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Conversation? the american public, theyre not crying for changes in medicare and medicaid. >> no theyre not. >> dissolving it, getting rid of it. social security should be under attack. harry reid said weeks ago there is no serious problem with social security. >> social security and the deficit should not be in one sentence. now, this countrys not broke. were a rich country. what is broke and bankrupt is so much of the debate inside washington. you just had two good democrats on. they see the p...

Our fiscal house in order. >> joining me now is the editor/publisher of "the nation" magazine. great to have you with us. >> thank you, ed. >> this is another defining moment where the white house has to stand up. why is social security even on the table for discussion? >> you got me. i mean, you got three pillars of middle class security under siege by paul ryan and his cruel republican budget and now you have a white house which is putting revenue on the table. this is good, talking about rais...

Strength in medicare and medicaid. we got a debate in this country that is completely skewed. >> im just afraid that this might take on the path of health care, that universal health care was never discussed at the table. the public option was just a bargaining chip that was never really serious, a serious venture, and so here we go. well throw social security out there. the democratic base sooner or later is going to damn near revolt on this. >> its more than the democratic base. social securit...

Standards, ed. i think the good part of yesterday was having that kind of passionate debate. ive got all kind of e-mails today. people agreeing, people disagreeing. whatever. the fact that we are having the discussion makes not only the black community strong but america strong because there is no easy answers to this. >> i think about jerry falwell and the moral majority back in the 70s. there was a stated agenda. why dont all the african-american groups in this country, the advocacy groups get...

Were not going to touch social security. we need to rebuild our social contract. we need to tax too much of what we have, financial speculation, concentration of wealth, and we need to invest in too little of what we have -- education, infrastructure, more security for the working poor, the middle class. >> hes got the trend with him. it would seem he could easily make the case to the american people that their economic plan is working. job creation is going in the right place. and this is with ...

It. social security should be under attack. harry reid said weeks ago there is no serious problem with social security. >> social security and the deficit should not be in one sentence. now, this countrys not broke. were a rich country. what is broke and bankrupt is so much of the debate inside washington. you just had two good democrats on. they see the problems. but until weve reset the debate and president obama must take leadership and not legitimize this republican narrative, that governmen...

The up swing right now, ed. i think if you look at where the election was during the primary where prosser was up by 55% and kloppenberg only had 25%, and over that time we fought him to a standstill where before everyone knew who prosser was. he was an 11-year incumbent speaker of the assembly where kloppenberg was a complete unknown. we fought him to a standstill where it was within 1% and may end up winning. >> it should be pointed out that a number of democrats won on the local level as well...

Security. we need to rebuild our social contract. we need to tax too much of what we have, financial speculation, concentration of wealth, and we need to invest in too little of what we have -- education, infrastructure, more security for the working poor, the middle class. >> hes got the trend with him. it would seem he could easily make the case to the american people that their economic plan is working. job creation is going in the right place. and this is with the financial sector sitting on...

14. where does that stand? >> well, i think they have given up on quite a few of them and are focusing on just three of them right now. those are against senator dave hansen up in green bay, very good guy, comes from a union background, state senator wurch down in kenosha, again, very good salt of the earth guy theyre going after and then state senator halpern up in the north woods. theyre going after them. i think theyre focusing on them just because they dont want to be on defense defending th...

All of the money spent on the military in every country in the world. in 2010 the world spent $1.6 trillion on military expenditures. here, you see, countries with relatively equal amounts of spending. germany, saudi arabia, russia, france, theyre all pretty close arent they? all between 2.5% to 4%. lets see the next highest percentage. well, its china at just over 7%. and china is the second largest spender in the world when it comes to military activity and hardware. and of course this section...