% >>
IN
TONIGHT'S
INSIDE
LOOK
% DIVIDED STATE
GOVERNMENT
ON
% STEROIDS.%THIS
WEEK
WAS
A
STARK
DISPLAY
% OF PARTISAN POWER
PLAYS,
OR
IS % IT
THE
NEW
NORMAL?
% WE
TURN
TO
OUR
POLITICAL
% PANELISTS, THANK YOU
FOR
BEING
% HERE.
% FIRST YOU,
SCOTT,
YOUR
REACTION
% TO
THE
OUSTER OF
BOTH
BRAD
% PFAFF
AND
THE
SPECIAL SESSION % THAT
WAS
NOT?
% >>
I
THINK
IT'S
OUTRAGEOUS.
% IT
IS
WHERE THE
REPUBLICAN
% PARTY
OF WISCONSIN
IS RIGHT
NOW.
% WHAT
YOU
HAD
IF
BRAD
PFAFF
WAS
% AN
ABLE
SERVANT,
HE
KNOWS WHAT
% IT
IS
LIKE TO
BE
A
FARMER.% GROUP
ON
A
FAMILY
FARM
AND
% WORKED HELPING
FARMERS
IN % WISCONSIN
FOR
25
YEARS.
% HE HAS
DEVOTED HIS
LIFE
TO
IT.
% THE
FACT
THEY GOT
RID
OF
HIM
% WAS
A COMPLETE AND
TOTAL
POWER
% PLAY.
% IT
WAS
BECAUSE
THE
REPUBLICANS
% DON'T LIKE
THE
INDUSTRIES
THAT
% SUPPORT
THE REPUBLICANS
DON'T
% LIKE
WHAT
BRAD AND
THE
DATCP
% WERE DOING
RELATED
TO
SITING.% THEY
WANT
TO
SEND
A
MESSAGE
TO
% FARMERS THAT
THEY DON'T
CARE
% ABOUT
FARMERS.
% >> I THINK
SCOTT
AND
I
WILL
% AGREE
ON ONE
OF
HIS
POINTS.
% DATCP
DID
NOT
LISTEN
TO FAERMS
% ON THIS RULE.
% BRAD
PFAFF IS
A
GOOD MAN.
% I'VE
KNOWN HIM
A
LONG
TIME.
% WHAT
HAPPENED
THIS
WEEK
WAS
% UNFORTUNATE BUT
IT WAS % PREVENTABLE.
% IT
REALLY
WAS.% ON THE
LIVESTOCK
SITING
RULE
HE
% HAD
FOUR
CHANCES
TO
CHANGE
THIS
% RULE
AND
THE DATCP
DECIDED
NOT
% TO.%THE AG
INDUSTRY
SENT
HIM
A % LETTER IN
AUGUST
WITH SPECIFIC % CONCERNS.
% THEY
DID
NOTHING.
% SPEAKER VOS, MAJORITY LEADER
% FITZGERALD SENTD HIM A
LETTER
% SAYING IF
YOU
DON'T
LISTEN
TO
% FARMERS
ON
THIS WE WILL
SUSPEND % THE RULE.
% HE
DID
NOTHING.
% CHAIRMAN NASS
PUT OUT
A
% STATEMENT SAYING
IF
YOU
DON'T
% LISTEN TO
FARMERS WE'LL SEND
% THIS
RULE BACK.
% THEY
DID
NOTHING.
% IT
WASN'T
UNTIL
LAST
FRIDAY
% WHEN MAJORITY LEADER FITZGERALD
% SAID
TO
THE
GOVERNOR
WE
DON'T
% HAVE THE VOTES
FOR
PFAFF
HE
% MIGHT
BE GOING
DOWN THEY
% WITHDREW
THE
RULES.
% IF
YOU
ARE
AG
SECRETARY,
ONE
% JOB,
TO
DEFEND
AND PROMOTE
THE
% AG
INDUSTRY.
% THEY
CHOSEN ACTIVISTS OVER
FARM
% OWNERS.
% >> THE
REPUBLICANS
ARE % BEHOLDING
TO
THE
NRA.
