tonight wisconsin's fourth, the fightin' fourth. ( cheers and applause ). the fourth contains milwaukee where the harley davidson company was founded in 1903 with the mission of creating beautiful, classic bikes so that some a-hole can wake you up at 5:00 a.m. because "you've got to warm it up for an hour, right" the fourth has been home to such notable residents as spencer tracy, gene wilder and liberace who spent years concealing a dark secret: he's from wisconsin. milwaukee, of course, was the locale of the iconic sitcoms happy days and laverne and shirley, two grown women who work in a factory and live together as roommates. come on. i think we know what that l stands for. i mean schlemiel, schlimazel or as they call it scissoring. the fourth is also home to major league baseball's milwaukee brewers in recognition of the city's beer industry and if you drink enough of their signature product, every night is bobblehead night. and who has the squiggies to represent the fourth? it's none other than five-term congresswoman gwen moore. i sat down with congre

>> the koch brothers open a number of companies. >> how much have you put into wisconsin?> since january of last year, just over $10 million. >> wisconsin is open for business. >> the first question people ask -- why would you bet on what kind of country are we? >> i will tell you what, $10,000? >> i am not in the bedding business. the party think represents what it used to represent. >> if it wasn't for the union, i could not have retired. >> started talking $117 million worth of tax breaks to wealthy people and in contrast, doubling the taxes on the poorest parents. >> people were overpowered by money. buy a democratic congressman for $25 million. the highest court in the land has the lowest athelstan there. >> this is really finding a way to spend money in elections without telling anyone who you are. we don't discuss our funding, but we -- >> mr. president, a game on. >> it is a power grab. that less an agenda than 1% want. the lobbyist is not in my budget. >> this cannot happen. this is wrong. >> it will just keep crushing the middle class, crushing the poor people. >

my area of wisconsin take strong driving seriously. . see the same people >> what sort of place do you work in? caller: my parents own a bar and that is the reason i am calling from that aspect of it. of how you are trained to deal with folks who have had a couple more than two or three, what do you do? caller: [indiscernible] i look for signs of people being drunk. there is a free taxi in our community. they are offered to people so they can take a cab home. the college problem is a big problem in the community. at the -- the kids get drunk, fall in the river, get into car accidents. we put in place a free bus ride for the students to get home. [indiscernible] i think it is pretty much the same everywhere in wisconsin. and get anugh evaluation to see if you are considered an alcoholic. >> we will hear from the sheriff in milwaukee county in a few minutes. mike mentioned college students being drinking. in the new york times today, they took a look at the issue of drunk drivers with this headline -- the chart shows between the ages of 18

today barneveld is once again a picturesque story book village in wisconsin.led to 1231. it doesn't get any prettier than this. 29 years later she still has the bible. i think when you find anything that august was of significance that was important i felt like it was important to get that. as horrible as it looks, moore oklahoma has a future. it is the present that is hard to in door. they will recover. i think if we can make it, they can definitely make it. the northern district of illinois could soon get a new top attorney. meet the man nominated to replace patrick fitzgerald. a day after taking the fifth, an official at the center of the i- r-s scandal is placed on administrative leave. and she's out. a suburbaeverytht teaching is an extinct. teaching is an extinct. with crest pro-health clinical. after my last dentist's visit, i was like, "i need to take this up a notch." [ male announcer ] try crest pro-health clinical together to keep your teeth 97% as clean as a dental cleaning. i mean, there's a difference right from the beginning. my mouth felt clean

governor scott walker of wisconsin was elected in 2010, which was the first election cycle where this money was flowing from outside groups at unprecedented levels. as we started making the film, governor walker -- there was an uprising in wisconsin, essentially, in response to governor walker's attack on collective bargaining. so we wanted to see how this would play out on the state level. this is the journey that took us to where we are today. >> any focused on americans for prosperity. did you talk about the group and its relationship to koch? >> it is the chief political organizing arm of the kochs. they founded the organization, they fund it. we don't know exactly how much money they get from the kochs because much of that is undisclosed, but they're out there on the ground in states and throughout this country and .all themselves the vital ones

congressman mark polk as well as representing the great state of wisconsin thank you thank you for sitting down with me oh absolutely tom thank you very pleased to have this conversation you are right at the leading edge of what is one of the most important issues in the country right now and that is the the affirmative right to vote why why do you feel that there is a need for us to amend the constitution or to pass legislation or to do anything to assert that there is a right to vote is and isn't it isn't it obvious everybody has a right to vote i think everyone assumes that it's inherent in the constitution is a right to vote yet there isn't there's protections against discrimination but there's no affirmative right to vote so what happens in the state of wisconsin where i was in legislature for fourteen years and every other legislature in the country they see these measures to is inhibit voting whether it be registration early voting photo i.d.'s accept and what this essentially would do would put the burden on that state to prove that they are not causing a barrier to voting rather t

