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i can die now. heather o reilly, megan rapinoe, ali krieger, lori lindsay, thank you so much. congratulations. thank you for having us. thanks a lot. while attacking president obama s debt ceiling, people buried at arlington cemetery are against the debt ceiling. my friend ed shultz will be representing the viewpoint of the living in that argument. wisconsin is having its first recall election tonight in the wake of that state s adventures in union stripping. an accident doesn t have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only with liberty mutual auto insurance,
great to be with you. now that the supreme court in the state has reinstated the union stripping bill, what does this mean for the fight on that issue? well, first of all, i don t know if anyone is going to appeal that decision, but it definitely shows that justice did what he said he would do, which is support the administration. he even went as far as to write an extra opinion to say he really, really supports what the gop did and to support the administration. and in the end it really means people will have to take their fight to the ballot box and to make sure their voice is heard there. what is happening with the ballot box at this point? what s happening with the recall elections? there are recalls ahead for more republican state senators than democrats. but there are some democrats there, too. what s the strategy? that s correct. there are three democrats who will have individuals running against them who are being recalled. however, there are six
entire democratic state caucus, fleeing the state to keep them from doing it. republicans rammed that union stripping thing through the legislature. the means by which republicans got the union stripping bill through the wisconsin legislature was considered dubious enough that a lawsuit was filed and a judge stopped it from being implemented. to get around that wall, the measure was tied up in court. republicans had planned to pass it all over again to convene in an extraordinary session to ram it through again. this time by adding it to the state s budget. but today the wisconsin state supreme court overturned the lower court decision and reinstated the union stripping law. still other lawsuits are out there and even more are expected. this one is not over. the furor caused by union stripping in wisconsin has led to recall elections for a substantial portion of the state senate, which could flip control
in partisan terms, things have actually worked out pretty well for the guy who is credited with picking this fight. governor scott walker could very well be recalled from office himself because of what he has done. broadly speaking in wisconsin, he is not popular. people are angry. but right now until he s eligible for recall, picking this fight may have made the state as a whole not like him very much. but it s given him an 87% approval rating specifically among republicans in wisconsin. so the state as a whole does not love him. the state s republicans, however, love him very, very much. that s exactly the kind of sentiment someone might be after if they were chasing the republican party s nomination for some high ranking office. joining us now is wisconsin state senator elena taylor. senator taylor, thank you for joining us. it s nice to have you here. great to be with you. now that the supreme court in the state has reinstated the union stripping bill, what does