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Right now. the movement has shown no political bent at the moment. does it help, though, democrats? >> well i think whatever side you take in the class war, and we do have a class war right now, the facts are the facts. and the facts are these. the incomes for the top 1% have nearly tripled over the past 30 years. the top 1% of earners now own more than 20% of the income. they also control more than 1/3 of this countrys wealth. whatever party you belong to, it is clear this is an economy that be...

Millionaires. now they have things that is harder for republicans to vote against. next week in the house, the question of the payroll tax cut. my guess is republicans will have a hard time turning that down because they hung their hat on tax cuts. >> andrea: i think -- >> eric: hold on. you think that the votes dont go partisanship? so you thought there would be republican -- >> bob: no. im repeating myself, i think the republicans, i think andrea had it right. this is now a gamemansship. >> er...

more to the middle might have been able to get something through congress. once he started talking about a big tax increase on the rich, theres no way republicans were going to go for that. i think this has become a political debate not a debate about what we can pass right now. thats a problem when you have 14 million unemployed people. >> didnt the summer teach the white house there was going to be no consensus and trying to do a deal, trying actually to move to the center is what th...

The division is clear. yes, class war fair and we want to take it to the councilmember. yes, we will win it. >> greg: well, there are so many bills it is beginning to look like my mailbox. am i right? time for a tortureed metaphor. ♪ ♪ if you are like me you had a yo-yo as a child and learned the infamous trick "walking dog." this jobs bill is like walking the dog. the trick is you take a yo-yo and roll it on the ground and it would come back in, just like the $35 payout which would go to th...

moammar gadhafi? ill talk to an expert in the middle eastern region. plus 4:00 eastern, well go over fortune magazines top 40 under 40 list. "your $$$$$" starts right now. president obama on the road this week pushing his jobs plan but is he fighting for your job or campaigning for his own. welcome to "your $$$$$." im christine romans, ali velshi is off. chrystia freelander and economist stephen moore. the president traveling through battle grounds on a key trip, wants to push cong...

Great cheerleader for the country. i thought obama would be a great cheerleader for the country and its turned out to be just the opposite, and he is is creating class war far. you wouldnt have kids all over the country without what hes saying. hes crediting a class warfare thats dangerous for the country and even for him, but theres a warfare thats going on now among different groups of people that we never had before. >> isnt it a danger on his part, class warfare, and more importantly, the de...

Directing their ire elsewhere, not at wall street. alex? >> nbc campaign ally wineberg skbliefr. paul ryan criticized the president on meet the press. >> i think this divisive rhetoric is divisive. i think its troubling. sewing -- social unrest is not what we do in america. i think the president is doing that. he think hes preying on the emotions of fear, envy and anger. that is not constructive to unifying america. i think hes broken his promise and dividing people. >> joining me now is elean...

another straw poll victory. the president -- the republican presidential candidate finished first at the conservative values voter summit this weekend winning 37% of the straw poll vote. herman cain came in second with 23% and rick santorum finished third with 16%. herman cain said the bad economy is having a greater impact on african-americans but the gop candidate says racism is not the reason why. >> i dont believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way. is the...

Independents, but 40% of those people are republicans, but the gop is worried about class warfare. well, too late. the war is already here, and it doesnt look like its going away any time soon. joining me now is larry corn, president of the communications workers union of america. their members will be joining protesters tomorrow in a march from city hall to wall street and peter goodman, executive business director of "the huffington post." larry, your members are marching tomorrow. are they al...

happening today, at the trial of jacksons doctor. now, court reconvenes in about 45 minutes or so dr. conrad murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter jacksons death. yesterday a security guard testified that murray asked him to help gather up drug vials before even asking him to call 911. >> i was standing at the foot of the bed p he reached over and grabbeded a handful of vials and then he reached out to me and said, here, put these in a bag. and engineers are back at work to...