and trump didn t invent this. other politicians, deny, say something isn t true, question the credibility of the allegations. walker has gotten a distance from it, gotten to a paint. but i think it is just reaching a new phase for him right now, now that somebody is reported to be on the record talking about it. the midterms, that s going to be a test of his political capital as you know. we have been watching these races around the country all year and some of the trump-backed candidates, many have been winning. this will be a test of his political capital and the fracture in the gop right now. what do you think he would consider a win in november? a number of candidates who he endorsed winning. and he will, you know, he spins everything. he will say he had a terrific record even if it s a spotty record. in the case of walker, he will point to that if walker wins. other statewide candidates, j.d. vance in iowa.
good to be here. greta: to the american people what is the message if mayor tom barrett wins and what if the message is governor scott walker is re-elected? it does have broader implication. there is a clash between business and labor that played out in other states as well, so it has implications for that. implications for november. as we know, the obama campaign designated wisconsin as one of seven true tossups. wisconsin is the only one of the states that has been a consistent blue state over the last umpteen presidential elections. democrats have their hands full defending wisconsin. if walker wins, the romney campaign, you know will go full bore after wisconsin. greta: interesting you say that about president obama. president obama didn t campaign here. he was in minneapolis for three fundraisers last friday. did the flyover, didn t refuel in wisconsin. went tipples. never bothered to stop here. president clinton came here. is that a message, you sate it s a tossup state.
good to be here. greta: to the american people what is the message if mayor tom barrett wins and what if the message is governor scott walker is re-elected? it does have broader implication. there is a clash between business and labor that played out in other states as well, so it has implications for that. implications for november. as we know, the obama campaign designated wisconsin as one of seven true tossups. wisconsin is the only one of the states that has been a consistent blue state over the last umpteen presidential elections. democrats have their hands full defending wisconsin. if walker wins, the romney campaign, you know will go full bore after wisconsin. greta: interesting you say that about president obama. president obama didn t campaign here. he was in minneapolis for three fundraisers last friday. did the flyover, didn t refuel in wisconsin. went tipples. never bothered to stop here. president clinton came here. is that a message, you sate it s a tossup state.
the scenario, walker wins but some of those other seats go democrat? first of all walker wins and rebecca wins it is an enormous victory for conservatives and republicans in wisconsin. as you alluded to a few seconds ago is it is not just great for wisconsin. today is question of taking care of home. no question about it. taking care of wisconsin and rewarding two people that kept their promises. simple things like not spending more money than you take in. that is what this is about. jenna, if you think about what is going to happen on the democratic side of the aisle provided we prevail tonight i think democrats enter into this circular firing squad for about three to four weeks. then you have the president, interestingly, coming back to wisconsin and saying to these same activists fighting to reclaim wisconsin as a democratic state, the president s going to come back and say, hey, i need you to get to work to help me get elected here. i think these democrats are
in yet. maybe he ll change his take once the election returns. sure. here s the thing. in all the depictions of the electoral college vote in november, in every projection where barack obama wins, he s got to win wisconsin and right now, it is far from sure fire. mitt romney s got a bunch of offices that are currently, you know, campaigning on behalf of scott walker. on wednesday, they all flip to work for him. john ellis over at buzz feed says this he s done the metric and figured if walker loses, it will be clear that barack obama will be re-elected. if walker wins by one to five points, that means it s going to be very close and he suggests that if walker wins by six, mitt romney is the favorite to win in november. the biggest telling thing on the democratic side is that the president did not show up to campaign for milwaukee mayor,