>> shepard: this isn't about balancing the budget. this is about a political war. that from a democratic representative on the floor of the wisconsin assembly today. he and his colleagues say they are going to keep delay ago vote on a bill that would strip power from labor unions. republicans say they want the vote tonight. they, and the governor insist they need the measure to balance the state's budget. but even if they pass the bill in the assembly it still has to go throughout senate and that's going to be a problem because 14 state democrats left town last week. meantime, thousands of union supporters are still camped out in madison at the capitol building trying to pressure the governor and republicans to kill the bill once and for all. our mike tobin is monitoring things in madison, tonight. mike, what's the buzz? >> well, no end in sight, shepard. the senate minority leader sent