Wednesday morning news round up

Hideaway in Rockford part 2



From Channel 3000 in Madison:
BREAKING: WI Senate unanimously passes resolution fining missing Democratic senators $100 a day until they return.


Wisconsin Assembly and Senate ban recording devices
http://dane101.com/current/2011/03/08/wisconsin_assembly_and_senate_ban_recording_devices

CBS News: Pointing fingers in Wisconsin
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20041075-503544.html


Has Wisconsin reached a breaking point?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/41978587#41978587


Janesville lawmen to cut back shifts at Capitol, seek reimbursement

http://www.gazettextra.com/news/2011/mar/08/local-lawmen-cut-back-shifts-capitol/

Michelle Shocked performing at the protest rally on Saturday -  video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWrt-OutM94

Special groups Wisconsin TV with ads for and against budget bill

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110309/APC0101/103090520/1007/Tornow-Robert-William/Groups-flood-TV-ads-against-budget-bill?odyssey=nav|head

Democrats provide opportunity to end division over the budget bill

http://thewheelerreport.com/releases/March11/0308/0308dems.pdf

Wisconsin Mardi Gras busting agenda (wink!)

http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/08/6221146-wisconsin-mardi-gras-busting-agenda-exposed-wink

Former GOP aid to Republican Senators: You can beat Walker

http://www.thedailypage.com/thesconz/article.php?article=32660&sid=8be73fb1305ab54de742adcb9fef8b18

Sam Stein: Wisconsin State Senate Republicans took hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm subsidies

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/08/wisconsin-state-senate-republicans_n_833058.html

Senator Jon Erpenbach speaking with Greta Van Susteren on Fox News

http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/wis-state-sen-jon-erpenbach-on-the-record/

TPM: Wisconsin GOPer Kapanke: I expect a recall

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/wisconsin-goper-kapanke-i-expect-a-recall.php

PolitiFact rates $7.5 million estimate to repair the State Capitol as "Pants on Fire"

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/mar/08/mike-huebsch/wisconsin-officials-claim-cleaning-state-capitol-w/

Madison Metro braces for cuts

http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Madison_Metro_Braces_For_Cuts_117625603.html

Coverage of 5 pm rally on March 8.  - video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtjcDO3MHs4

Follow up to video posted yesterday:  According to TMJ 4, Wauwotosa protesters shut down town hall meeting.  

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/117572044.html

War on Unions becomes a political burden

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/41917629#41917629

As history unfolds in Wisconsin, Smithsonian sends curator

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/08/wisconsin.smithsonian/index.html?hpt=T1

Does Governor Walker have a smoking gun buried in the budget bill?

http://kristenemery.com/2011/02/23/does-governor-scott-walker-have-a-smoking-gun-buried-in-the-budget-bill/

Scott Walker proposes a compromise in emails

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/08/scott-walker-proposes-uni_n_833189.html?ref=fb&src=sp

Greg Sargent: More Wisconsin GOPers wavering in their support of Walker

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2011/03/report_more_wisconsin_gopers_w.html

Poet's $2,000 reimbursement, a casualty in Walker's Wisconsin

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-08/poet-laureate-s-2-000-gas-reimbursement-a-casualty-in-walker-s-wisconsin.html

Statement from Senator Jauch

http://www.wisdems.org/news/blog/view/2011-03-following-is-a-statement-from-senator-jauch

Former Washington Mayor backs Governor Walker on Union standoff

http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/08/former-dc-mayor-adrian-fenty-backs-wisconsin-governor-on-union-standoff/

John Nichols: Constitutional crisis created by Fitzgerald

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/column/john_nichols/article_d496e77f-b66e-5f15-aa25-a244df95ce60.html