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Did Scott Walker Reveal His Crisis-Ending Ruse to a Prank Caller?
Slate ^ | 02/23/2011 | David Weigel

Posted on 02/23/2011 11:48:53 AM PST by speciallybland

I think Murphy gets a scoop here when he gets Walker to explain a ruse that could bring the Senate back in session. He's discussing the missing Senate Democrats.

WALKER: There's a bunch of recalls up against them. They'd really like to just get back up here and get it over with. So the paycheck thing, some of the other things threatening them, I think collectively there's enough going on, and as long as they don't think I'm going to cave, which again we have no interest in. An interesting idea that was brought up to me by my chief of staff, we won't do it until tomorrow, is putting out an appeal to the Democratic leader. I would be willing to sit down and talk to him, the assembly Democrat leader, plus the other two Republican leaders—talk, not negotiate and listen to what they have to say if they will in turn—but I’ll only do it if all 14 of them will come back and sit down in the state assembly. They can recess it... the reason for that, we're verifying it this afternoon, legally, we believe, once they’ve gone into session, they don’t physically have to be there. If they’re actually in session for that day, and they take a recess, the 19 Senate Republicans could then go into action and they’d have quorum because it's turned out that way. So we’re double checking that. If you heard I was going to talk to them that’s the only reason why. We’d only do it if they came back to the capitol with all 14 of them. My sense is, hell. I'll talk. If they want to yell at me for an hour, I'm used to that. I can deal with that. But I'm not negotiating.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: prank; wisconsin; wisconsinshowdown
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To: paulycy

That’ll work!


21 posted on 02/23/2011 4:38:36 PM PST by jazminerose (o)
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To: speciallybland; Qbert; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; rabscuttle385; ...
This is tonight's MSNBC ‘We beat Walker story’. Every MSNBC show talked about this scam phone call. They claim it proves he is working for the Koch brothers, a continuing liberal theme. But they got nothing new from it that he hasnt said in public. Greta just asked him about it , 10:16 pm EST, and says she posted it.

Christie took his turn on Morning Joe this morning after Walker yesterday, he was really good too and supported Walker. Christine is a natural.

Many times looking at Washington it seems like we got duds in the R party , but these conservative governors are our heroes.

22 posted on 02/23/2011 7:25:34 PM PST by sickoflibs ("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
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To: sickoflibs

Too bad none are running for President.


23 posted on 02/24/2011 5:41:35 PM PST by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: Impy; LMAO
RE :"Too bad none are running for President."

Probably good. Then the Democrats cant put that big pod next their WH bed and replace them with a big government liberal in the night.

24 posted on 02/24/2011 5:48:16 PM PST by sickoflibs ("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
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