% WANT YOUR TAX DOLLARS BEING
% SPENT, IS IT HAVING THE INTENDED
% EFFECT?%>> RESULTS OF THE MA
IN CHOICE ON
% THE BALLOT LEFT A JUBILANT
% WINNER AND AN ANGRY LOSER.
% THIS SHIFTS THE BALANCE OF THE
% COURT TO A LIBERAL MAJORITY.
% MUCH WATCHED RESULT WITH
% POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS GOING
% FORWARD.% FOR MORE, WE CHECK
IN WITH OUR
% POLITICAL PANELIST DEMOCRAT
% SCOTT ROSS AND REPUBLICAN BILL
% McCOSHEN AND THANK YOU FOR
% BEING WITH US.%>> GOOD TO BE
HERE.
% >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.%
>> FIRST, I WANT TO ASK ABOUT
% DANIEL KELLY'S CONCESSION
% SPEECH.%WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGH
TS ON THAT,
% BILL?%>> WELL, YOU WANT TO W
IN WITH
% GRACE AND HUMILITY AND LOSE WITH
% CLASS AND HUMILITY AND HE DID
% NOT DO THAT.
% I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOSE BY 11
% POINTS, THAT'S A LANDSLIDE IN
% THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
% YOU NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE
% HUMBLE.%I THINK IT WAS INSUL
TING TO ALL
% THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED SO HARD
% FOR HIM, FOLKS THAT DONATED TO
% HIM.%I MEAN, THAT'S A REPRESE
NTATION
% ON THEM, TOO, AND HE DIDN'T
% THINK ABOUT THAT.
% YOU'VE GOT TO LOSE WITH CLASS.
% >> WHEN YOU SAW THAT, WHAT DID
% YOU THINK?
% >> I THOUGHT IT'S THE FACE OF
% THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RIGHT NOW
% BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN DECISIVE AND
% EXTREME.%HE IS THE EMBODIMENT
OF WHERE
% THE REPUBLICAN HAS GONE.
% IT'S NOT WHERE BILL'S AT.
% IT'S THE TRUMP, THE DeSANTIS,
% THE DIVISION, JUST THE REJECTION
% OF WHAT HAVE BEEN NORMS IN BOTH
% POLICY AND POLITICS.
% >> SO, BILL, THIS WAS AN
% 11-POINT WIN, AS YOU POINTED
% OUT.%THAT WAS A TROUNCING.
% WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED?
% >> WELL, IT WAS TWICE AS BAD AS
% HIS LAST RACE IN 2020.
% HE LOST BY ABOUT 110,000 VOTES A
% COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THIS ONE
% WAS MORE LIKE 225,000.
% I THINK MONEY WAS A FACTOR AND
% THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
% MONEY.
% THE MONEY THAT JANET
% PROTASIEWICZ WAS ABLE TO RAISE
% IN HER CAMPAIGN GOES FURTHER
% BUYING MORE CAMPAIGN ADS.
% SHE HAD WAY MORE POINTS THAN HE
% DID.
% HE ALWAYS STRUGGLED TO RAISE
% MONEY.
% JOHN RAISED TWICE AS MUCH MONEY
% AS HE DID IN THE PRIMARY AND HE
% NEVER PICKED IT UP IN THE
% GENERAL, SO SHE HAD A HUGE
% ADVANTAGE ON THE TYPES OF ADS
% SHE COULD SEE BUY AND AT WHAT
% RATE.
% THINGS SEEMED A LITTLE BIT EQUAL
% AS IT RELATED TO THIRD PARTIES,
% BUT THOSE ADS ARE FAR MORE
% EXPENSIVE AND THE CANDIDATE
% DOESN'T CONTROL THOSE MESSAGES,
% SO HE WAS OUTMANNED AND
% OUT-MONEYED.%>> WAS IT ABOUT
THE MONEY?
% >> I THINK IT'S FOUR THINGS.
% LET ME SAY THAT BILL REMINDS US,
% YOU KNOW N-TALKING ABOUT KELLY'S
% LAST LOSS, THAT SINCE 2016,
% DEMOCRATS HAVE WON 15-OF-18
% STATEWIDE ELECTIONS.
% THIS IS A TREND.
