>> reporter: once the law passed >> recall paul walker. >> reporter: -- nearly a million petitions wered to have the governor stand for re-election after a year and a half in office. campaign money is pouring in from both sides. all told, almost $38 million was spent on the 2010. walker predicts the recall election is likely to cost $70 million. >> this is going to be an all-time record for wisconsin, probably one of the most costly gubernatorial elections in the country. >> reporter: and it's the second one of your first term. >> exactly. i can be the only governor in american history to say i was elected twice in the same term. >> reporter: a poll shows walker leading all three of his likely democratic challengers. voters will have the final word in june. jim axelrod, cbs news, milwaukee. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we have full coverage of the texas tornadoes. we'll get live reports from the ground. so far several injuries but no deaths reported. plus, mitt romney's primary sweep. we'll have reaction from senator john mccain. and we are going to hear fr

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we have people at paul bryant and scott walker is that okay but of talking about solving this problem but if we were to make the kinds of fundamental reforms in structural changes to put us on a sustainable path? would have been? are they going to be rewarded for that courage, for fixing problems as opposed to a point in a force or kicking the can down the road or would they be turned out of office clicks every other state is watching this from the members of congress are watching and we talked about political courage, how much easier it is to give people step is to post some and they can afford stuff. trust me of scott walker goes down, the politicians throughout this country are going to see that as a clear indication, do not mess with this culture. do not mess with entitlements, don't try to fix problems. if you want to stay in office, appointed a blue-ribbon task force. there's two kinds of people in politics. there's lots of different kinds of people in politics, but there's the doers and the beers. people want to be in politics. they run because they want the title, they want to

the drum is still beating for austerity we don't call it austerity we call it the paul ryan budget we call it scott walker's agenda in wisconsin scott walker is facing a recall he's actually there are some polls showing that he's going to beat that and that if there's a democrat who even if there is a recall he will win that at the same time that he's been laying off so many people in wisconsin that it now has some of the worst job numbers in the nation with a net twenty three thousand jobs lost in that state and yet still there are these economists coming on t.v. saying well this is we still need to cut more we haven't reached the point where we've got enough our austerity isn't severe enough we need to take a lesson from what the french are doing or what the what the british are doing. again i would i would use history as the example we are now in the fifth year for five years the drum has been beating that we have to cut the government's budget that we have to let the wealthy people and corporations get away with little or no taxation that we have to do it we have to do it because that's our way out i th

we have paul ryan and scott walker whose sins of talking about solving these problems what if we were to make the fundamental reforms and structural changes to put us on a sustainable path? what happens? are they going to be rewarded for that courage for fixing problems as opposed to a blue-ribbon task force or kick pecan down the road or will they be thrown out of office? every other state is watching this. members of congress watching this. we talked about political courage. , cheese here is to give people stuff. if scott walker goes down the politicians throughout this country will see that as a clear indication. don't try to fix these problems. if you want to stay in office avoid a blue-ribbon task force. there are lots of different things. the people who want to be in politics want the titles and want to be important and want people to suck up to them all the time. en there are the doers. people get the public life because they want to do something and fix something. what we will find out is whether or not we really want people who will do something because trust me. if we don't

. >> gingrich, who is tied for third with ron paul urged his supporters to stand by embattled governor scott walker. >>> as we enter another month of primaries, every delegate is battled for. but does santorum have a shot at pulling off an upset. >> on the one hand, romney seems to have pivoted to general election mode. he has not brought up santorum on his own. on the other hand, as you mentioned, they are running ads and loft of the super pack ads are very harsh and negative on rick santorum. they are not acting like he poses no threat whatsoever. >> rick santorum will be on "meet the press" today, and also on the show, new york senator, rick schumer. >>> as d.c. prepares for its primary, many have done their civic duty. community centers around the district opened their doze to those that wanted to avoid the rush on tuesday. 19 delegates are up for grabs this tuesday in december. >>> right now, thousands of racing around the district. it's the annual cherry blossom run. independence avenue is closed from 23rd street to 14th street. some parts of rock creek parkway are shutdown as are the memoria

. >> what about ron paul and dave walker?alker is making noise about possibly being america's elect candidate. that would take from republicans. >> he's a fiscal hawk. >> jim, does that play into the race? >> it could. i don't know if david walker is serious about running. he gives mixed signals. it's giving signals of how serious they are to get them on the ballot and rally behind a third party candidate. they have a hard time finding somebody who excited a huge number of disgruntled people. you think there's a great market plait for a third party candidate. there's nobody out there that electrifies them. walker doesn't electrify anybody except on the nuts and bolts of the budget. it's not the most exciting issue to hit on for several months. >> i know he electrifies me when he comes here. i have to go off. >> yeah. >> a bucket of ice water. he's so exciting. he's very good on his issue. >> i'm serious. that's my issue. i love dave walker. maybe it says something about me that i'm that obsessed with fiscal issues. i tell you

