AS
VOTERS
LOOK
AHEAD
TO
THE
% DAY
WHEN
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
% HAS A
SINGLE
NOMINEE
TO
RUN
% AGAINST,
THE
RUN-UP
TO
THAT
% BRINGS
US
DEBATE
STAGES
WITH A
% DOZEN
CANDIDATES.
% AND
MEANWHILE
STATE
POLITICS
% MIRRORS
WASHINGTON
IN
CONFLICT
% AND
CONSTERNATION.
% IN
TONIGHT'S INSIDE
LOOK, A
% CHECK-IN
WITH
FORMER
STATE
% SENATOR
AND
EMERITUS PROFESSOR% MORDECAI LEE.
% THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR
BEING
HERE.% >>
THANKS
FOR
INVITING
ME.
% >>
SO
FIRST, ON
THE
BIG
STAGE,
% NATIONAL POLITICS.
% YOU DESCRIBED
THIS
WEEK'S
% DEMOCRATIC DEBATE
AS
GOOD
NEWS
% FOR WISCONSIN.
% HOW
SO?
% >>
OUR
APRIL PRIMARY
SOMETIMES
% COMES SO LATE
IN
THE
PROCESS
% THAT EITHER
THE
DOMINATION
IS
% ESSENTIALLY
RAPPED UP
OR
IT'S
% ONLY DOWN
TO
TWO
CANDIDATES.
% THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME.
% I THINK
WHEN
YOU
LOOKED
AT
THE
% DEBATE, YOU
SAW
THAT THERE
ARE
% SEVERAL
LONG-DISTANCE
RUNNERS.
% THEY
WERE
MARATHON
RUNNERS
% EITHER BECAUSE
THEY'VE
GOT A
% GOOD
CAPABILITY OF
RAISING
MONEY
% OR
APPEALING
TO
CERTAIN
% DEMOGRAPHICS.
% SO, IN OTHER
WORDS,
SOM
E
PEOPLE
% WILL
DO
WEL
L
IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE
% AND
IOWA,
BUT
EVEN IF
THE LONG
% DISTANCE
RUNNERS
DON'T
COME
IN
% FIRST
OR
SECOND
OR
THIRD,
IF
% THEY'VE GOT THE
MONEY,
THEY'RE
% GOING TO
LAST A LONG
TIME.
% I THINK B
Y
THE
TIME
WE
GET
TO
% VOTING IN
APRIL IN
OUR
PRIMARY,% I THINK
WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE
%
FOUR,
FIVE,
SIX
CANDIDATES
ALL
% VIABLE AND IT
WILL
BE
MEANINGFUL
% FOR
PEOPLE
TO
VOTE
IN
THAT.
% >>
BUT
AREN'T
VOTERS
GETTING
% ANTSY
FOR
THE
FIELD TO
BE
% SIGNIFICANTLY
NARROWED?
% >>
NO.
% YOU WANT ME
HE
TO
ELABORATE
ON
% THAT.
% I
THINK
VOTERS LIKE
CHOICE.
% THE
THING
ABOUT
FOUR
OR
FIVE
OR
% SIX
CANDIDATES
IS
EACH ONE
OF
% THEM WILL
OPERATE A
NICHE
BASED
% ON
DEMOGRAPHICS,
ON
GEEING
!
!ING!
!
GEEING
!
!ING!
!
GEEING
ONFY
% OR
IDEOLOGY.
% PEOPLE SAY I'M
GOING
TO
VOTE
FOR
% SO AND
SO.
% CHOICE IS
ALWAYS A
GOOD
THING
% FOR
VOTERS.
% >>
LET'S
G
O
TO
STATE
POLITICS.
% YOU'VE
GOT
SOME
FASCINATING
% TAKES
ON SCOTT
FITZGERALD SES
'S
RUN
% FOR CONGRESS.
% WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
% >>
I
THINK
IT'S
REALLY
% IMPRESSIVE THAT
WHEN
THERE'S A
% VACANT
CONGRESSIONAL
SEAT,
ONE
% THAT
HASN'T BEEN
VACANT FOR
30,
% 40 YEARS, THAT
HE
ESSENTIALLY
% HAS
BECOME
THE
NOMINEE.
