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Privileges of economic dynasties. what progressives often forget that fdr offered those words only when his first term was almost over. in his acceptance speech of the 1936 democratic national convention. roosevelt did not become a full-throated economic populist until the election was upon him. and only after he was pressed by a left and a labor movement that demanded more of him. facing his own reelection and pushed by an occupy wall street movement that has made economic inequality a driving ...

Peter fen. good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> pat, i want to start with you. lets start with the jobs question. its the important one. how much does the employment picture have to improve for it not to be a driving issue in the fall? >> unemployment, it cannot improve that much. you got ten million people underemployed or stopped looking for work. if the economy picks up, they start back into the labor market. and theyre counted as unemployed. so were at 9.5% now. i dont know how...

The keynote speech. is that a good thing for the image of the gop and conservatives in your estimation? >> first of all, im on msnbc because i want to give voice to conservative values on all the stations. i think you can look at fox or you can look at clear channel and you can say, they are voices for conservatives and many conservatives listen to them. but as a conservative congressman, i want to make sure that my voice is heard by people who may not have considered that were a viable alternat...

Childs brain development. >> everybody eats. everybody drinks. and everybody breathes. and thats what i wish folks would focus on more, these ethics problems are outrageous. im glad hes gone. but his successor, as you pointed out, a coal lobbyist, very controversial company coal energy. the policies may well get worse. if thats possible. for those of us who like to breathe thats going to be a problem. >> those issues that paul described, with scott pruitt the ethics violations as opposed to poli...

With myself, were going to have to figure out ways to engage with voters in those communities. i think trade is an area where in this election that was a driving issue, but look, if we have a method to come together in common purpose on an issue like infrastructure, rebuilding roads and bridges, we have 502,000 bridges in our state structurally insufficient. we have people around our world and our country that dont have broadband. there are people who dont have conne connectivity to the internet...

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Already? >> i dont think ledge a listenly its going anywhere. i think it will be a driving issue in 2016. hillary clinton and bernie sanders. hillary clinton would go each further than president obama is going here. i do think it will be a driving issue particularly during the general election with all of the republican candidates vowing to repeal and turn over some of these executive actions. >> john? >> interesting to see how this might effect the primary action. many of the candidates consist...

Already? >> i dont think ledge a listenly its going anywhere. i think it will be a driving issue in 2016. hillary clinton and bernie sanders. hillary clinton would go each further than president obama is going here. i do think it will be a driving issue particularly during the general election with all of the republican candidates vowing to repeal and turn over some of these executive actions. >> john? >> interesting to see how this might effect the primary action. many of the candidates consist...

Each month. bad news on the economy is good for mitt romney. he blamed it on a failed obama presidency. >> weve looked at now over f r fouree years. weve seen that obama care has made it less likely for small businesses to hire. weve seen his financial regulatory burden make it less likely for small banks to make loans to businesses to get start and to grow. his policies have not worked. >> so i tlinks a general consensus, and its correct that the economys a driving issue to the campaign, but wh...

>> a week ago the race said obama and romney 42 three-days after the same-sex marriage they has it today romney 48 obama 44 a huge lift. is that all about gay marriage? >> what we saw is the beginning of mitt romney following the jobs report. the economy is still a driving issue. let me tell you about the impact this has the presidents comments has. huge substance but in terms of ho politics. only 6 percent of americans said social issues like this were the most important in this election. right...