impact going forward because it is about the power of unions and about the power of the republican agenda in several states. look at florida, indiana, michigan, wisconsin, with regard to unions and voter i.d. and these are what republican governors are doing and if they win here it opens the door to further funding and more sort of an energized electorate for them in the fall. chris: if those are the states, why is it that most of the top republicans in the country, a bunch of top republican governors coming in and backing walker but with the exception of bill clinton this weekend almost all of the top democrats have stayed away? how come? i think it is a big problem for the democrats to do that. no question the unions overplayed their hands with in. they put a lot of money into it and now they are losing and the national democrats are playing hands off and that is a big problem for them in november. because if the president is staying out of it and it is noticeable the president i
impact going forward because it is about the power of unions and about the power of the republican agenda in several states. look at florida, indiana, michigan, wisconsin, with regard to unions and voter i.d. and these are what republican governors are doing and if they win here it opens the door to further funding and more sort of an energized electorate for them in the fall. chris: if those are the states, why is it that most of the top republicans in the country, a bunch of top republican governors coming in and backing walker but with the exception of bill clinton this weekend almost all of the top democrats have stayed away? how come? i think it is a big problem for the democrats to do that. no question the unions overplayed their hands with in. they put a lot of money into it and now they are losing and the national democrats are playing hands off and that is a big problem for them in november. because if the president is staying out of it and it is noticeable the president i
going forward because it is about the power of unions and the power of the republican agenda in several states. florida. indiana. michigan. and wisconsin. with regard to unions and with regard to voter i.d. these are what republican governors are doing. and if they win here, it opens the door to further funding and more sort of an energized electorate if them in the fall. chris: if those the stakes why are most of the top republicans in the country, christie and jindal and top republican governors coming in and backing walker, but with the exception of bill clinton all all the top democrats have stayed away. guest: it is a problem for the democrats. in question the unions everlayed over played their hand putting a lot of money in it. in the national democrats they are playing hands off, a big problem in november. because if the president is staying out of it and it is noticeable the president is staying out, are these volunteers and activists going
radicalizing americans would only come from a partnership with the muslim community. linsey davis, abc news, new york. supporters of wisconsin s republican governor have been showing their support for his controversial budget plan. hundreds gathered at an arena in madison yesterday. it was the end of a four-day bus tour backing walker s proposal, of course, to strip state employees of their collective bargaining rights. meanwhile, pro-union demonstrators outnumbered the governor s supporters at the arena. voicing their strong opposition to walker s plan. the issue of government waste is right in the middle of the federal budget debate and a budget agreement is not even close. democrats and republicans are now about $50 billion apart. as jonathan karl reports, a new report offers plenty of ideas about making cuts. reporter: even when it comes to chickens and eggs, there are a tangle of overlapping and redundant programs. it s almost embarrassing. the food and drug administration i