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Matt, first to you. >> i want to give a missed opportunity to barack obama in europe where recall in 08 he won in a landslide. >> paul: even though they didnt vote. they could have. >> would have won by 50%, but this week president obama told them he would not be attending the annual eu-u.s. summit through a leak in the wall street journal. this makes for a pattern of snubs none more glaring towards nicolas sarkozy, probably the first pro american president in history. brought back france into n...

The campaign, saw lots of fervor and energy for. also folks staunchly against obama who would never have voted for the guy in 08, didnt and are upset theyre out of power. why you saw them so excited for scott brown to be able to get in there so republicans can filibuster anything democrats do in the senate. disparate groups that have come together. you have a lot of that there, but theyre having a hard time trying to channel that, like a laser beam, so they can really affect national politics. >...

That were anticipating. first of all, lets start with the somewhat happy news. in a little while were going to be getting the monthly numbers on non-farm payrolls. the job report. it is expected that there will have been a gain of 15,000 jobs during the last month. okay. thats not bad. look at that chart, only one month over the past year when weve had a net gain in jobs, 4 noush ,000 in november. were looking for some improvement in the jobs picture. obviously its been very grim. how grim, thou...

Remember, the recession was already deeply under way in late 08 and the beginning of 09. if that happens, if we have that rise of 824,000 jobless, that would mean the number of jobs lost in the recession, 8 million. >> staggering. >> i dont think anybody would doubt it. >> no. whats so frustrated we hear about the jobs saved or created by the stimulus, 600,000. the revision wipes away progress we thought wed made. >> as weve reported, most of those jobs created or saved, theyre saved. the stimul...

1968. democrats have had trouble with working class whites. they were the reagan democrats. and they were the pro people and now the tea party people. and really, the only democrats that figured out how to get working class votes to work for them. and barack obama in 08. in both cases, the second they got in and started aboveenin ee necessity lost them almost immediately. >> and on the gitmo issue, i agree with jon stewart. its a winning point of view on the other side of it, politically. >> a b...

A response to bill oreilly not recognizing his own talking point staring back at him from a poll. thats next but tonights worst persons in the world. the claim that this president was out of touch, unlike president bush, hannity said george bush, who you worked for, did not play golf while this country was at war. dent want the families of loved ones serving where that man lost a loved one seeing him on a golf course. he seemed to be far more in touch. far more in touch with his 9 iron. >> i cal...

A response to bill oreilly not recognizing his own talking point staring back at him from a poll. thats next but tonights worst persons in the world. sean hannity. the bush flunky claiming that the president was out of touch, unlike president bush, hannity said george bush who you worked for, did not play golf while the country was at war. i dont want the families of loved ones serving where that man lost a loufed one seeing him on a golf course. he seemed to be far more in touch. far more in to...

Markos moulitsas responds to bill oreilly not recognizing his own talking point staring back at him from a poll. thats next but tonights worst persons in the world. the bronze to sean hannity. the claim that this president was out of touch, unlike president bush, hannity said george bush, who you worked for, did not play golf while this country was at war. he didnt want the families of loved ones serving or that may have lost a loved one seeing him on a golf course. he seemed to be far more in t...

Make a run on portugal, greece, and other countries. anyway, worst case scenario, greek people cant get food, whatever. by contrast, mr. obamas republican opponent john mccain only received $8.7 million. "wall street journal" reporting in the most recent quarter, the banksters are shifting where they put their funny money away from the dems, a little bit more to the republicans. co during the first nine months of 09, roughly 50% of donations from bank of americas political action committee and e...

Of the talk behind a new reaching out. the republican event which really showed the president back in the mold that independents voted for him in 08. clearly a president whos intelligent, who can think on his feet, who is not ideological and a real break with the bush administration, by the way. these have been real bright moments for the obama administration. >> youd like to see more of them? >> absolutely. theres a grassroots movement going on on the web, saying make more of these. make it lik...