% THEY
WON'T
PASS
COMMON
GUN
% REFORM
THAT 80%
OF
THE
PUBLIC
% SPORTS WITH
UNIVERSAL % BACKGROUND CHECKS
AND
COMES
TO
% THE EXTREME
RISK
PROTECTION % ORDERS.
% THESE
ARE
THINGS
THAT
80% OF
% THE
PEOPLE
SUPPORT.
% THE REPUBLICANS WILL
DO
NOTHING.
% >>
AND
YET
THE
GOVERNOR KNEW % THEY
WEREN'T GOING TO
GO
FOR
% THIS.
% HE
GETS
TO
NOW
GO
AHEAD
AND
PUT
% UP
STATEMENTS
ABOUT
THE
80%.
% HE KNEW
THEY WEREN'T GOING TO
% GO
FOR
IT.
% >>
WELL,
AGAIN,
THE
MODERN
% REPUBLICAN PARTY
IS
BOUGHT
AN
D
% PAID
FOR
BY THE
NATIONAL
RIFLE % ASSOCIATION.%THEY WILL
STAND
IN THE
WAY
NO
% MATTER HOW
MUCH DATA-DRIVE
--
% THAT'S
THE
THING
ABOUT
THESE % TWO
PIECES
OF
LEGISLATION.% IT IS DATA DRIVEN
THAT
THEY
% WORK.
% THE
REDUCTION
IN
GUN-RELATED
% SUICIDES IN
INDIANA
10
YEARS
% AFTER
THEY
PUT
THESE
MEASURES
% IN
PLACE, THE
ERPO, 7.5%
% REDUCTION.%VERY SIMPLE.
% IT
WORKS.
% >>
DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR IN
% MINNESOTA
TIM
WALZ
HAD
THE
% OPPORTUNITY AND
CHOSE
NOT TO % CALL
A SPECIAL
SESSION.
% THIS
ADMINISTRATION
COULD
SEE
% THIS
LEGISLATURE WAS GOING
TO
% PASS
IT.
% YOU
DON'T STR
A
GOVERNOR
SIT
ON
% THE STATE
SENATE
FLOOR
FOR 2
% 1/2
HOURS
WATCHING
ONE
OF
HIS % OWN CABINET
SECRETARIES
GO DOWN.
% IT
WAS MALPRACTICE BY
THE STA. % YOU
CAN'T HAVE
THAT.
% I
WORKED
FOR A GOVERNOR FOR
10
% YEARS.
% >> UNUSUAL TO
SEE HIM
IN
THE
% CHAMBERS.%>>
I
DON'T
THINK
I
COULD
WATCH
% THE
SENATE
FOR
2
1/2 HOURS
AT
% THIS POINT, I CAN TELL
YOU
THAT.
% >>
IS
THERE
ANY AMOUNT
OF % REVENGE
POLITICS IN ALL
OF
THIS?
% >>
I THINK
IT
SPEAKS
TO THEY
% HAVE
TO
FIRG
OUT
A WAY
TO
WORK
% TOGETHER.%REMEMBER,
LET'S
GO BACK
TO
% TOMMY
THOMPSON.
% HE
GOT
HIS
BIGGEST
% ACHIEVEMENTS, WELFARE REFORM
% AND
SCHOOL
CHOICE
WHEN % DEMOCRATS
CONTROLLED BOTH % HOUSES
OF
THE
LEGISLATURE.
% WHY?
% HE
FIGURED OUT
HOW
TO WORK
WITH
% THE
DEMOCRATS.
% JIM DOYLE
GOT
THINGS
DONE.
% THIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS TO
% FIGURE OUT
HOW
TO WORK
WITH THE
% REPUBLICANS
IN
THE
MAJORITY.
% >>
THINGS
ARE
SO
MUCH
MORE
% ENTRENCHED.
% >> WHAT
HAPPENED
LAST
YEAR.% THE
LAME
DUCK
ATTACKS.
% REJECTING A SECRETARY FOR
THE
% FIRST
TIME
IN
MODERN
HISTORY
% AND
NOW
THE
STUFF
RELATED
TO % RESTRICTING THE
VETO AUTHORITY
% OF
THE GOVERNOR.
% ALL
ATTACKS
BY
THE
REPUBLICANS
% WHO
SAT
AND
DID
EVERYTHING
THAT
% SCOTT WALKER WANTED AS
GOVERNOR
% AND
THEY CHANGE
THE
RULES % BECAUSE A
DEMOCRAT WON AND
THEY % LOST.