. >> paul: not sure how good for jim kim going into that snake pit. >> and miss for beganet, a petition to krl governor walker. and turned out that 25 ganet reporters signed the petition as well and they revealed this in the full transparency and did not disclose the names. reporters. paul, who will watch the watch dogs. >> dan. >> paul: a hit for the people described in recent stories as avoiding the new iphones and clinging to the ancient cell phones like the samsung 707. now, i'm not a techno fobe, i love carrying around 25 books on the e-reader, but minimized by interface and not captured by the world of computer engineers. >> paul: that's slick. w

walker did not endorse any candidate before the election. just about every other prominent republican here, you know, reince priebus, paul ryan, jim sensenbrenner, they all came out behind romney. it's clear that romney endorsed scott walker while he was here. and he thinks that that was a winning strategy, and it was a winning strategy for him. and the interesting thing is, now the walker people are going to try to build on the success that romney has. you know, these two elections are connected throughout. if walker doesn't win in june, it's going to be very, very hard for romney to win the state against barack obama. so as i said -- >> why do you see it that way, dan? what would be the effect of the recall election going against walker on romney's chances? >> i think so much time and effort's been spent on the recall election, since november, we've been inundated with ads nonstop by the walker team club for growth, americans for prosperity. the opponents of scott walker in the recall election have just started going up in the last few weeks. so i think it's going to be -- it would be demoralizing to republicans if they end up losing the reca

walker did not endorse any candidate before the election. just about every other prominent republican here, you know, reince priebus, paul ryan, jim sensenbrenner all came out behind romney. it's clear that romney endorsed scott walker while he was here. and he thinks that that was a winning strategy, and it was a winning strategy for him. and the interesting thing is, now the walker people are going to try to build on the success that romney has. you know, these two elections are connected throughout. if walker doesn't win in june, it's going to be very, very hard for romney to win the state against barack obama. so as i said -- >> why do you see it that way, dan? what would be the effect of the recall election going against walker on romney's chances? >> i think so much time and effort's been spent on the recall election, since november, we've been inundated with ads nonstop by the walker team club for growth, americans for prosperity. the opponents of scott walker in the recall election have just started going up in the last few weeks. so i think it's going to be -- it would be demoralizing to republicans if they end up losing the recall ele

walker, to be face-to-face. for romney it's more complicated. he loves being next to paul ryan because paul ryan will be around no matter what. walk a much more volatile player. romney and santorum are glad to talk about how they agree with walker there, big for the anti-union stuff, big for the cuts, but to be photographed with scott walker at this point is a rather dangerous thing. i think walker and romney understand that. that picture comes back to haunt men if walker is defeated in recall or runs into big legal trouble, that's embarrassing for romney. walker is going into a recall election where he's going to desperately be trying to present himself as a moderate figure, so he really doesn't want a picture of him next to presidential candidate who has had to run hard hard to the right. bottom line is, i think they have sort of decided to keep their distance but they have talked each other up in all these cases. >> great to have you with us. in the news tonight, mitt romney has won the state of maryland and the district of columbia. that's "the ed show." "the rachel ma

governor scott walker and lieutenant governor rebecca kleefisch are facing recall elections. and congressman paul ryan goes "on the record." you will never believe what the gsa just did to you. now, we are not going to tell you part of it right now. you are going to get way too upset bu. we will tell you in a few minutes. that's coming up. but right now, governor mitt romney. and tomorrow is a big day for him in wisconsin. we spoke with governor romney a short time ago. nice to see you, especially in my home state. >> thank, greta. good to be here. >> greta: it's the first time i have done an interview among oil drums. >> this is a company that is a distribute oar of oil products. happy to be here, hopefully we can get the price down. >> greta: one of the questions were asked was about oil in your town hall and the president's super pac is running an ad saying that you pledged to protect the billions in profits of oil companies. so i am curious nlight of the fact that gas prices are so high, how do you explain -- hoar how does the government justify tax break when it is big oil companies have bil

paul ryan, what a champion. and of course, your great governor, what a hero he is. scott walker. thank you. >> oh, what a hero he is. mitt romney might want to check out the local papers in wisconsin before praising his hero, scott walker. here's the headline. the people of wisconsin woke up to this morning, "state job losses worst in the united states." for 14 months i have been telling you on this program about the dangers of this radical governor in wisconsin and his agenda. all of the warnings are now memorialized in these numbers. and that headline. from march 2011 to march 2012, wisconsin has lost 23,900 jobs. the bureau of labor statistics says that wisconsin is the only state in the nation with statistically significant job losses over the past year. now, 17,800 of these jobs were from the public sector. 6,100 of these jobs were from the private sector. no other state in the country has lost more private sector jobs over the last 12 months. the numbers don't lie. how would you like this to be your state, your numbers? this is what huge tax breaks for corporations does to

