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Watch Rachel Maddow Bring Us Back to Wisconsin: Democrats Have "Momentum" in Recall Elections

 
 
 

Remember Wisconsin? That weeks-long showdown of committed labor activists whose collective bargaining  rights were summarily stripped?

Well, there are contested recall elections going on there now, and as the polling date gets closer, Rachel Maddow, back from vacation, speaks to State Senator Jon Erpenbach and tells us why Democrats there are confident that they may have the momentum needed to put  victories in the bag.

Watch below.

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And don't forget to read our own Adele Stan on Wisconsin and the Kochs.

AlterNet / By Sarah Seltzer

Posted at August 3, 2011, 2:50am

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