% >>
HOW DO
YOU
WORK
TOGETHER?
% >>
A
MATTER OF
FINDING
THE
% RIGHT
PERSON
WHO
CAN BUILD
THE
% RELATIONSHIP
AND
START
TO
CUT
% SMALL
DEALS
THAT LEAD
TO
BIGGER
% DEALS.%YOU HAVE
TO
BUILD
TRUST.
% THERE
IS
NO
TRUST BETWEEN THE % LEGISLATURE
AND
THE % ADMINISTRATION.%>> WHAT
DO
YOU
MAKE
OF
THE
% KENTUCKY GOVERNOR'S
RACE
THAT % SAW A
DEMOCRAT
WIN?
% >>
A TINY
WIN
FOR
DEMOCRATS.
% BEVIN
WAS
VERY
UNPOPULAR.% HIS
JOB
APPROVAL WAS
IN
THE
30s.
% HE
SHOULDN'T HAVE
RUN
FOR
% REELECTION.%HE HELPED
HIM
GET
TO
49%.% MORE
IMPORTANTLY
DOWN
TICKET
% THERE
WERE
FIVE
OTHER
STATEWIDE
% RACES TUESDAY NIGHT
AND % REPUBLICANS CLEANED UP ON
ALL
% OF
THEM.
% THEY
WON
ANYWHERE
FROM
10 TO
% 18%
IN
ALL
FIVE OF
THOSE
OTHER
% RACES.
% MORE IMPORTANTLY,
THOSE
% CANDIDATES
GOT
BETWEEN
75,000
% AND
155,000 MORE
VOTES
THAN
% BEVIN.
% THE
REPUBLICANS CAME OUT
ON
% TUESDAY
NIGHT.
% THEY JUST DIDN'T
LIKE
BEVIN.
% >>
DEMOCRATS
CAME
OUT.
% YOU
SAW
TRUMP
WON
THAT STATE
BY
% 30
POINTS.% LOOK AT
VIRGINIA
WHERE
FOR
THE
% FIRST
TIME
IN
A
GENERATION
THE
% DEMOCRATS CONTROL ALL
BRANCHES
% OF
GOVERNMENT
AND
HAVE
NOT
LOST
% A
STATE
--
NOT
LOST
A STATEWIDE
% RACE
SINCE
2009.
% IN MISSISSIPPI
THE
DEMOCRAT % CAME
CLOSE
TO
WINNING.
% DEMOCRATS WIN ELECTIONS WHEN
% DEMOCRATS GO
TO THE
POLLS.
% THEY'RE
MOTIVATED
TO GO
OUT
% THERE
BECAUSE
OF THE
CORRUPTION
% AND
WHATEVER
DONALD
TRUMP
WANTS % BY THE
REPUBLICAN
PARTIES.
% >> YOU
THINK
THAT
KIND
OF
A
% RESULTS
IS A
BELLWETHER
FOR
% 2020?
% >>
I
DO
WITH
THE
CARVE
YET
% DEMOCRATS HAVE
TO
KEEP WORKING
% AND
TALKING
TO
THEIR
BASE SO % THEIR
BASE GOES OUT TO
THE
POLL.
% >>
IT
IS
NOT
A BELLWETHER
NOT
% IN
KENTUCKY.
% VIRGINIA HAS
BEEN TRENDING BLUE
% FOR
A
WHILE.
% TRUMP
DIDN'T
LAST
TIME,
BUSH % DIDN'T WIN
IT
EITHER
TIME.% NOT
A
HUGE SURPRISE.% BUT
I'LL
TELL
YOU
WHAT,
THE ONE
% THING
REPUBLICANS
HAVE
TO BE
% CAREFUL
OF
IS
THEY HAVE
LOST
% 350
SEATS IN
THE
LEGISLATURES % DURING
DONALD
TRUMP'S
% ADMINISTRATION.
% THAT'S
HALF
AS MANY
AS
OBAMA % LOST AT
THE
SAME
POINT
IN HIS
% PRESIDENCY
BUT
SOMETHING TO BE
% MINDFUL OF.%>>
THANKS