the states is that voters in the states governed by republicans cannot wait until the next election to undo what they have done. they want the politicians and their main priorities out and they want them out now. joining us a lawmaker at the center of the recall effort in wisconsin since day one, john erpenbach, nice to see you again, thanks for being here. you too, rachel, thank you. when all this started with you and your fellow senators, fleeing the state to keep the republicans from stripping union rights in wisconsin, when you and i first met over that whole conflict, did you know it would end like this for scott walker? when we talked i thought we would be in chicago for a couple days and go home, work it out, obviously that didn t happen. here we are, less than a year later and we turned in a million signatures to recall the governor almost as many votes as he got when he was first elected in 2010.
basically with people power. financially, obviously the democrats will have to be competitive, this is a race for the governor of the state of wisconsin but this race is essentially a nation-wide race, with implications. republican governors are taking note today and looking at the signatures that were turned in against governor walker. we tend to think money will flow in from both sides to support both candidates whoever the democrat ends up being but make no mistake we re looking $100 million race in the end. i think it will be in the super pacs will come in with money from the corporations and so on and so forth, but you can t argue, rachel, a million people signed a petition to recall a governor who has been in office for one year and a week. that says a lot. wisconsin democratic state senator john erpenbach, i should note pointedly not closing out the possibility he might be one of the democrats to run against governor walker, senator, great to have you here, thank you for
you re a republican governor right now. senator erpenbach, i have to ask you if you are considering running against governor walker. there is no single declared democratic candidate who is the obvious choice to run against governor walker, are you considering running against him in. it certainly is something i m looking at. there is a lot of good people talking about it at well. one of my colleagues tim cullen one of the 14 out of beloit, the former county executive, tom barrett, what we are doing right now is to day is the day to celebrate in an ironic and sad day if you think about it on the state s history. over a million people want to change governors in the state of wisconsin. he has been in office a year and a week. it s celebratory and strange at the same time. it s making sure even though election hasn t been called yet, making sure the signatures are
beltway media doesn t care, never covers it, i m here to tell you what we are seeing in the states is that voters in the states governed by republicans cannot wait until the next election to undo what they have done. they want the politicians and their main priorities out and they want them out now. joining us a lawmaker at the center of the recall effort in wisconsin since day one, john erpenbach, nice to see you again, thanks for being here. you too, rachel, thank you. when all this started with you and your fellow senators, fleeing the state to keep the republicans from stripping union rights in wisconsin, when you and i first met over that whole conflict, did you know it would end like this for scott walker? when we talked i thought we would be in chicago for a couple days and go home, work it out, obviously that didn t happen. here we are, less than a year later and we turned in a million signatures to recall the governor almost as many votes as he got when he was first el
i think so, but i think we can compete with bay slick basically with people power. financially, obviously the democrats will have to be competitive, this is a race for the governor of the state of wisconsin but this race is essentially a nation-wide race, with implications. republican governors are taking note today and looking at the signatures that were turned in against governor walker. we tend to think money will flow in from both sides to support both candidates whoever the democrat ends up being but make no mistake we re looking $100 million race in the end. i think it will be in the super pacs will come in with money from the corporations and so on and so forth, but you can t argue, rachel, a million people signed a petition to recall a governor who has been in office for one year and a week. that says a lot. wisconsin democratic state senator john erpenbach, i should note pointedly not closing out the possibility he might be one of the democrats to run against governor wa