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>> closing these loop holes, hes going to be talking about getting rid of this and putting 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...

Recall signatures. those signatures are piling up. there will be more recalls filed in coming days and there are now candidates stepping up. jennifer schilling, a terrific state representative, who you may not remember, ed. she actually appeared briefly on your show when you were in wisconsin. has announced she is going to take on dan kapanke and she is a very strong candidate. so far from the enthusiasm going away there is an awful lot of evidence that people are getting into these recall races...

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...

Bush tax cuts and the president did it. its things like that that get people thinking hes not going hard enough for the black community. >> and they should if they feel they disagree but at the same time, weve seen members of the caucus as i said vote for a war in afghanistan when only one voted against. and im supportive of many of the caucus members that have campaigned for them. as i have president obama. but we cant have different standards, ed. i think the good part of yesterday was having ...

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 their eight republicans. if theyre on defense the entire time ...

Economy, you were right, obama was wrong do you sit and watch these events unfold and say, you know, shake your head -- what do you think? >> well, you know, you look forward obviously i wish i were president, i ran for president with the hopes i could become president. im afraid this president has been even more disappointing than id expected he would be. the world of course is suffering in part because of american weakness in the hands of our president. he has neither a campus nor a rutter, an...

A coffee shop, meanwhile the campaign drove the people to the event. cant seem to relate to real people, how much difficulty do you see if she cant overcome that for her? >> well im the one to give advice, political advice to people running for president i didnt win. she may get better advice elsewhere. my inclination would not make her the woman of the people. thats not who she is. out there with a scooby van, it just, it just doesnt look right. and she doesnt connect in that way that i think h...

Cuts are actually good for the economy. so, is there any way in the long run that the republicans can turn this around to say, look, we won an ideological fight that the fiscal cliff is just a minor blip with you in the long run they actually won a large chunk of what theyve been after? >> were going to have to see what is the impact in the the days ahead. can the republicans somehow turn that around? they certainly, inside the white house believe just the opposite because they believe that john...

Decades long fight, that tax cuts are actually good for the economy. so, is there any way in the long run that the republicans can turn this around to say, look, we won an ideological fight that the fiscal cliff is just a minor blip with you in the long run they actually won a large chunk of what theyve been after? >> were going to have to see what is the impact in the the days ahead. can the republicans somehow turn that around? they certainly, inside the white house believe just the opposite b...