i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com wisconsin residents are voting right now on an extraordinary move to recall the governor scott walker and replace him with tom barrett. this election might be a sneak preview of the november press connection. the effort to get rid of walker was sparked by his move to get rid of collective bargaining rights for public employees. the state is split down the middle, the nasty battle against the tea party movement that has made vast amounts of money. dana bash reports. reporter: at a labor headquarters in madison, a frenzied final push to get out the vote. checking and re-checking lists, last-minute phone calls upon. the climax of a lengthy union effort of the republican governor scott walker. this is about mobilizing our people and the base and connecting with our voters. reporter: it s a similar scene in a walker war room. gop officials claim to have made 4 million calls and all of thi
about the policies that mitt romney supports which are not just the policy of the bush administration but far to the right of those. do you have a problem with going after bain capital where surrogates have not stuck to the script, notably president clinton who is talking about a sterling business record for governor romney. i don t have a problem at all. i have been amazed by it. the fact of the matter is we know about bain capital because of senator ted kennedy. he was locked in a race in 1994 on his first forainto politics. ted kennedy ended up beating the bark off of him and the center piece of his assault was bain. this has been used in gubernatorial elections and the republican primary. so for democrats to be having the conversation whether this is fair game but you asked me my opinion. you had some other folks
about the policies that mitt romney supports which are not just the policy of the bush administration but far to the right of those. do you have a problem with going after bain capital where surrogates have not stuck to the script, notably president clinton who is talking about a sterling business record for governor romney. i don t have a problem at all. i have been amazed by it. the fact of the matter is we know about bain capital because of senator ted kennedy. he was locked in a race in 1994 on his first forainto politics. ted kennedy ended up beating the bark off of him and the center piece of his assault was bain. this has been used in gubernatorial elections and the republican primary. so for democrats to be having the conversation whether this is fair game but you asked me my opinion. you had some other folks
the president that is a debate the president should embrace. i think we spend a lot of time on the records and looking at mitt romney s record because he has made it a center piece. i think the issue for both candidates is what you will do to move the economy forward. it is not just a criticism but what you are going to do. i think it should be welcome ground. mitt romney hasn t talked about his policies in the last few weeks, only criticizing the president. if the president has a debate about the policies that mitt romney supports which are not just the policy of the bush administration but far to the right of those. do you have a problem with going after bain capital where surrogates have not stuck to the script, notably president clinton who is talking about a sterling business record for governor romney. i don t have a problem at all. i have been amazed by it. the fact of the matter is we know about bain capital because
have more of an ill pact of where wisconsin is than the recall. talking about mitt romney s record at bain capital, what do you take away from this big bain secret and why democrats don t seem to want to attack bain. is there something i am missing here? well, bill clinton was off message in praising mitt romney s sterling business record. but bill clinton ended up giving an interview just yesterday where he said, look, i was just pointing out how mitt romney is a successful businessman and is qualified to be president. he said, look, president obama would do a much better job and tried to walk it back. but we have a few things going on. there s always a little bit of a conflict between bill clinton and barack obama, even though bill clinton is fully on the campaign this time around. and it s no surprise that democrats in new york, washington, d.c., philadelphia