that the standoff over the republican union stripping plan was coming to an end, it doesn t seem like it is, and the longer this goes on, longer it becomes clear the liberal side is winning. i am telling you, the more people will be called communists. it s a rule. and the more guys like the koch brothers will have to spend to make up for the devastating political costs the republicans have incurred by picking and losing this fight in the american midwest. state senator jon erpenbach joins us, he is one of the 14 state senators that remain outside of wisconsin to deny republicans the quorum needed for the union stripping bill. good to see you, senator. thank you for your time. thanks, rachel. there was this reporting late last night and early this morning that democrats were going to head back to wisconsin. the whole thing was about to come to an end. what was your reaction to that reporting? when you say the headline i
if a politician suggests them, they are no longer independent. wisconsin democrats say mr. walker was not only illegally coordinating campaign expenditures in that moment, he was soliciting david koch s financial help from the governor s office inside the state capitol. you are not supposed to solicit campaign contributions from your public office. talking about the koch brothers in 2011 is starting to feel like talking about karl rove in 2004. if you care about progressive politics or even fair play in 2011, you really can t get away from the koch brothers. they are becoming way too ubiquitous. they come up in every political scandal, from wisconsin union busting and phony astro turf bus tours to the questionable partiality of the american supreme court justices. every time a political scandal erupts big or small, there are the koch brothers with a chair pulled up to the table. i do not want it to be true.
that the standoff over the republican union stripping plan was coming to an end, it doesn t seem like it is, and the longer this goes on, longer it becomes clear the liberal side is winning. i am telling you, the more people will be called communists. it s a rule. and the more guys like the koch brothers will have to spend to make up for the devastating political costs the republicans have incurred by picking and losing this fight in the american midwest. state senator jon erpenbach joins us, he is one of the 14 state senators that remain outside of wisconsin to deny republicans the quorum needed for the union stripping bill. good to see you, senator. thank you for your time. thanks, rachel. there was this reporting late last night and early this morning that democrats were going to head back to wisconsin. the whole thing was about to come to an end. what was your reaction to that reporting? when you say the headline i was surprised. i saw the quote from senator miller. and he wa
walker was not only illegally coordinating campaign expenditures in that moment, he was soliciting david koch s financial help from the governor s office inside the state capitol. you are not supposed to solicit campaign contributions from your public office. talking about the koch brothers in 2011 is starting to feel like talking about karl rove in 2004. if you care about progressive politics or even fair play in 2011, you really can t get away from the koch brothers. they are becoming way too ubiquitous. they come up in every political scandal, from wisconsin union busting and phony astro turf bus tours to the questionable partiality of the american supreme court justices. every time a political scandal erupts big or small, there are the koch brothers with a chair pulled up to the table. i do not want it to be true. i am sick of these guys already. but every time you turn over a political rock, there they are. new example. the consumer product safety
united states has bosses, that the union bosses this president around, the unions boss him around. does that sound to you like they are consciously or subconsciously deliver the racist message that of course, of course a black man can t be the real boss. well, i hadn t thought about the racial overtones, but honestly, lawrence, i think that ad is a bad ad. i mean, when you think about this, and i think people are starting to wake up to it, that the union really represents the little guy, and the ability of the janitors in the capitol to band together to be able to have some strength in negotiating. i mean, this is not like some guy with a cigar over in a corner, this is your neighbor. these are everyday people. and when you think about the wage disparity, the income