senators? i think there is no question that he could. ed, the question is when does he lose them? does he lose them in this vote that will eventually come in the state senate? we have to have three republican senators vote no. we re pretty sure one senator dale schultz will do so. the question is whether mike ellis who denny has spoken of so well and wisely tonight will swing over. if mike ellis swings over then i think you ll see other relatively moderate to conservative republicans like rob coles and potentially luther olson swing but if they don t swing yeah. if they don t swing the governor wins. the governor might win the battle but then i think this recall will go ahead with incredible power. the fact of the matter is recall efforts have been launched in eight districts across this state and i ve beenç talking t people around wisconsin. i m amazed at the amount of
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the same conservative poll shows governor walker has a 54% disapproval rating. this isn t just liberal madison voters. governor walker is absolutely, no doubt about it, bleeding independence. 62% of wisconsin independents think the state is on the wrong track. 57% disapprove of walker s job performance. 59% have an unfavorable view of the governor. now, the poll shows a much closer split on the 14 democrats who fled the state. pretty close here. 51% disapprove of the actions of the democratic senators but 47% approve. and the four-point split is within the margin of error. it is pretty clear to see what s happening here. of course there have been rumors all weekend long about a plan for the wisconsin 14 to come back to the state but numbers like these have empowered them to stay strong. editorials and local papers have turned in their favor. there are rumors that the senate republicans are starting to
in a few moments. but first get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight s question, will the wisconsin 14 face a back lash if they come home now? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. we ll bring you the results later on in the show. or go to our new blog at ed.msnbc.com and we ll bring you the results coming up. now this all ties into the recall because a lot of the republicans are starting to waver because they know what s out there. they are reading the political tea leaves and hearing it on their local streets. joining me now is a member of the localç steel workers in grn bay, wisconsin. lauer is a constituent of senator mike ellis who may be wavering and joining us by phone is christopher rowe the grass roots campaign manager for the alberta darling recall campaign. as we go into the 11th hour, good to have you with us tonight. can you pressure, do you think the pressure that you re putting
anybody being recalled if they re concerned about the majority. absolutely. is he one that might say to other republicans hey maybe we re over the top here? you bring up a good point. mike is president of the senate and might be feeling pressure from the other republicans to take a look at this thing and maybe take a different stance on what they feel is the right thing to do. they don t want to become the minority in the senate. they want to stay the majority and you bring up a good point as far as other republicans potentially getting recalled. denny, what about this? the budget repair bill in wisconsin, not polling very well. only 46% of the people support ç it. 51% oppose it. are you hearing that in your neighborhood? has the tide turned? absolutely. not only in my neighborhood but even with my own local. there are 700 members at my local union that are in mike ellis s district and my members