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Other, one general approach or the other. the general approach of the bush administration george w was a freedom agenda. certainly the idea of the road through jerusalem is through baghdad. all this neo-con theorizing if we go into iraq, sometimes the frontline in the middle east will loosen up and somehow lead to a peace treaty. that means war generally. it means war. twice into iraq, once in afghanistan. obama came in saying im sort of a 60s guy. i dont really think big war is the answer to al...

Information in domestic american life than our tax information. here is another example of it being misused for political reasons. by the way this took place, just to be totally clear, sounds like during the 08 presidential campaign. >> thats right. in fact, tucker, one of the groups, two targeted, one targeted because of an s.e.c. complaint filed by an obama campaign lawyer, literally involving the obama campaign saying we think this group did something wrong so filed the complain. the other co...

Former democratic congressional candidate. i think the largest -- one of the largest legislative bodies in the world, new hampshire. jim, i actually want to start with you because you are -- you chaired the obama campaign in new hampshire in 2008, the critical first in the nation primary state. and you are saying that you are ready to support hillary clinton if she runs. >> yeah, im one whos ready for hillary as well. you know, in 08 when i made my decision, it wasnt that i didnt like hillary cl...

Wont cut medicare and medication and social security expand social security benefits? will she say wall street needs to be reform so we dont have another collapse and embrace the glass/steagall bill. >> how important to get her to answer these questions? i mean, this is happening without her saying anything. she might say in six months, im not going to do it. that would open the flood gates to a wide open field. without her even talking, we have nancy pelosi, she never officially endorsed obama,...

Go along, get along guys. they were sent to d.c. to get the budget under control and address the deficit and spending and they take it seriously. thats why there is a cultural difference. this is not going to be the same problem four years from now, because four years from now the actuarial tables alone will push people out of the old jobs theyre in and bring up some of this new leadership. were at a transition point where if the republican party is serious about this, the party of more fiscal d...

The only nonconservative groups that cracked the top ten were the public employees union, sciu, and the teachers union. thats it. unions are the only competition republicans have in electoral politics. post-citizens united, conservatives look at this and smell blood. i mean, compare this to 08. they have knocked the unions down to sixth and seventh place. without unions essentially all of the big money in politics would be right wing money. all of it. that is not hyperbole. all of it. unions are...

Bargain for raises and benefits. they say it will be fogood for e union members who wont have to pay dues anymore and so an oon so on. theres another explanation for why republicans like scott walker would be so determined to go after labor unions. back during the wisconsin protests, on this show, rachel maddow ran the numbers. watch. >> in 2010, post-citizens united, seven of the top ten outside spending groups in the election were all right wing. chamber of commerce, both of karl roves groups,...

Pay dues anymore and so on and so on. theres another explanation for why republicans like scott walker would be so determined to go after labor unions. back during the wisconsin protests, on this show, rachel maddow ran the numbers. watch. >> in 2010, post-citizens united, seven of the top ten outside spending groups in the election were all right wing. chamber of commerce, both of karl roves groups, the american future fund, americans for job security. all of these right-wing groups. the only n...

Pork spending has happened and theyve included this in the bill and basically until they get it out, these group, lobbyist groups in dc will continue to get millions of dollars going to farmers that have been dead for years. >> brian: wow. so youre able to find this out. but it doesnt seem in congress theyre that curious. for example, dollars to the dead, department of agriculture. $33 million, as i mentioned in the open. between 08 and 2012. social security administration, 331 million. office m...

That. and its just not going to work. at least on the first round. we saw perro got 19 million votes even after he dropped out and came back in. bloomberg could have turned it into a three-way race. my suggestion is not necessarily these billionaires are going to go all the way to november but they canning chan change the ag can go independent and change the agenda. look at all the things that are off the table for the two parties that are on the minds of the american people. free medical care. ...