joining us now is jim palmer, who is the executive director of the wisconsin professional police organizationhave you with us. and i'm introducing you tonight to three people that have been with us on this wisconsin ride and been through all of this. >> that's exactly right. >> what are you going through tonight? >> well, obviously, we're all hopefully optimistic. you know, law enforcement officers, many law enforcement officers tend to be conservative. but they know the difference between right and wrong. and what governor walker and this republican state senate and the legislature have been trying to do, they recognized as wrong. i can't tell you how many members i've had approach me personally and say that they've been lifelong republicans but never again. and so i'm very optimistic that tonight the middle class is going to reclaim our state. >> what do you think this is doing to the entire state? i mean, there's a lot of districts out there tonight that are not engaged. it's down to six districts, and then there's going to be two more next week. what do you think the rest of the state is