. >> paul: not sure how good for jim kim going into that snake pit. >> and miss for beganet, a petition to krl governor walkered out that 25 ganet reporters signed the petition as well and they revealed this in the full transparency and did not disclose the names. reporters. paul, who will watch the watch dogs. >> dan. >> paul: a hit for the people described in recent stories as avoiding the new iphones and clinging to the ancient cell phones like the samsung 707. now, i'm not a techno fobe, i love carrying around 25 books on the e-reader, but minimized by interface and not captured by the world of computer engineers. >> paul: that's slick. why don't you have a big clunker. >> i got in on the ground floor. that's it for the this edition of the journal editorial report. thanks for watching, i'm paulgit here next week. . >> jon: on fox news watch. >> everybody has to buy food. sooner or later. so you define it as food and therefore, everybody is in the market, therefore, you can make people buy broccoli. >> jon: the u.s. supreme court tackles the issue surrounding obamacare and asking tough questions. and many

paul ryan should be the vp. >> i think i would take george herbert walker bush. >> we're in the final phases of this nominatione's out of ideas, out of excuses and frankly in 2012 it's our job to makeure he is out of office. >> you will remind the world why it is that the university of america is the greatest nation on earth. >> this is not your father's republican party. they're t talking about compassionate conservatives. governor romney is a pretty flexible guy. >> tell him he is not going to michigan. because romney is a clown and i don't want him standing next to him. >> yesterday the vice president who is the gift that keep on giving. >> this has gotten the attention of the entire country. >> doing some bowling, good malted beverages, having our share of cheese curds. >> its like sarah you're 18 points down at halftime. give it up, it's over. i'm not about this anymore. >> the next president of the united states. >> they turned me into the april fool this morning. and mitt romney, the next president of the united states. this is going to look really bad on the evening news. >> he has the tradition of bea

governor scott walker and lieutenant governor rebecca kleefisch facing recall. she will join us. and paul ryan goes on the record. and you will never believe what the gsa just did to you. we won't tell you part of the it now, you will get upset. we'll tell you the whole story in a few minutes. that's coming up. but now, mitt romney. nice to see you, especially in my home state. >> thank you, good to be here. >> greta: first time i've done an interview among oil drums. >> yeah. this is a moor oil company distributor of oil products. happy to be here. hopefully we can get the price of this down. >> good place to start. one question you were asked is about oil in the town hall. the president's super-pac is running an ad against you saying that you pledge to protect the billions in profits of oil companies. so i'm curious. in light that gas prices are so high, how does the government justify tax breaks. millions of billions in profits. that is taken from us. >> well, i think it's amazing and actually troubling for the president of the united states to be looking for someone to blame. a lot of

paul ryan a day after he endorsed mitt romney for president. he visited a phone bank for governor walkernovember victories start with a win in june. when the governor is victorious, we will have a organization with four straight victories and that organization will be ready to pounce on the president with him in november. the remnants of a losing 2010 operation and special interest who support tens of millions into the state with nothing to show for it. the fact is he is saying what is left unwritten in that memo, if the recall succeeds, republicans are going to write wisconsin off in the fall. anyway, who better to talk about the state of wisconsin politics than a native of osh kosh. the executive editor and fellow cheese head -- i'm a cheese head by adoption, but not a native of wisconsin. >> jim, i can't -- it's like i don't know even if i really did it justice with that preview. this is the battle of what the two parties stand for that is taking place in wisconsin. is that a fairway of saying it? >> it's a toss up for the presidential election and control of the senate which you didn

walker does. we would be pleased as punch if you could take paul ryan off of her hands. >> the president said it'send medicare. he said we'll just let the states take care of this. and how he thinks that's not going to win pac people is crazy. >> it is a plan to end medicare. call it what you want -- it turns into a voucher program with diminishing value. paul ryan was always an anti abortion extremist who -- that's how he came into office. he had to re -- he needed to find something when he was fishing about. and nobody thought this path to prosperity would go anywhere. so all of a sudden the guy was totally exposed, the guy with very limited base for having any knowledge in the budget is also exposed and he speaks in sound bites and now they have to back this terrible plan just because of a series of unforeseen events. >> what alwayser rates me is the main stream media, is it's bold and refreshing. it's serious. how about if we give rich people more tax cuts. >> it's no better than being hit with a bag of ice on a hot day. it's bold and refreshing. >> i can go to the bread shop and behind all of

