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Path. i think there is a bigger question we will talk about going forward in terms of what does this mean for our economy. for infrastructure in this country. for job creation in this country. and sort of the way we have become increasingly polarized and basically segregated. not just along race but really along class lines and how do we deal with those income disparities? >> yeah. i think we need to have a serious recalibration when it comes to urban policy. im a political strategist and every ...

Michigan the legislature has actually promoted bills which allow people to carry concealed weapons into church, onto school premises, into colleges. >> right. >> notwithstanding the evidence. >> notwithstanding the evidence, and they did that right after the clackamas shooting which also use assault weapons. you know, we had a murder -- a tragic murder/suicide with guns in a situation that might not have escalated to that kind of violence without guns. you know, what does it take in just the spa...

in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." economists didnt sigh this one coming, one expert calling the may jobs report shockingly low. thats the weakest growth in a year and the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2%. its a brutal setback for the economy and a serious setback for the obama campaign as well. the president out on the campaign trail is struggling to convince voters hes part of the solution, not part of the problem. briana k...

Conservative messages. now clearly these desperate democrats will do just about anything to keep the focus of the election away from the failed president. this is the not first time they have worked to make race an issue. here is mike gallagher, and from the new york civil rights coalition, mike meyers. all right. lets go back in history. this is a pattern. this is nothing new. democrats -- we know that they are dividing the country along class lines. you talk about class warfare. we know the wa...

And also along class lines, the elite and upper middle class have families that look more like the 1950s norm and you know, the working class and poor and even middle class have families that look less and less like that. thats, that plays all sorts of interesting roles i think in the politics. >> its just setting up that kind of story dilution, like the leave it to beaver idea. so that the fact that your own life doesnt mirror that experience, then again makes you feel like youre somehow failin...

Are living in places where very low air quality, we have the issue of asthma. talk to me. one thing to say we should have environmental justice. we should have environmental equality. how should we have it? what does it take to move from inequality to equality? >> i have been working the past decade and a half. how do you create projects that improve the environmental and economic quality of life for people who live in our commun y communities? also on class lines. believe me, if you are living ...

Unemployment down. and the president himself admits this will not fix the problem with this $15 trillion debt. it is a drop in the bucket. what we really need, instead of this distraction, instead of this attempt to divide americans along class lines, is real tax reform, like the presidents own bipartisan fiscal commission recommended in december of 2010 which he has ignored. gregg: but, senator, the plan actually only affect as fraction of the american population, about 210,000. in fact, in 201...

Creation. this is a stunt t presidents as much as admitted it, its intended to divide america along class lines and its exactly the wrong way to try to approach a very serious topic that should be approached on a by partisan basis. >> youre a guy that has to raise money out tlrks there is a report that the romney victory fun which is now going to be the presumptive nominee, mitt romney and the republican national committee jointly start raising money together. they are going to give $50,000 dono...

>> i think it might have more of a test in new hampshire to i certain degree with some voters there. but also south carolina could be a big problem for him. you know, the issue is and rick santorum keeps making the argument that mitt romney is not the guy to make the middle class argument for the republican party. rick santorum says hes the person to make the middle class argument because of his roots. what this does is, it divides the republican candidates along class lines and i dont think tha...

easy to attack. >> i want individuals to have their own insurance. that means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. it also means if you dont like what they do, you can fire them. i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. if someone doesnt give me good service, i want to say im going to get somebody else to provide that service to me. >> seven of those words, i like being able to fire people, knocked front-runner romney back on his heels. ...