Barrett: Wis. race not on national stage MILWAUKEE, June 3 (UPI) -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said Sunday he's not interested in putting the recall race for Wisconsin governor on the national stage. In an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," Barrett, a Democrat, accused competitor Republican Gov. Scott Walker of trying to put himself on the national stage to get attention. "Again, Scott Walker wants to make this a national race because he wants to be on the national stage as the rock star of the far right, as the poster boy of the Tea Party," Barrett said. That's not what I'm interested in. I'm focusing on this state because that's what's important to me. Barrett said the recall began as a grassroots movement and focuses on integrity, so he said he's focusing on the people of Wisconsin, not on getting bigger names to campaign on his behalf, like President Barack Obama and Democratic National Committee members. "It's people from Wisconsin, it's people who live here, and that's what this should be all about," he said. It should be all about the people in the state of Wisconsin because you've got a sitting governor, the only governor in this country who has a legal defense fund, all this outside money. This is Wisconsin values versus outside influence.