russ feingold said no. they wanted him to do it. it's interesting comparison.ight be because they haven't found a champion identify to believe everybody. >> bret: charles? >> the democrats are deciding right now is whether they want this to be a single issue campaign, or whether they want it to be a judgment about the governor, broader judgment. they ran against him in the priest election cycle and loss. and less steady on the union issue. the unions aren't backing him. so it would be more of a do you like walker, the governorship. choice between the candidates. it would be like rerun of the election two years ago. if it isn't him it would be single issue campaign. if it is single issue campaign, it's natural. i don't think it's a make row chasm of the president -- microcosm of the presidential election. i don't think it will tell us anything. but it's national in the sense that other states will look at this to decide are the governors going to risk curtailing power of the union after wisconsin if the governor is recalled. >> bret: you don't think it will embo

>> it depends whether or not herb coal or russ feingold get in on the democrats. if you have somebody like that running against scott walker. >> bill: big name in wisconsin. >> that could be the difference. right now they have got a bunch of people. i don't know their names except for the mayor of milwaukee tom barrett. >> bill: put up a big name against him he might be out. >> oh yeah. >> who wins in wisconsin tomorrow night? >> i think romney wins. i would say maybe by less than the consensus polling shows only because santorum has out performed his polls in a couple of over states at this point. good grounds for romney because there are fewer evangelicals and as you see in some of the polling he is pulling some of those tea party and evangelicals toward him because of this coalescing of leaders around him and maybe folks getting a glimpse of second-term obama and not liking what they see. >> bill: consensus here that romney gets it and wins maryland. washington, d.c. because santorum is not even on the ballot there. then basically the republic party shifts into

former senator russ feingold will be here. also, dave barry will join us onset. >>> up next, the top stories in the politico playbook. but first, here's bill karins with your green is universal forecast. >> ok. >> well done. >> thanks. >> well done. >>> good morning, everyone. if you weren't paying attention and watching tv over the weekend, you missed these amazing publics of all of these tornadoes that were in the midwest. incredible stuff. in some cases, there were two tornadoes on the ground at the same time. the one that caused the most problems was the woodward, oklahoma, tornado. went through a trailer park. five fatalities with that tornado. and actually, out of the 126 tornadoes, that was the only deadly one that we had. most of the tornadoes, thankly, were out over rural areas. this is the map that shows where the tornadoes took place. mostly kansas, nebraska, and parts of oklahoma. five fatalities. 126 tornadoes. it's amazing it wasn't worse. >>> as far as today, thunderstorms, louisiana, down along the tex coastlin

>> it depends whether or not herb coal or russ feingold get in on the democrats. if you have somebody like that running against scott walker. >> bill: big name in wisconsin. >> that could be the difference. right now they have got a bunch of people. i don't know their names except for the mayor of milwaukee tom barrett. >> bill: put up a big name against him he might be out. >> oh yeah. >> who wins in wisconsin tomorrow night? >> i think romney wins. i would say maybe by less than the consensus polling shows only because santorum has out performed his polls in a couple of over states at this point. good grounds for romney because there are fewer evangelicals and as you see in some of the polling he is pulling some of those tea party and evangelicals toward him because of this coalescing of leaders around him and maybe folks getting a glimpse of second-term obama and not liking what they see. >> bill: consensus here that romney gets it and wins maryland. washington, d.c. because santorum is not even on the ballot there. then basically the republic party shifts into

in june 2001, our former colleague, senator russ feingold of wisconsin, by predecessor's chairman ofsecond and most rathering on racial profiling. i was there, there was bipartisan agreement about the need to end racial profiling. then came 9 /11. the national trauma that followed civil liberties came face-to-face with national security. arab-americans, american muslims, south asian-americans faced national origin and religious profiling. one example, the special r registration program targeted arab visitors requiring them to file with the i.n.s. or face deportation. there were serious doubts if it would help us combat terrorism. terrorism experts have since concluded that special registration wasted homeland security resources and, in fact, alienated patriotic arab-americans and american muslims. more than 80,000 people registered under that program, more than 13,000 were placed in deportation proceedings. even today many innocent arabs and plums face deportation because of special registration. how many terrorists were identified by the special registration program? none. next wedn

out two thousand and ten that's what delivered scott walker in office that's what resulted in russ feingold leaving office and in my home state of wisconsin you see that the democrats been handed a huge opportunity with a massive uprising wisconsin with this recall which the democratic party didn't even want they tried to cancel it in august and the grassroots said no we're moving ahead with this thing and yet they had they appear to be on the verge of nominating candidates the grassroots don't support are very unhappy with so what i'm most concerned about is that without having independent power without having an independent voice going into this election like the green party's jill stein like independent candidates running for office like movement politics yeah movement politics at the ballot box then we will end up being at the mercy of democratic party operators and a political party that is essentially bankrolled by wall street as well and yet you know lyndon johnson didn't run as a civil rights pro and f.d.r. i didn't run as the new deal press both of them ran on very very different f