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on average, three to four pedestrians were hit crossing wisconsin avenue each year. so ddot decided to slow traffic down by adding turn lanes and taking away travel lanes. >> thanks to the street scape project, wisconsin avenue is safer, brighter and a better place to walk, shop and play. traffic is moving slower but not too slow. >> reporter: wisconsin avenue went from three lanes in each direction at rush hour to two lanes. and in nonrush hour it's down to one lane each way. the result has been slower traffic and less parking. >> too many cars, too little road. >> how's it working out? >> not well. >> why is that? >> sometimes it's just the one lane and if you want to take a taxi, the taxi stops or a bus, you know, and it backs up that traffic. >> reporter: ddot officials say the project isn't finished and the new patterns have only been in place for about four months. they say things will get better. >> it's definitely better for pedestrians. it definitely looks better so it should attract more business and people to the area. it's clear that the traffic has been

>> how much have you put into wisconsin?e january of last year, just over $10 million. >> $10 million. >> wisconsin is open for business! ♪ i want to be elected ♪ >> people ask, governor why won't you be on a debate. what kind of country are we? >> i tell you what $10,000. >> i'm not in the betting business. >> oh, okay. >> michael: the crazy thing about this documentary is not only does it examine how the koch brothers affect pole ticks but the film itself fell victim of their reach. public television eventually buckled under pressure from one significant board member and director, david koch. this chilling story comes fresh on the heels of the koch koch -- brother's attempt to buy major newspapers. joining us now are the directors of citizen koch. welcome both of you. >> thanks for having us on. >> good to be here. >> michael: what a unique experience you have had. your film looks at how the supreme court's decision on citizens united impacted politics. why did you focus on scott walker's election in wisconsin? >> well, th

she is the junior senator from wisconsin, and the first woman elected to represent wisconsin in the senate, and the first openly gay u.s. senator. she spoke for about 10 minutes. >> as i make my first remark on the senate floor, i have the honor of occupying the same senate seat, and in fact occupying be very senate desk once used by senator robert -- senior. republican senator from wisconsin a century ago. he was credited as the founder of the progressive party and progressive movement in his nature. manyire his legacy in ways. i wanted to assure my colleagues who are present in the chamber at this moment that i will not any laid his maiden speech, which when on for three successive days. ran for this office because he was concerned that while corporate interests were being well served in washington, ordinary people were not even being heard. he traveled all around the state of wisconsin, literally speaking from makeshift stages .f so boxes at county fairs his message came to define my staple of the progressive tradition. the things he talked about in that day still ring true today. ,s i

to give you an example, in the wisconsin one you had the recall elections in 2011, in 2012. a huge portion of the funding from very wealthy donors out wisconsin for scott walker came from people that are tides into these education debates. you have to ask yourself is that a healthy scenario in indiana, wisconsin if this money is coming from outside? >> it's not because they're picking and choosing neighborhoods, they're picking and choosing kids. they have a failed philosophy. they want to change america is what they want to do. john nichols good to have you with us tonight. remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen and share your thought on twitter and own facebook. we want to know what you think. while you have your cell phones out tonight, i want you to text red cross 9 0 t999 to make a donation. from apple's trick to anthony weiner's reveal tweet. find out what is this week's top trernd. the rapid response panel and myself we will set them straight. ♪ to somebody out there who i didn't know ♪ ♪ would they laugh after i'd gone? ♪ ♪ or would t