walker, ceo of the come back america initiative. and from what i read online, perhaps an independent candidate. to my left, paul krugman.hor of a new book out tomorrow, end this depression now. jennifer granholm, now host of the war room on current tv. and eric schmidt. welcome to all of you. welcome to the great audience here at the studio. george, let me begin with you. we saw new growth numbers for the first quarter of this year. 2.2%. kind of mediocre, giving fuel to some who say this is the worst economic recovery since the depression. >> yes, the question i think, the threshold question is not is the recovery built to last, but does it exist. in this seps, would we be talking about a recovery if the unemployment rate were 10%? i ask that because the chairman of the new york fed rekrntly said that if work force participation today were what it was when obama was inaugurated, the unemployment rate would be well over 10%. we're well -- 50 months have passed. we're not nearly back to the prerecession employment level. this is the longest string of consecutive months of 8% or more since the depression. 5.5 million fewe

leaders endorsing mitt romney and joining wisconsin congressman paul ryan, who you just heard from and former president george herbert walkereb bush, and a rising star in the republican party, florida senator marco rubio. what does it all mean, if anything? joining me is hogan gidley, communications director for rick santorum's presidential campaign. full disclosure we used to work in dallas, texas, way, way, way back in the '90s. how are you doing? >> good to see you, ashleigh. thanks for the time. >> i can only think you don't get a lot of sleep these days. this is the possible final stretch, i'm not sure, even the most powerful senators in the republican party, even mitch mcconnell saying it's time to coalesce around a leader, mitt romney. does that make your blood boil? did doesn't make my blood boil. if this were down to washington establishment endorsements we would have been out of it a long time ago. louisiana was the half way point and i know governor romney is a new england patriot fan and i'm sure he would have had loved to have gone down at halftime at the super bowl and say it's over. the giants came out and we

walker's numbers. everybody has got an opinion and there are very few undecided. >> let me ask you about one more politician which has been in the national news a lot, which is paulyan. how does that impact the general election for romney? >> well, i think, romney has embraced paul ryan's budget. democrats and republicans have very different notions about the impact of paul ryan's budget. republicans are embracing it and running on it. and mitt romney has embraced it. obviously if paul ryan were to be selected by mitt romney as his running mate, they would be even more tied at the hip -- >> it ain't going to happen. i don't think that will happen. >> it probably -- it probably won't, but the fact is that they worked closely on their medicare plans. they are kind of in sync on a lot of these issues, and that's why you saw paul ryan endorsing mitt romney and spending four days with him every day. campaigning with him in the states. >> yeah. >> paul ryan has been pretty brash about saying this is the message for his party to run on and he has been pretty successful persuading fellow republicans to run on it. >> appreciate you coming decide "the war room." and now pr

gasping ] >>> mitt romney and paul ryan are attached at the hip, they started wearing the same clothe ons the campaign trial. john nickels and howard fineman join me, next. scott walkerrecall is under way and he's getting major help from outside the state. i'll be joined by state senators. i'll have an exclusive interview with the newest walker challenger. that's milwaukee mayor. an fbi have arrived on the scene in the trayvon martin case. there are major new details. that report is ahead. share your thoughts on twitter using the hashtag ed show. we'll be right back. >>> reason i'm excited about mitt romney candidacy because it's clear from all of our interactions that he understands this threat to our country. >> that was paul ryan embracing mitt romney ahead of tomorrow's primary here in the badger state. romney and ryan. they have been connected at the hip while campaigning through the entire state. i don't think that mitt romney has been this close to a congressional member since. it seems like ryan is audition auditioning for the role of running mate on the ticket. romney needs to get solid conservatives behind him, embracing the ryan budget which would eliminat

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paul has 51 big ones. bill: this week's republican presidential primary in wisconsin largely overshadowed by the state's recall matter. republican scott walker's limits to cut the budget sparked reactions like this from state employees. my next guest is also up for recall. i know you folks from wisconsin are knee deep in this stuff. i think the rest of the country is following along and learning as we go. what is victory for folks like yourself mean? state's finances or what it reflects across the country. >> we are a harbinger. we are a canary in a coal mine. what happens in wisconsin could affect every state in this nation. whether voters choose to go forward or back to the past in what caused the problem in the first place. we knew, because the taxpayers told us that we needed to do this budget without raising taxes. the way we did that was to even up the public sector with what the private sector had been going through since 2008 since the deep recession hit wisconsin. when asked our public sector employees to contribute 12% towards their healthcare, 8% towards their pension and we made changes to collective bargaining which was financial