin legislature, i don t know if you heard about this, they introduced a bill making it illegal to make a prank phone call. making a prank phone call would be illegal. yeah. the bill sponsored by dick hertz and ip freely. at least it is shorter than an oscar s butt. at issue here, the governor s proposal to raise the pension contributions of public employees while also stripping them of collective bargaining rights.