speaker, i yield my time back to the gentleman from wisconsin. the speaker pro tempore: thank you and -- mr. pocan: thank you and thank you for introducing that important bill. today during the special order hour for the progressive caucus, we are here to talk specifically about the income inequality in america and the growing gap between the most wealthy and the average person. just today, mr. speaker, while we voted on legislation, we voted on a bill, the ironically titled the working families flexibility act which in reality would mean more work and less pay for hardworking americans in my state of wisconsin and across the country. as many of my colleagues have spoken on the floor this week, what this bill will do is to deny workers compensation for overtime any hours they would work over 40 hours a week. this is in essence an attack on workplace flexibility, an attack on the hard-earned wages americans rely on. but what makes this bill even more onerous is that it is a topic of importance to our caucus, the congressional progressive caucus, a

cicilline: i thank the gentleman from wisconsin, my friend for yielding. and i want to echo the comments of my friend from georgia, mr. barro. i first came to washington to serve in the house a little more than two years ago after serving mayor for eight years in the city of providence. you have lots of issues that come before you and lots of decisions to make and you have to get things done. you don't have a republican pothole or a democratic tree that needs to be cut, you just have things that need to be done and action that needs to be taken. there are men and women and families of rhode island's first congressional district didn't send me to congress to score political points or engage in political games. they sent me here to get things done and confront the challenges facing the country and my state. and i'm very proud to be a founding member of the problem solvers of no labels, a coalition that is offering a venue for republicans and democrats to come together and work together and find solutions and govern our nation. and really importantly as my fr

and the snow has fallen near new richmond wisconsin.hot from minnesota with heavy snow there. this will route the had the main producing storm just to the south and west of chicago. we will get rain but those in the southern parts of the state and in kentucky and the kentucky derby, it looks very wet in louisville saturday. the bulk of the heavy rains will pass through that area. we will be swiped by them. these are producing thunder and lightning because the air aloft is warm even though down here we are in the 40's. shallow layer of one mayor rising and producing thunderheads and we get thunder and lightning. lightning will fade as the night goes on but look at these cloud towers at what is coming from the south. we will get rate for sure. watch as we move through time. midnight tonight and tomorrow morning. a solid rain falling to the west with embedded rain and thunderstorms and these people will see standing water there. brief downpours in your area with about .88 inches of rain. amounts will pick up dramatically to the west and we

wisconsin representative and 2012 vice presidential candidate paul ryan gave the 2013 commencement address at benedictine college in kansas. this is about 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. president, alex, where are you, alex? thank you for rekindling that

in the state of wisconsin.no question -- i'm not one who wants to just amend the constitution for any reason. however, on the fundamental rights, it is extremely important we have this conversation. >> bill: minnesota this week, huh? >> fantastic. hopefully illinois coming down the pike very soon as well. there's no question the public is way ahead of the so-called leaders on this issue. 58% of the american public support marriage equality. among 18 to 29-year-olds, 81% support marriage equality. it is not a question of if but it is a question of when. i think we're moving completely in the right direction. >> bill: what's it going to take in a state like wisconsin because there are so many -- most passed these constitutional amendments banning marriage equality. does it take the vote of the people? the legislature do it? >> depending on the process of that state in wisconsin we have to go through a fairly complicated process. i think it is takes elected leaders being leaders or followers from the public becaus

. ♪ >>> a wildfire is burning in a remote area of northwest wisconsin.hters from wisconsin to minnesota are trying to contain it. it burned more than 10 square miles so far, forced 150 people to evacuate and destroyed several homes. no reports of injuries, though. >>> prince harry visited two jersey shore towns hit hard by sandy. preparing for the busy season still recovering from disaster. from our affiliate station, kyw, this report. >> reporter: prince harry redefined seaside heights, if only for a day. best known for the jersey shore reality show. hundreds gathered on the boardwalk to catch a glimpse of royalty. >> amazing. so personable. >> such an honor to have him here. >> reporter: the prince visited the pier destroyed by sandy six months ago. now the boardwalk and pier are nearly ready for summer. >> american spirit coming together and making things right. it's fantastic. >> reporter: tuesday afternoon crews started tearing down the jet star roller coaster, one of the iconic images of super storm sandy after it fell into the ocean. with internat

