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Maybe the Barrett campaign should scrap its ads and just run clips from Thursday night's debate. @edshow @WeGotEd @thenation #wirecall about 3 hours ago via web
Fantastic debate for Barrett. @edshow @WeGotEd #wirecall about 5 hours ago via web
Barrett close: "restore Wisconsin values." Walker close: "I" "I" "I" "I" "I"... @edshow @WeGotEd #wirecall about 5 hours ago via web
Barrett details how Walker took $500,000 checks/$250,000 checks. Says handful of Walker big donors equal what he's raised. @edshow @WeGotEd about 5 hours ago via web
Walker says he likes recalls that benefit him, doesn't like recalls that hold him accountable . @edshow @WeGotEd #wirecall about 5 hours ago via web
Walker avoids ? about campaign finance reform, pivots to say he wants to take away right of recall as it has exists in WI. @edshow @WeGotEd about 5 hours ago via web
Barrett's funny, at ease, effective. Walker was deeply rattled by Barrett's assertion he should be ashamed of crude "dead baby" ad. @edshow about 5 hours ago via web
Wow! Walker just dismissed Barrett's mention of "mass layoff notice" for Milwaukee firm. So rattled he's missing what he's saying. @edshow about 5 hours ago via web
Tom Barrett is having the best debate of his career. He's rattled Walker, who's sliding into weak talking points. @edshow @WeGotEd #wirecall about 5 hours ago via web
Barrett: "in public life 28 years & no one on my staff has ever been charged with a (felony) & I do not have criminal defense fund" @edshow about 5 hours ago via web
Walker is asked about Bice story that says John Doe probe was launched after Walker "stonewalled." @edshow @WeGotEd #wirecall about 5 hours ago via web
Incredibly powerful moment: Barrett says Walker should be "ashamed" of running sleazy "dead baby" ad. Walker gulps. @edshow @WeGotEd about 5 hours ago via web
Barrett: "I have a police department that arrests felons. He has a practice of hiring them." @edshow @WeGotEd #wirecall about 5 hours ago via web
Wow! Walker tries to pivot out of John Doe dialogue with talk about crime in Milwaukee. @edshow @WeGotEd #wirecall about 5 hours ago via web
Walker: "My integrity has always been high." Barrett: "I'm raising this issue because it goes right to trust." @edshow @WeGotEd #wirecall about 5 hours ago via web
JohnDoe ?s: Barrett starts w/fact 13th Walker aide/ally was today granted immunity. Walker dodges, repeats claim he sought probe. @edshow about 5 hours ago via web
Debate's "Hmmm.." moment. Barrett compares Walker to "Pontius Pilate." Walker does not deny/reject comparison. @edshow @WeGotEd #wirecall about 5 hours ago via web
Big ? for debate: Did Walker LIE last week when he said he sought John Doe probe. New JS story says Walker "stonewalled." @WeGotEd #wirecall about 5 hours ago via web
Gousha's ?s are strong, pointed. BUT when's he going to raise new JS story: John Doe started because Walker "stonewalled" @edshow #wirecall about 5 hours ago via web
Asked about eliminating ALL taxes for billionaires, Walker says "it's not about individuals" - again avoiding question. @edshow @WeGotEd about 5 hours ago via web

Name John Nichols
Location Madison, Wisconsin
Web http://thenation.com
Bio Nation writer. Author: Uprising! How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest from Madison to Wall Street, out in February from Nation Books/Perseus Books.