% THEY WON THE 2018 SUPREME COURT
% SEAT, 55-TO-45, AND THEY WON THE
% ONE IN 2020, THE SAME.
% IT'S GONE FROM 110,000 TO
% 250,000 TO 200,000.
% THE TRENDS ARE NOT RIGHT FOR THE
% REPUBLICANS BOTH IN THE TURN-OUT
% IN PLACES LIKE DAN COUNTY AND
% MILWAUKEE COUNTY, INTLOW IN THE
% WOW COUNTIES.
% JANET PROTASIEWICZ WON THE CITY
% OF WAUKESHA, THE PLACE WHERE
% SCOTT WALKER HAD 73% IN 2014.
% BUT, AGAIN, THE DEMOCRATS, THEY
% HAVE THE MONEY, THEY HAVE THE
% MESSAGE, THEY HAVE THE MACHINE,
% AND THEY HAVE THE MOTIVATION AND
% THAT'S GOING TO WIN ELECTIONS.
% >> WHAT KIND OF A WAKE-UP CALL
% IS THIS FOR REPUBLICANS?
% ARE REPUBLICANS NOW ON THE WRONG
% SIDE OF THE BARK ISSUE PLOTICAL?
% >> THEY'RE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF
% THE ISSUE.
% THERE WERE THREE STATE
% REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT TWO.
% RELATED TO BAIL, CASH BAIL.
% ONE PASSED WITH 67%.
% THE OTHER HAD 68%.
% THEN THERE WAS A REFERENDUM
% QUESTION ADVISORY ON ABLE-BODIED
% CHILDLESS ADULTS WORKING.%TH
AT PATH WITH 80%.
% ALL 72 COUNTIES VOTED FOR THOSE
% THREE REFERENDUM, INCLUDING DANE
% AND MILWAUKEE.
% WE'RE RIGHT ON THE ISSUES.
% WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB ON
% CANDIDATE SCREENING.
% >> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN A
% STATE-WIDE ISSUE ON ANY OF THE
% THREE THINGS HE'S TALKING ABOUT,
% BUT ON ABORTION IT'S GOING TO
% BECAUSE IT HITS PEOPLE HARD.
% IT'S NOW A DISQUALIFY -- TO BE
% ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE IN
% STATEWIDE ELECTIONS IS
% DISQUALIFYING.%IN THE LAST SE
VERAL YEARS, SAVE
% FOR ONE.
% SAVE FOR RON JOHNSON.
% NOT ONLY IS IT TOXIC IN PLACES
% LIKE DANE COUNTY AND MILWAUKEE,
% BUT JANET WON THE THIRDS
% CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, THE
% FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
% SOUNDLY.
% SHE WON IN PLACES LIKE THE
% FRENCH QUARTER, EAU CLAIRE AND
% LACROSSE, 64% IN BOTH OF THOSE
% COUNTIES.%REPUBLICANS ARE IN
A LOT OF
% TROUBLE IF THEY DON'T CHANGE.
% I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO.
% >> KELLY LET PROTASIEWICZ DEFINE
% HIS POSITION ON ABORTION.
% VOTERS NEVER KNEW WHAT HIS
% POSITION WAS ON ABORTION IF
% YOU'RE GOING TO BE PRO-LIFE,
% THAT'S FINE, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE
% PROACTIVE.%YOU CAN'T LET YOUR
OPPONENT
% DEFINE YOU ON ISSUES SUCH AS
% THAT AND IT WAS A HUGE PROBLEM
% FOR KELLY, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
% >> SCOTT, DOES THIS KIND OF
% SPELL THE TURN FROM THE SCOTT
% WALKER ERA?
% >> WITHOUT A DOUBT, ABSOLUTELY,
% 100%.
% GIVEN WHERE THE REPUBLICANS ARE
% ON ABORTION, AND GIVEN WHERE THE
% PUBLIC IS AND HOW THEY SEE THE
% SUPREME COURT BEING THAT A TO B
% LINE, BECAUSE THE OVERTURNING OF
% THE 1849 BAN WHEN IT HAPPENS,
% THAT'S GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN
% THE SUPREME COURT ELECTIONS FROM
% NOW UNTIL THE NEXT 10 YEARS SO
% WE'VE GOT ONE'S UP IN 25, TWO
% REPUBLICANS UP IN 26 AND 27.