-- >> you did, michigan, wisconsin and michigan. >>> another great day for air travel.ve any delays at any of the major airports. >>> now to that alarming news that broke overnight. angelina jolie going public after a very medical tough choice she made that might have actually wound up being a life saver down the road. she had a preventive double mastectomy she had a double mastectomy. >> the 37-year-old actress revealed in a "new york times" op-ed she underwent three months of surgical procedures to remove both breaths. her mother died of cancer at only 56. testing showed she had a 87% chance of contracting it herself and wanted to be proactive to reduce the risk. jolie wrote "the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy, but it is one i am very happy that i made. i can tell my children that they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer." and jolie also gushed about brad pitt calling him loving and supportive. she said he was at the treatment center for every minute of her surgery and the experience has brought them even closer. jolie said she doesn't fe

oshkosh, wisconsin...ior at tufts university, from the bronx, new york... and a junior at scripps college, originally from tulsa, oklahoma... and now here i the hos- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. and welcome to a fun time for the next two weeks -- our college championship. my memory's not as good as it used to be. i can't recall if we've had students from scripps or tufts competing in this championship before, but i know we've had someone from the university of wisconsin because we taped our college championship there on your campus five years ago. so, good luck to all three of you. let's go to work in this quarter-final round. are the categories let's go to work in thifor you...final round. it's premiering tomorrow on pbs... hannah, you get to start us off. i'll take rocks & minerals for $200, please. julia. what is coal? yes. celebs for $200.

[cheers] >> my name is zach, and i am an iraqi veteran from milwaukee, wisconsin. i am giving back my medals because i feel like i was duped into an illegal war that was sold to me on the guys that i was going to be liberating the iraqi people, when instead of liberating the people i was liberating their oil fields. my name is rachel mcneill. i served in the military for almost eight years as a sergeant and i am returning this at all today because it is time to restore america possibl's honord renounce this war on terror. >> my name is jacob george, from the watcher tall mountains in arkansas. i am a veteran of the afghan war, and i have one word for this global war on terrorism decoration, and that is "shame." >> my name is scott olson. with me is my global war on terror medal, my national defense medal, and my marine corps good conduct medal. these medals once upon a time made me feel good about what i was doing, that i was doing the right thing. then i came back to reality and i am glad to be without these anymore. >> i am joshua and i am from chicago. i honestl

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i think it's arrogant for a representative from janesville, wisconsin, to be out of touch with the needtrial policy in america that reinvichts in manufacturing. >> a player in 2016? >> sure. she smart, capable, and in many ways more appealing. >> but his philosophy is flawed. >> yeah. >> because the way he thinks, and the way wisconsinites are and folks in the middle of the country where the middle class has been, you know, rising because of labor, what built this country, he's not in step with that. he calls that movement arrogant and condescending? >> paul ryan's hometown didn't vote for him for president of the united states. important to remember. he happened to have a pretty well congressional district so won his seat. in the presidential race, lost his hometown, home county, even home precinct. >> wins re-election, why aren't we hearing conversation about the employ free choice act? if was there in 2008. it's vanished. >> look, i think that this, we should be critical not just of republicans but democrats. recognize that i do not think that democrats in washington wrapped their he

the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. ms. baldwin: i ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for as much time as i may consume. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. baldwin: as i make my first remarks on the senate floor, i have the honor of occupying the same senate seat and in fact occupying the very senate desk once used by senator robert m. la follette sr.. fighting bob la follette as he was known was a republican senator from wisconsin a century ago. he is credited as the founder of the progressive party and progressive movement in this nation. and i admire fighting bob's legacy in many ways, but i want to assure my colleagues who are present in the chamber at this moment that i will not emulate his maiden speech, which went on for three successive days. bob la follette ran for this office because he was concerned that while corporate interests were being well served in washington, ordinary people weren't even being heard. he traveled all around the state of wisconsin literally speaking from makeshift

