lena taylor is a democratic state senator who opposes the bill. >> it did transformational things to laws in wisconsin. laws that had been in place for 50, 70 years. >> many interpret walker's proposals as a challenge to his political opponents. john nichols covers the story for the progressive magazine, "the nation." >> it's no secret that in northern industrial states, labor unions, particularly public sector unions are the backbone of the democratic party. walker went right at that base. >> by monday, february 14th, graduate students at the university of wisconsin madison who belong to a union of teaching assistants organize a march to the nearby state capitol to protest the bill. >> these graduate students mostly started going into the capitol. it was very kind of gentle protests in many senses. and tv cameras were there, and i think it had a very powerful impact. >> tuesday brings more protests. >> by the next day, there were many, many people who said, well, you know, i think i'm going to go get in on that. >> images of outraged citizens at the capitol spread quickly via televi

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