Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signs budget as he launches his bid for the presidency

Gov. Scott Walker
In this Sept. 23, 2014 photo Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker makes a re-election campaign stop at a small business in Racine, Wis. A federal judge on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 put on hold Wisconsin's law limiting coordination between third-party groups and political candidates. The law is at the center of an investigation into Walker's 2012 recall campaign and more than two dozen conservative groups.
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On the day after he signed a new budget for Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker officially launches his campaign for president. Jason Stein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel discusses Walker's record in Wisconsin as he moves to the national stage.

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