russ feingold, once again, his new book is called "while america sleeps, wake-up call for the post 9/for joining us live. real pleasure. all right. good news, the state department says the war on terror is over. really? what the heck makes them say that? we have details. and you paid your taxes but should you do -- what should you do with your refund? vera gibbons has the best bets for $500, $1,000 or $1500 refunds. she's coming up next. she's turning right into studio e. good morning, vera. follow the wings. i love cash back. withhe bankamericard cash rewards credit card, we earn more cash back for the things we buy most. 1% ca back everywhere, every time. 2% on grocers. 3% on gas. automacally. no hoops to jump through. no annual e. that's 1% back on... wow! 2% on my homemade lasagn 3% back on [ friends ] road trip!!!!!!!!!!!! [ male announcer ] get 1-2-3 percent cash back. apply online or at a bank of america near you. ♪ >> time now for your news by the numbers. first $3,000. that's how much the average american household income has dropped since president obama took office. that's

in 2010, wisconsin took a dramatic political turn, outsting russ feingold in favor of ron johnson. who just endorsed mitt romney for president and sent fiscal conservatives to the scott walker governor mansion. so wisconsin's labor fight has garnered so much national attention, even trumping the presidential primary there, in part because wisconsin's issues are a microcosm for a nationwide trend and scott walker knows it. >> what's at stake in this election is fundamentally about courage. and lord help fuss we fail. lord help us if we fail. if we were to fail this sets aside any courageous act of american politic forces at least a decade, if not a generation. >> the wisconsin recall election on june 5th will be the state's first and only the thirder in the nation. now here is the big deal. i am a huge fan of labor rights. but i am not such a supporter of recall elections in pure theory, a recall spells broken democracy. either the sitting leader is pursuing a course of action not advertised during his campaign or a vast overreach of power taking place in either scenario the democra

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in june, 2001, senator russ feingold of wisconsin, and predecessors held the second and most recent hearing on racial profiling. i was there. there was bipartisan agreement on the need to end bipartisan -- racial profiling. then came 9/11. civil liberties came face-to- face with national security. air the americans, american muslims, south -- arab- americans, american muslims, south asian americans faced racial profiling. one example required them to properly register with the ims or face deportation. terrorist experts have since concluded that special registration wasted homeland security resources and, in fact, alienated patriotic american muslims and arab- americans. 80,000 people registered. 13,000 were place in deportation proceedings. even today, many innocent face deportation. how many terrorists were identified? none. next wednesday, the supreme court will hear a challenge to arizona's controversial immigration law. it is one example of extending state and federal measures that under the guise of combating illegal immigration have subjected hispanic americans to an increase in racia

. >> you work closely with former senator russ feingold.nd demanding change that even the supreme court will some day feel that demand for change. >> i don't know about these five justices. i have no doubt that the citizens united decision will not stand the test of time. it is just a completely flawed and wrong decision. >> the justices have a light for corporations to spend this money. again, if you look at history it doesn't start or happen in washington. it happens out in the country and the pressure forces washington to respond and i agree with that point. i agree with senator feingold who was a terrific leader of a campaign finance issue when he was in the senate. i think people are going to demand change and the opportunity is going to be there. these are hard fights and we are going to have to fight for change. but i think it's going to come. >> if you want to join the fight, go to democracy 21. democracy 21.org and join fred wertheimer and become part of fred's army for campaign finance reform. >> good to see you. >> thank for all

in june 2001 come our former colleague senator russ feingold of the, in my predecessors have another set to me how the senate second most recent hearing on racial profiling. i was there. there is bipartisan agreement about the need to end racial profiling. then came 9/11. and the national trauma that followed, several liberties came face-to-face with national security. arab-americans, american muslims, south asian americans face national origin and religious profiling. to take one example, special registration program targeted arab and muslim visitors, requiring to promptly register with the ins or face deportation. at the time to call for the program to be terminated. there were serious doubts it would help us in any way to combat terrorism. terrorism experts have since concluded that special registration wasted homeland security resources and in fact alienated patriotic arab-americans and american muslims. more than 80,000 people registered under that program. more than 13,000 placed in deportation proceedings could even today many innocent muslims face deportation because of speci

in june 2001, our former colleague, senator russ feingold of wisconsin, by predecessor's chairman of the committee held the second and most rathering on racial profiling. i was there, there was bipartisan agreement about the need to end racial profiling. then came 9 /11. the national trauma that followed civil liberties came face-to-face with national security. arab-americans, american muslims, south asian-americans faced national origin and religious profiling. one example, the special r registration program targeted arab visitors requiring them to file with the i.n.s. or face deportation. there were serious doubts if it would help us combat terrorism. terrorism experts have since concluded that special registration wasted homeland security resources and, in fact, alienated patriotic arab-americans and american muslims. more than 80,000 people registered under that program, more than 13,000 were placed in deportation proceedings. even today many innocent arabs and plums face deportation because of special registration. how many terrorists were identified by the special registration