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From: Democracy Now.org
June 6, 2012
Amy Goodman:
"John Nichols, what about the Democratic National Committee, President Obama not going to Wisconsin, the DNC not putting in the kind of money that people were calling for, although Walker had tens of millions of dollars poured into his campaign from outside the state?"
John Nichols:
"Absolutely. It was a stark contrast. What you see is a Republican Party that is activist and engaged, not just at the national level, but down into the state and local levels. The Republican National Committee chairman, Reince Priebus, who is a Wisconsinite and who's actually a member of the law firm that is representing Governor Walker in many of his current legal troubles, said from the start of the race that the Republicans were, "all in" this contest, meaning that they would be there for whatever was necessary. The Republican Governors Association began attacking Democrat Tom Barrett before he had announced his candidacy. So it was just an overwhelming level of Republican engagement.
In contrast to that, the Democratic National Committee really was in a bit of a wrangle with state Democrats about whether they would give $500,000 for some get-out-the-vote efforts.
And President Obama meticulously avoided visiting the state and made his final contribution to the campaign, which was a tweet on Monday night.
The comparison between tens of millions of dollars and an all-in effort by the RNC and by national Republicans, and a tweet from President Obama, I think, sums it up a little painfully."
Watch/ Hear entire interview:
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/6/walker_survives_wisconsin_recall/