% AFTER 27, DEMOCRATS COULD IN
% THEORY HAVE SIX OF THE SEVEN
% SUPREME COURT SEATS.
% >> WE SORT OF RUN THROUGH
% WALKER-BACKED CANDIDATES WITH
% REBECCA CLAY FISH AND NOW DANIEL
% KELLY, BUT NOW HIS POLICIES ARE
% GOING TO BE UP FOR GRABS IN THE
% NEW SUPREME COURT.
% WHEN JANET PROTASIEWICZ GETS
% INVESTED IN AUGUST, THERE'S TWO
% YEARS WHERE PROGRESSIVES WILL
% HAVE FULL CONTROL OR THE
% MAJORITY ON THE WISCONSIN
% SUPREME COURT AND A LOT OF HIS
% POLICIES MIGHT BE ON THE LINE.
% >> BILL, SCOTT WALKER SAYS THAT
% UW MADISON HELPED DANE COUNTY'S
% NUMBERS BECAUSE HE SAYS, QUOTE,
% LIBERALS ARE INDOCTRINATING
% YOUNG PEOPLE AND TURNING THEM
% OUT TO VOTE.
% WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT?
% >> MY RESPONSE IS DANE COUNTY
% HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR
% REPUBLICANS FOR 20 YEARS.
% WE FINALLY HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP.
% NAPOLI IS GOING TO DO A VERY
% GOOD JOB.
% I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE NEW
% LEADERSHIP IN DANE COUNTY, BUT
% WE'RE A WAYS BEHIND WHERE
% DEMOCRATS ARE.
% THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT THAT THEY
% CAN HARVEST MORE VOTES HERE IN
% DANE COUNTY THAN ANY OTHER
% COUNTY IN THE STATE AND BUILD UP
% A MASSIVE ADVANTAGE.
% JANET PROTASIEWICZ HAD 153,000
% VOTE ADVANTAGE JUST IN DANE
% COUNTY.%IT'S GOING TO TAKE S
OME TIME TO
% FIX IT FOR REPUBLICANS.
% MESSAGE MATTERS, CANDIDATES
% MATTER, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE
% SOME TIME.
% >> JANET WON 12 COUNTIES THAT
% HAVE UW CAMPUSES.
% THE REASON THAT PEOPLE AREN'T
% VOTING IS BECAUSE SCOTT WALKER
% WANTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR ITS NEW
% OPERATION.
% IT'S BECAUSE REPUBLICANS ARE
% WRONG ON THE ISSUES OF ABORTION,
% TRANSGENDER, RIGHTS, VOTING,
% EDUCATION ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.
% >> A MINUTE LEFT.
% WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR
% 2024?%>> THE IMPLICATIONS AR
E THAT
% WHAT'S HIS NAME DERIC VAN HORTON
% AND BRIAN STYLE BETTER WATCH OUT
% BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY
% MIGHT BE GOING OUT IF D.C.
% INVESTS IN WISCONSIN ELECTIONS,
% WE'RE GOING TO WIN.
% WE'VE PROVEN IT TIME AND TIME
% AGAIN.%YOU PUT THE MONEY IN,
WE GET THE
% RIGHT CANDIDATES, WE WIN THE
% ELECTIONS.%>> TOO SOON TO TEL
L.
% WE NEED A DIFFERENT CANDIDATE AT
% THE TOP OF THE TICKET OTHER THAN
% DONALD TRUMP IF WE WANT TO WIN
% IN THE SUNBURNS.
% YOU EVER TO WIN THE BOW AND THE
% WOW COUNTIES.
% JANET PROTASIEWICZ WON ALL THREE
% OF THE BOW COUNTIES AND SHE CUT
% THE 345R7B8GS IN THE WOW
% SIGNIFICANTLY.%WE NEED A DIFF
ERENT CANDIDATE AT
% THE TOP OF THE TICKET.
% AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL, JUST
% KEEP PASSING PROACTIVE POLICIES
% THAT VOTERS RESPOND TO AND I
% THINK THAT FORMULA WORKS.
% >> 27 COUNTIES SHE WON INCLUDING
% SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL PART
% OF THE STATE, 27 COUNTIES.
% >> WE NEED TO LEAVE IT THERE.