we were able to put in place reforms that had saved government $148 million and counting. we have done hundreds in wisconsin. we have private sector jobs gained. 94 percent of the business owners in the state geraldo say our state is headed in the right direction. good to hear. good to hear. believing governor walker and lieutenant governorcally fish brought this on themselves by pursuing a radical agenda eric kirkstein of united wisconsin is leading the recall charge. eric welcome aboard. how do you respond to being called radical and all of the rest of that? well thanks for having me. thank you both for being on. i am sorry. i don t ne i don t mean to be rude. i am rushing tonight. this recall unprecedented is
tonight. what s the latest number. where are you right now? how many days, how many hours, how many signatures? where are you? well, we are tomorrow it will be two weeks so we re 13 days in and tonight in conjunction with our grassroots partner united wisconsin we re proud to announce we ve collected over 300,000 signatures in the first 13 days. we average about 1,040 signatures per hour. every hour of the day since we started this recall. so we are off to a tremendous start, and we re just getting started. so you re well on your way to getting enough signatures right now if you can keep the momentum, but you had the thanksgiving holiday. how much did that help? the thanksgiving holiday was tremendous for us. we, you know, it s the tradition gun deer hunt season here in wisconsin. we were at deer cleaning stations all over this state. we had a black friday plan where volunteers spread out and went to all the shopping malls and the targets and all the stores and got signatures f
with breaking news on the recall tonight, we bring in mike tate, chairman of the wisconsin democratic party. mike, good to have you with us tonight. what s the latest number. where are you right now? how many days, how many hours, how many signatures? where are you? well, we are tomorrow it will be two weeks so we re 13 days in and tonight in conjunction with our grassroots partner united wisconsin we re really proud to announce we ve collected over 300,000 signatures in the first 13 days. we average about 1,040 signatures per hour. every hour of the day since we started this recall. so we are off to a tremendous start, and we re just getting started. so you re well on your way to getting enough signatures right now if you can keep the momentum, but you had the thanksgiving holiday. how much did that help? the thanksgiving holiday was tremendous for us. you know, it s the tradition gun deer hunt season here in wisconsin. we were at deer cleaning stations all over this state. we
nuance gets lost in politics. on purpose, not by accident, my friend. organizers of scott walker from office now say they have more than half the number of signatures needed to force a recall election. joining me now is mike tate, chairman of the democratic party, thank you very much for joining me. thanks for having me on. you guys have been at this for 12 days and how many signatures do you need and where are you now? in order to force a recall, we have to collect 540,208 signatures. we started exactly two weeks ago and in conjukz with united wisconsin, we announced we collected over 300,000. is that more than you anticipated? this was supposed to be an uphill battle. this is not something we see
what s the latest number. where are you right now? how many days, how many hours, how many signatures? where are you? well, we are tomorrow it will be two weeks so we re 13 days in and tonight in conjunction with our grassroots partner united wisconsin we re proud to announce we ve collected over 300,000 signatures in the first 13 days. we average about 1,040 signatures per hour. every hour of the day since we started this recall. so we are off to a tremendous start, and we re just getting started. so you re well on your way to getting enough signatures right now if you can keep the momentum, but you had the thanksgiving holiday. how much did that help? the thanksgiving holiday was tremendous for us. we, you know, it s the tradition gun deer hunt season here in wisconsin. we were at deer cleaning stations all over this state. we had a black friday plan where volunteers spread out and went to all the shopping malls and the targets and all the stores and got signatures from peopl