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On the recordJune 4, 2012
This election was centrally about the power of public employee unions. Scott Walker tried to cut -- curtail those unions, and in the name of trying to balance a budget.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen discusses the significance of public employee unions in the recall election.

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