The Daily Rundown   |  June 04, 2012

Political panel: Walker’s path to a victory

Former RNC Chairman, Michael Steele, former DNC Communications Director, Karen Finney, and the Washington Post’s Dan Balz discuss the upcoming Wisconsin Gubernatorial recall election, and Gov.  Scott Walker’s campaign strategy.

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>>> bring back our panel. wisconsin , wisconsin , wisconsin . it's going to be decided by only a sliver of votes. no mandate. for either side on this, but there will be.

>> there will be a lot of interpretation. impact. not necessarily a mandate. it was always going to be close. we've known this.

>> every one of those have been has been close. everything has been decided by a small sliver of voters.

>> we know this is the most polarized state in the nation.

>> this is the struggle for the president if they lose by a small sliver of votes. he's going to get some blame.

>> regardless, he's going to get some blame, but two important messages. to voter, pay attention about someone's campaigning. voters are angry because he didn't campaign on this is how item going to do these things and they got angry.

>> isn't scott walker a model for how obama might win his election? he turned the recall away from being a referendum on him.

>> absolutely and ths obama 's problem now. he does not need this to be a referendum.

>> shameless plug.

>> stage is running a great stage. i played harold hill in college and it's awesome. go see it.

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>> shout out to the grass roots efforts in wisconsin . very impressive turnout. i think regardless, they will have sent the message that people will hold politicians accountable.

>> walker, obama voters. that's something some are shocked about.

>> shoutout to my friend, taylor brownstein, second commander in the u.s. ar my.

>> congratulations. tomorrow on the show,