50 of them hammered the states over the weekend and here on tap today, from texas, minnesota and wisconsin. the storms left one man dead in oklahoma and has many in the dark this morning. a parade of powerful storms from kansas oklahoma. the twisters created swirls of debris. now, funnel clouds dropped from the sky, and hail pelted drivers on the eds are. a massive tornado pulverized homes and killed one man. high winds toppled power lines and tossed tractor-trailers off of the inter state. the hail was so strong, it took paint off homes. >> the wind is unbelievable. the him and everything was coming sideways. >> the wind came up all of the sudden. the rv started shaken. i'm thankful we were not hurt more. >> reporter: now, the severe storms marches east from texas, minnesota, wisconsin, and missouri will get tornadoes today. back to you. >>> people are cleaning up from the last round of tornadoes in texas. some lost their homes and six who lost their lives. this is in the path of the f4 tornado. this is near the dallas fort worth area. here is the home being destroyed around them. >> i lo

jim spellman in roberts, wisconsin. tell us what's going on there.r: take a look at this, john. a wonderful, beautiful scene for a wisconsin morning in maybe january, but not may 12nd. plows are coming through, keeping the roads clear. much different here than it was yesterday in boulder, where the roads were warm enough it didn't stick to the roads. on interstate 94, plows go back and forth. traffic moving. but it's insignificant. six to eight inches of snow you can see here that has fallen on the ground. heavy, wet spring snow, a big pain in the neck. serious trouble in illinois and missouri, down the river system. dealing with flood condition there. all of the moisture making its way there. tomorrow, as the week goes by. just truly hard to get your head around that this is not the middle of the winter in wisconsin, but may 2nd. out here today in wisconsin and i'm still not used to it. >> jim spellman chasing snow blakes around the country. still working on his snow ball throw. >> this is why american midweste so optimistic. >>> a may day protest i

to look at those red states so that you can see what is happening in michigan what's happening in wisconsin what's happening in florida and you see greater growth opportunities that are taking place the real bills telling member for me however is three point three percent and that's the government unemployment if you're a government employee you have the best employment that you've seen in a generation ago this is almost thirty shouldn't shouldn't richard be working to take us back to an arrow when if you had a job at g.m. that was just to secure as a job in the government and in fact you know my dad's generation people you know the government job was kind of the plan b. because you really wanted to get a job with one of the big companies because you knew you'd have a pension you'd have job security you'd have you know health insurance now you know thirty years thirty two years of reaganomics it's all destroyed you're completely right tom i think what we're seeing here with these job numbers to move their good is you're seeing a race to the bottom in which you're seeing corporations trying

we have heavy rain across minnesota, wisconsin. again some of you could be seeing 7 numbers mentd nsnowfal accumulations. some areas could be picking up a foot of snow. southeastern minnesota and wisconsin. the big question is how much is going to stick? >> you will keep us posted on that. >> thank you so much maria. >> you might have a hard time tracking down flicks. >> how many? >> about 1800. we are pushing closer to 2,000. maybe more. that starts today. netflix will now be screening 1800 movies. it lost a license with mgm. they won't be able to watch james bond class ticks alfie. this could be a sign of things to come for netflix. the ceo recently said he would let a show with via tech lax vh1 could disappear. they lost contacts in the past they lost their licensing deal with stars last year. netflix is getting 500 additional titles today. they let some deals expire and bring in the movies. it's about the right program. >> there are so many ways to get movies these days. >> what about wedding costs? i understand wedding costs a

a winter storm dumped 16 inches of snow in minnesota and wisconsin. stranding drivers and knocking out power lines to tens of thousands of people. the heavy snow caused a roof to collapse in minnesota. while sioux falls, south dakota saw it first may snowfall in 37 years. >>> nbc's bill karins has the weekend forecast. bill, this is a crazy story. why are we having snow in may? >> extremes. i mean, in the midwest, people have snow days in may. an interesting story out of the northwest up in the bellingham area, there's actually a school, bellingham christian school, and here's their web site. school has been canceled for great weather today. three-day weekend. the principal let parents know earlier in the week that the forecast looks great and they wanted to enjoy what he called a promote positive school culture day. congratulations to that principal and all the other teachers and kids are jealous in the west. weather is as kwi eight as it could be in the west. florida through the midwest including more snow this morning. we showed you the picture of

and when i looked for information, i was directed to wisconsin. and so it is one of the oldist towns in ireland and around the 1940s a lot of irish people immigrated to the utah and a few set up in newtown, in wisconsin. and in the google maps you will find the street view and the first building that you see is a barn, a typical barn. and i find it interesting that out of everything in town that has not been photographed by google yet and also this idea of when you are looking something original, you find a certificate. and so, i copied this barn and placed this facade or prop in the most resymboling location in the original town of ireland. and the idea was we thought that the google car would come by, that this image would be picked up and the barn would exist in both. it was up for two weeks but i knew that the car was in the neighborhood. but recently i found out that after two years, it did. so now there is a google street with the same house. and i really like that idea of transition, where you then take an image from the internet and put it

