TPM Reporter Eric Kleefeld is in the Wisconsin state Assembly chamber live-tweeting as they debate the budget and union-busting bill late into the night.

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Rep. Broun (R-GA) gets town hall question ‘Who’s going to shoot Obama?’ and plays it off saying, yeah everyone’s frustrated.

I said a few days ago that I didn’t think this drama was wearing well for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R). And subsequent events have really confirmed me in that belief. Any victory at this point would, I think, be pyrrhic.

But here’s the thing. It’s not just that — I think — Walker overreached. It’s actually more than that. Early on, from a position of relative strength, he could have compromised and really had his cake and eaten it too. Read More

On planting agitators among the crowds of protestors, Walker tells reporters “In my case we ruled it out.” Holds firm on demands, says it’s time for Dem senators to come back to Madison.

How many people support the Health Care Reform law? How many oppose?

Who even cares when only barely half of people in the country know it’s still the law.

Tough times for Nevada’s top prostitution lobbyist as Harry Reid comes out for banning prostitution in Nevada. Our reporter talks to George Flint and his tough break.

Greg Sargent confirms that the TV nets haven’t yet booked any union reps for this Sunday’s talk shows.

Glenn Beck goes so over the top that even the ADL tosses out the conservative-pass-rule and gives him a hard time.

Gov. Walker’s threatened layoff notices go out. And one of the first to get one is the wife of Walker’s top ally, the Majority Leader of the State Senate.