i don t anticipate that anybody has said that they re not going to do a recall effort on governor walker right now, the issue is, if you look at the statewide numbers, really, the republicans should be nervous because no race did they win hands down easily. they had to go to a fight, and they got scratches and bruises, they were scared, they worked hard, they had to raise a lot of money are and walker sees that. if he doesn t see it, he needs some different individuals around him telling him what s going on. we have 12% of the people voting last night in wisconsin, they lose two seats. they almost lost a third one. if that s not a message to the governor to get involved and work with the other side, i don t know what is. now he s trying to talk down the possibility of a recall, and i understand that the republicans in that state right now are drafting legislation to change the recall laws, what do you make of that? that s my understanding as a matter of fact, i would expect him t
and talked about a generational shift in politics couldn t go on the road today and get 5,000 votes? the fights in florida, the fight s in ohio, the fight s in michigan, the fight s in wisconsin, the fight s in your backyard it s in my backyard. what these righties want to do is concentrate the wealth, do more corporate tax breaks and that is exactly what scott walker s done. where has unemployment gone? up in wisconsin. get your cell phones out, i want to know what you think. should president obama have gotten involved in the wisconsin recall efforts? text a for yes, b for no, to 622639. and can you always go to ed.misnbc.com. you can follow me on twitter as well. joining me tonight, john nichols from the nation magazine. thank you for being with us.
okay, so they lost a couple senators, but if they close ranks, they still have the majority, and that s all they care about, is is the power. now, for the democrats, this is a marathon, it s not a sprint. two down, a few more to go. and it seems interesting, i think. that the governor of wisconsin is now making phone calls to the minority leader saying, would you like to work on jobs? i have to ask you, governor walker. where was that attitude back in february when you were calling out the cops to go after the wisconsin 14? they wanted to negotiate with you back then, but you didn t want to negotiate. back to the president for a moment. it s time to engage. right now, this white house is starting to develop an image amongst democrats and i was with them for the last two days, they re starting to develop this image that they don t like to fight. that they re just expecting the house and the senate democrats to come up with all the plans,
governor s office. correct me if i m wrong. i m not. and as far as balancing his state s budget on the backs of the middle class, walker will find out if voters approve of that when his name comes up for recall. that s next. a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we ll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites. for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it s the at&t network. and what s possible in here is almost impossible to say.
believes last night s election results are a vindication of his policies. i think people saw the facts, they saw their finances are better, the economy is improving in our state much faster than the national level. the best thing is to keep coming back to the facts, results matter. let s hold it right there, let s talk about some facts. as governor walker s policies have begun to actually take effect, the state s economy, unemployment has risen. it s gone up. it was 7.3% in april. it rose to 7.4% in may, and in june it rose again to 7.6%. if you were dealing with money, would you consider that an increase? i think so. in june it rose at twice the rate as it did nationally. wisconsin s unemployment rate is still below the national average, but under scott walker it is going in the wrong direction. correct me if i m wrong,