Gov. Scott Walker challenged by Tom Barrett in debate on Wisconsin recall
Source: Wash. post
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), facing a recall election on June 5, came under sharp attack here Friday night from his Democratic rival, who accused the governor of creating a political civil war in the state and of seeking to become “a right-wing rock star” at the expense of the people he serves.
Walker, whose first term has been marked by protests and controversy, countered the attacks from Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett by saying the budgetary and collective bargaining changes he pushed through the state legislature last year were working and that the election of his Democratic opponent threatened to plunge the state back into political turmoil.
Walker and Barrett met for the first of two televised debates in advance of the June recall election and it was the challenger who took an aggressive stance from the opening statements to the end of the one-hour session.
Barrett accused Walker of deliberately seeking to blow up the state, particularly by eliminating most collective bargaining rights for public employee unions. “Scott, you started this by saying that you were going to drop the bomb… and that you would use divide-and-conquer as your strategy to go after the workers, and that you would use a budget bill to tear this state apart.”
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2012/05/25/gJQAO9K7qU_story.html
FRIDAY NIGHT debates????? What?
C-SPAN televised the debates (and so did some outlets in Wisconsin I'm sure), and video is available: http://www.c-span.org/Events/Wisconsin-Governors-Recall-Election-Debate/10737430973/
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