% THE SAME
HAPPENED
IN
PAUL
RYAN'S
% SEAT.
% THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY
IS
VERY
% WELL-ORGANIZED.
% THEY'VE
GOT A
MACHINE.
% SO IF
HE'S
NOW
THE DE
FACTO
% REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE,
QUESTION
IS
% WHAT DOES
HE
DO
WHILE
HE'S
% WAITING
UNTIL
THE
ELECTION?
% DOES
HE
BECOME
MORE
PARTISAN, SO
% IN WAUKESHA COUNTY
HE'S
REALLY
% MOBILIZING HIS
PLACE,
OR
DOES
HE
% WANT
TO
BECOME
SORT
OF
STATESMAN
% LIKE,
MORE
CONGRESSIONAL?
% MY
GUESS
IS
IT'S
GOING TO BE
THE
% FORMER RATHER THAN
THE
LATTER.
% IN OTHER
WORDS,
ALWAYS KEE
P
YOUR
% BASE IN
MIND.
% THAT'S
HOW
YOU
WIN
ELECTIONS.
% AND
SO
THAT
PROBABLY
MEANS
THAT
% FOR
THE
NEXT
YEAR
AND
FOR
ANY
% SPECIAL
SESSIONS
HE'LL
BE
SORT% OF
THE
SAME
OLD
FITZ.% >>
HOW
DIFFICULT
DO DONALD
% TRUMP'S TROUBLES
MAKE
IT
FOR% SCOTT
FITZGERALD TO
GO
THAT
UBER
% PARTISAN?%>> WELL,
I
THINK
IF
YOU'RE
% RUNNING
IN A
SENSENBRENNER
% DISTRICT, THAT IS
SO OVER
% WHELLINGLY
REPUBLICAN
THAT YOU
% WANT TO BE
SUPPORTIVE OF THE
% PRESIDENT BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT
% THE BASE
WANTS.
% I CAN'T
IMAGINE
THAT
DISTRICT
% GOING
DEMOCRATIC.
% MAYBE IF
THERE'S A
NOAH'S
FLOOD,% A POLITICAL
FLOOD,
THAT
MAYBE A
% DEMOCRAT WOULD HAVE A
CHANCE.
% OTHERWISE
HE
DOESN'T HAVE
TO
% WORRY ABOUT
IT.
% >>
LET
ME
ABOUT
YOU
ABOUT
THE
% GOVERNOR'S VETO POWER.%WE
HAVE A
LAWSUIT
THAT
JUST
HIT
% THE
STATE SUPREME COURT
TO
LIMIT
% THE
GOVERNOR'S VETO
POWER.
% WE'VE
BEEN
DOWN
THIS
ROAD
% BEFORE, BUT
WHAT'S
YOUR
% PREDICTION
ABOUT
WHETHER
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS'
KEEPS
HIS
% POWERFUL VETO
PEN?
% >>
I
THINK
IT'S
PRETTY LOW
% BECAUSE A
CONSTITUTIONAL
% AMENDMENT OR A DECISION BY
THE% SUPREME COURT
RIGHT
NOW
WOULD
% TEND TO
HAVE
NOT
MUCH
INFLUENCE% FOR THE
GOVERNOR.
% THE SUPREME
COURT
IS
5-2% CONSERVATIVE.
% A
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT, A% GOVERNOR
PLAYS
NO
ROLE.
% HE
CAN'T
VETO A
CONSTITUTIONAL% AMENDMENT.%SO
I
SUSPECT THAT
HE'S
GOING
TO
% LOSE BEFORE
THE
STATE SUPREME
% COURT.%>>
SO
THERE
GOES
THE
VETO
PEN.% >>
NOT
QUITE,
BUT IT
WILL
BE
% LIMITED.%>> ALL RIGHT.
% MORDECAI
LEE,
THANKS
VERY
MUCH
% FOR
JOINING