tom barrett is a straight shooter with honest plans for wisconsin. >> in the state senate, tom barrett voted for the largest permanent tax increase in state history. he voted for the largest tax increase in u.s. history. as mayor, he proposed increasing taxes by 24%. even supported the job-killing tax. scott walker will call an emergency session on jobs his first day in office and get government out of the way. scott walker -- working hard to get wisconsin working again. >> what impact are these ads having? >> they have been spending a lot of money. the republican governors association has spent $1 million on ads. the order was constant committee has taken funds -- the committee has taken funds and using those. is also a very competitive u.s. senate race. wall-to-wall coverage. >> thank you for your time. tonight, live coverage. the first debate between these two candidates. . >> we are expecting to take you live to the wisconsin governor'' debate between democrat tom barrett and republican scott walker. both candidates are in a bid to replace democratic gov. jim doyle who is retiring.

you see the milwaukee mayor, tom barrett, speaking right now. he'll introduce the president. he's important to note he's not just the mayor, he's the democratic candidate for governor. senator feingold, the democratic senator spoke a few moments ago. he's trailing. so is mr. barrett. republicans looking to turn the state that years back was a swing state, that has been reliably blue in recent years. i'm going to go to the magic wall. underscore how important the youth vote is. number one, this is not just the president's day. see the vice president, the democratic party chairman and health and human services secretary on college campuses with the same message to young people, don't sit this out, we need you. let's take a quick look before we get to the event. i want to underscore this matter. in the presidential election voters between the ages of 18 and 29 made up 18% of the electorate and they voted overwhelmingly 2/3 for barack obama. in the 2006 midterms when the democrats surged and took control of congress, 18% to 29% was 12% of the electorate. 12% of the electorate ver

we think the candidates scott walker and tom barrett. we think sue, shawn and mike for joining us. 79 wisconsin radio and television stations have broadcast this debate to insure that every citizen of wisconsin has had an opportunity to hear or see the two candidates for 2010. in the traditional service to their communities, they hope of bringing this event to you as a public service will contribute positively to this campaign and a wisconsin voters as they approach their duty to a lack wisconsin's next governor on november 2. now, on behalf of these candidates, scott parker and tom barrett, and thank you for listening and watching. good night. hos[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> saturday night, a dinner hosted by the lead -- the log cabin republicans, an advocacy group for gays and republicans. watch this saturday, a decline 30 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. -- 8:30 p.m. eastern here on c- span. >> i really underestimated how the job was. i jump from minor

might strike some voters as a tad insensitive, considering that a year ago democratic contender tom barrettthe mayor was savagely beaten while rescuing a woman from an attack. look at his ad. >> there's people with a kind of character who don't think about circumstances, about what might happen to them, they just respond. and i don't think he ever thought about it. i know, and our kids know that their dad will always stand up for them. and he will always stand up for wisconsin. >> no doubt some of his opponents probably say that ad is a bit opportunistic. >> you would think that. political observers say a general race could be tight. but speaking of opportunistic, nothing can top this for mayor of providence. his name is chris young, you may remember him as the guy who proposed to a woman during a debate. but check out his appearance on a local tv show in that providence, rhode island, mayoral race. >> i want to say that i write songs for fun, and i can play a song for you really quick, and. this is a song i've written. i wanted to have my guitar but they wouldn't let me have it. ♪ i'll sin

in wisconsin, it's going to be democrat tom barrett versus republican scott walker. in rhode island, it's going to be a three-way race that will be including lincoln chafee, a one-time senator from that state. and also, there's going to be a three-way race in massachusetts. incumbent governor deval patrick, republican charles baker, and independent tim cahill. another interesting night and the primary season is finally coming to a close. >> all right, mark murray, nbc's deputy political director, thanks for that. savannah, up and down the ballot, richard nixon's grandson finished third in his primary. you had former members of congress lose primaries for governor in both wisconsin and new york. joe malone, who used to be the massachusetts republican party, he got spanked in a primary. if you were connected to the establishment inside the republican party, you lost last night, and you lost in some cases by big, big numbers. >>> let's move on. on capitol hill, a big breakthrough, the small business bill the president has been holding up is a symbol of republican obstru

energy is and in wisconsin last night, the gubernatorial race, scott walker won and he'll be facing tom barrettdemocrat in wisconsin governor's race, and the loser of the republican primary, mark newman won 237,000 votes. which was 27,000 more votes than the winner of the democratic primary was, and it wasn't a competitive primary but gives you an indication, as to where the enthusiasm is, in a state like wisconsin which is purple and has been trending blue. bill: we've seen that in state after state. a point to make there, stephen, thank you, and mary ann marsh, thanks as well, a lot to talk about, and we have been asking our viewers to weigh in all morning, should the republican party give christine o'donnell a chance, 8500 people voted and overwhelming support for her and saying she should get the support of the republican party and mitch mcconnell says she has his support and take part in our survey, nonscientific, we say, foxnews.com/"america's newsroom," on-line right now. martha: a heated battle and a struggle within the party, within both parties, really and a big cycle for political ou

host: and milwaukee mayor tom barrett, but there is a republican primary and it is competitive today, so who is likely to come out ahead in that? >> walker there is sort of the favorite. newman has been -- he's a former representative of martin newman. but scott walker is expected to win. he's been runing a lot of ads and trying to hit his opponent as a political insider which doesn't play well this year. so we are expecting walker to come away with that nomination. host: thank you for the campaign update this morning. >> thank you. host: for our coverage of the seven states and district of columbia heading to the polls for primary day, go to our website at c-span.org. joining us is the democratic representative of texas, member of the hispanic caucus, henry cuellar. tell us about the speeches about cross border trade with mexico, and why is it that you're speaking about that issue, and its exact on your district. >> well, first of all, we got to keep in mind every day the quhithes united states and mexico have about a billion dollars of trade every day. that means our economy and the

major tom barrett, thank you for your hospitality. and the members of the legion's national leadership,adjutant general dan wheeler, auxiliary president rita navarretÉ, your superb executive director peter gaytan, other leaders of the legion family. it's good to see all of you again. legionnaires, fellow veterans, other distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: i'm honored to be here in milwaukee with an organization that has, since 1919, been a powerful voice for veterans' rights in the halls of congress, in the oval office, and across the country -- wherever and whenever veterans needed your help. over the years, va and the legion have collaborated to serve veterans. it is my opinion that the relationship has never been stronger, more trusting, or more productive. now, that's not accidental. nor is it the result of just personal chemistry. it takes a concerted effort -- hard work -- on both of our there will always be unfinished work -- that's the nature of this mission. but we have established clear priorities, and with the incre

democrat tom barrett and republican scott walker will face off in an hour-long debate hosted by the wisconsin broadcasters association in milwaukee. you can watch the debate live tonight at 8 eastern here on c- span. >> for all the people in the book, there are many mistakes that might have made in their lives, but moving from the self is not one of them. >> nearly 6 million african- americans migrated from the cell. -- from the south. that is it 8:00 on c-span's "q&a". >> i really underestimated how big a job was. i had not even been the minority leader. i jumped from minority whip to speaker overnight, and from a minority party that no one thought was going to be in power, two leading a wave of 9 million additional votes in 1994. >> newt gingrich, on his tenure as house speaker, the state of american politics today, and a possible 2012 presidential bid. that is sunday on c-span. >> we go now to a house hearing on immigrant farmworkers from earlier today. comedian stephen colbert brought attention to the hearing as one of the witnesses. he had spent a day working at a vegetable farm in new y