grass roots fury that made wisconsin want to recall republicans does not have a mirror image on the other side. wisconsin is mad at republicans. and while conservative groups had said they had just as many democrats targeted as liberal groups had targeted republicans, the fact is the conservatives cannot get it together. they cannot get these recall efforts off the ground. they cannot get the signatures on their side. conservatives said they want to recall democratic senator lena taylor. yesterday they missed the deadline to get in the signatures against her. they needed 13,000 signatures, they say they got a few hundred. they said they wanted to recall democrat fred risser. yesterday, they missed the deadline to get in the signatures against him. conservatives also tried to recall senator spencer coggs in milwaukee. today, they missed the deadline to get in the signatures against him.
heros? right here. this is what democracy is all about. these are the people who stop the presses and brought the nation s attention to the fight for workers rights that s going on right here in madison, wisconsin. joining me now, in person, for the first time, did you like interviewing with me in camera? now it s in person. i have to tell you, it has been a highlight in my career to watch these democratic state senators, john irpenbock, bob job, mark miller, the longest serving state legislator in american history, fred risser and state senators lena taylor, kathleen and spencer coggs. these are people that are committed to their constituents that said no to a radical budget and i congratulate you. it s an honor to meet you tonight. john, great to have you with us. what are the big things you are fighting right now against the walker think about? we re just trying to make things as fair as we can. k-12 education is very important
about. these are the people who stop the presses and brought the nation s attention to the fight for workers rights that s going on right here in madison, wisconsin. joining me now, in person, for the first time, did you like interviewing with me in camera? now it s in person. i have to tell you, it has been a highlight in my career to watch these democratic state senators, john irpenbock, bob job, mark miller, the longest serving state legislator in american history, fred risser and state senators lena taylor, kathleen and spencer coggs. these are people that are committed to their constituents that said no to a radical budget and i congratulate you. it s an honor to meet you tonight. john, great to have you with us. what are the big things you are fighting right now against the walker think about? we re just trying to make things as fair as we can. k-12 education is very important to all of us. obviously, we want jobs in the state of wisconsin but don t
nation helping us. people from all over the country have come. this is home grown, this is grassroots, but we are having people all over the country helping us to go forward and move forward, because in wisconsin, our motto is forward. so we are on a momentous swing like you would not believe. last night was not pretty, but tomorrow we will survive and we will thrive. you are talking to a guy who loves natural turf. thank you very much. in all sports and events such as this. thank you, sir. state senator spencer coggs in illinois. john nichols on site in madison for nation magazine. coming up, emotions run high in congressman peter king s hearings today. we ll get to this in a second. this scene today with keith ellison is in the history books with the mccarthy hearings. this is up there. what did it accomplish? king s got problems. he went out to do something today and got the opposite thrown at him. we ll be back with what happened today in the hearings of the so-called radical
the capitol you meet many republicans, many corrections officers, many police officers, who aren t you typical liberal democrat. and right now what s happened in wisconsin is that barack obama has yielded a great benefit from this without actually having to invest very much. there will come a point, however, where you see draconian moves at this time and there will be a greater demand on this president to speak up to say where he stands in regard to governors who seem to be adopting what one legislator here in wisconsin has referred to as dictatorial power. back to politics in wisconsin, senator coggs. your party lost the senate seat last november, you lost the governorship and legture. why didn t you fight harder to take control? it looks like you are a victim now because you lost an election and they are using the election to beat your brains in. well, you know what happens in wisconsin, one-third is democrat, one-third is republican, and one-third is