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Herman cain just like they did to clarence thomas. i dont think they can call it destroying him. hes a supreme court justice. theyre engaging in a high tech lynching by smearing his reputation and attacking his character. the idea is barack obama and the lefts worst nightmare. will you help us by helping fund part of the 1 million phone calls we are starting asap in iowa? joining me now, aol post editorial director howard fineman. also washington course dents for the nation, john in this case ni...

>> the term ponzi scheme i think is over the top and unnecessary and frightful to many people. the real issue in writing his book, governor perry pointed out that in his view that social security is unconstitutional, that this is not something the federal government ought to be involved in. >> joining me now is howard fineman, editorial director for the aol "huffington post" media group. and an msnbc analyst. thanks for joining me tonight, howard. >> hi, lawrence. >> the obama campaign has to be...

Oftentimes inadequate. >> in todays "daily beast" republican campaign consultant mark mckennen writes "herman cain is going to be around for a while and people should start taking him seriously. if hes not president, he could be vice president or bet the under and just start calling him mr. secretary." joining me now, mark mckinnon, former adviser to bush and mccain campaigns and adviser for nolabels.org. howard fineman, aol director for "huffington post" media group and msnbc analyst. thank you...

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Their perception is its likelier than not that he stays out of the 2012 race." however, all three said its the same thing, its a family decision between his family and wife, mary pat, and he could still decide to run. joining me now, national affairs editor for "new york magazine" john heilman. and aol, "huffington post" analyst, howard fineman. thank you. you were chuckling as we were ramping back into the latest christie fever, christie indecision 2011 discussion. whats so funny? >> i was chuc...

>> there was a guy i knew who used to be the mayor of boston back in the 70s and the press was asking him legitimate questions and pointing out he was sagging in the polls. and he looked at them and he said, look, dont compare me to the almighty. compare me to the alternative. thats whats going to happen. right now, totally legitimate, this is a referendum on obama and biden, the nature of the economy. its soon going to be a choice. its soon going to be a choice. >> the mayor the vice president ...

Troops, well, except for this captain over here. its like the republican base is at war with its own talking points. i want someone whos going to cut taxes and balance the budget. someone whos skilled and doesnt talk all fancy. the child of poor immigrants who will build a fence to keep them out of this country. someone whos strong enough for a man but ph balanced for a woman. now you want chris christie. sure you do. >> the people who criticize my policy are ignorant, absolutely ignorant of tha...

Today, what common ground was from the bill includes too much spending to the bill includes left between the president and the republicans in the house? >> not a ton. too many tax cuts to it unfairly and what struck me, though, was there wasnt all that much eliminates subsidies for oil common ground left between john boehner and the economy today. companies while ignoring other i went through the speech big industries. shortly after it was given and i after the private 90-minute looked for some ...