there's an organization in wisconsin that i want to give thanks to and credit to, one wisconsin now, a progressive think tank. they have made it one of their leading efforts to talk about rising student debt and the trillion dollar debt we have and what it's doing to our economy. and thanks to them i have some stories and figures to share, specific to wisconsin, and nationwide. according to one study from one wisconsin, the average monthly payment made by a -- made by wisconsinites with a bachelor's or advanced degree is nearly $400 a month, $388 to be exact. before someone can pay their rent or mortgage, their utilities, their groceries, child care, they are already $400 in student loans. and if they're lucky, they'll have some funds left over to save for retirement. because of these exorbitant rate, it will take the average citizen in my state almost 19 years to pay off their student loan debt from a four-year university. there's some long-term economic effects to this. the effects of the skyrocketing costs are two-fold. number one, at a time when a college degree is more important

duffy and i from wisconsin, mr. paulson, my good friend from minnesota is no longer in the committee, i introduced the money remittances improvement act. it incorporates the request for the president's budget. i am eager to see the bill passed. my hope is it increases availability of affordable remittances to people in somalia, because i have a large community from that region. in minnesota, we have about 33,000 somali americans and they need to send money home. of course, we want you to protect the public from people who inappropriately use the money wiring system. but i believe there is no better foreign aid than remittances, and i hope the treasury recommendation can recommend the bill and help streamline the regulatory system. i just want to add this. some bankers in my district have told me that the accumulation of regulation makes it expensive for them to facilitate these transactions, that they do want to facilitate. u.s. bankers have agreed to try to make a way to do it. at the end of the day, streamlining a

you've experienced a taste of it like i did in wisconsin. you win about everything imaginable in the off year, but then you get to the presidential election. i want to talk to you for a few minutes about what we are doing. i want to tell you what growth and opportunity is all about. i want you to know that we thatt be a party anymore is a five months party before presidential election. it is a world of permanent politics. we are trying to build out a party that understands we need to be coast-to-coast, granular, every community, clipboard in hand, asian, african-american, hispanic. new england, all over the place, nonstop, big party, politics all-time, registering voters, going to community events, going to swearing in ceremonies, and working nonstop. we cannot be a five-month parachute organization getting ,uge and raising a lot of money dropping in, and expecting to succeed. you know what? we are not running against al gore and john kerry anymore. this is a new world. two years ago, when i walked into the rnc, some of you may not know this

winter storm warnings and wisconsin, winter weather advisories.se are frost and freeze warnings. our models are all over the map. what you do is average between them. this shows the orientation of most of grain west of us. we think more of the rain will be getting in here. we'll have some showers going tomorrow. this is 730 saturday. these are evening hours on saturday. we are going to have some showers to deal with for a while. look at some of the totals of the system. in minnesota have had 15.5 in. of snow. we go down to the thirties tonight, here's a closer look at the orientation of the temperatures. bottom line, like michigan is getting very involved. amplifying the chill in our area. that will be the case in our area. we're back to the '70s next week. at least there is light at the end of the tunnel. high 40's at the lake. sixties in the southern suburbs. to make cloudy and chilly.tonight is cloudy and ch possibly a few thunderstorms. there could be higher dew points. increases the potential for fraud and hayes. after 84, it was such a tease

and in other states like wisconsin at the time completely controlled by democrats democratic governors democrat legislature very pro union you see these conservative planners going in finding an existing think tank wisconsin public policy foundation and then creating a new kind of action oriented think tank called in the khyber institute and the state doesn't come out with academic papers like a traditional think tank their purpose is to drive public opinion and to lobby the legislature so they're hiring folks to just get video cameras and go out and film union rallies to go out and conduct polls that pressure republican politicians to take on the unions you see so you either see exist. state based conservative think tanks grow rapidly after two thousand and nine or in states where there isn't much conservative infrastructure new think tanks were founded and these organizations started laying the groundwork for not only big victories in two thousand and ten but big policy big political victories in two thousand ten terms of electing republicans but big policy victories after those repu