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Work against him if he wants to run again. >> exactly right. well, first of all, you can only take a persons word, right? so right now his heart and the fact that he is going out front and center. but he also recognizes that anything short within the latino community that doesnt have a path to citizenship is going to send a loud and clear message that the republican party wasnt with them, period. >> well, it would it seems to me that the voto latino followers would recognize rhetoric when they h...

That has been unearthed from the summer of 2011 is very telling. what do you make of it? >> it is very telling, ed. but one of the things we have learned about this republican party for some time now is they are very comfortable speaking out of both sides of their mouth. i mean, here you have on the one hand theyre saying we know part of the reason we lost. weve got to get out there and talk about working people and talk about middle class people, and yet on the other side, as we just were heari...

>> you know, the further evidence is that here i am in south florida, and as much as i love being home with my constituents and my family, if the speaker and the republicans in the house are really serious about reaching a compromise with the president, why arent we in session? why did they all vote to adjourn last week when democrats said we needed to stay in washington and hammer out a compromise? weve got eight days left, ed. the clock is kicking. and at the end of that eight days youre going...

Do these cuts. excuses, excuses, excuses. so hollow, they have an identity crisis on the republican side right now and they just dont know how to deal with it. so the best way to deal with it, just lie to the public. well get hannity to lie too. well get all of fox folks to lie about it. well get some backup that we need. and maybe well hoodwink just enough people to blame the president. well get all these it cuts and pin it on him and say its his economy. get your cell phones out. i want to kno...

Run again. >> exactly right. well, first of all, you can only take a persons word, right? so right now his heart and the fact that he is going out front and center. but he also recognizes that anything short within the latino community that doesnt have a path to citizenship is going to send a loud and clear message that the republican party wasnt with them, period. >> well, it would it seems to me that the voto latino followers would recognize rhetoric when they hear it. >> and theyre tough. the...

By the way, ed schultz and a lot of people would like to hear it. whats he talking about? >> hes talking about an imaginary party respectfully. protecting tax cuts for people who own corporate jets is not a lunch bucket issue. and thats where the republican party is now. the republican party -- i mean everything that you just heard was correct, it just doesnt happen to be what the republican party is pushing. >> you mean that 47% that romney is putting down is actually the republican party? >> t...

0 run again. >> exactly right. well, first of all, you can only take a persons word, right? so right now his heart and the fact that he is going out front and center. but he also recognizes that anything short within the latino community that doesnt have a path to citizenship is going to send a loud and clear message that the republican party wasnt with them, period. >> well, it would it seems to me that the voto latino followers would recognize rhetoric when they hear it. >> and theyre tough. t...

0 and we believe that there is a good, strong possibility that we come up with a plan and a proposal that most americans would support. >> well, most americans arent most republicans. and this is going to be the problem. a path to citizenship is viewed by the republican and the right wing who get in and mix all this stuff up. the caucus that boehner of course cant control and mitch mcconnell for that matter. theyre against a path to citizenship. so how is this going to play out? >> i think thats...

>> thank you, ed. thank you for being so effusive about it. but also for focusing so much on issues at the heart of it. youve been really, really kind. >> well, it was jaw-dropping. >> yeah. >> you know, you almost feel guilty living through that period. but there were voices on the left, only 23 in the senate that came up with a very courageous vote. i hope its a lesson to america for generations to come. great work, my friend. >> thank you. i really appreciate it, ed. thanks a lot. and thanks ...

Deadlines all detonate the same explosion. they threaten to crash the government if they dont like the way its doing something. if they dont like who the american people have elected as republican. isnt what the republicans did in the old days? if they didnt like a government somewhere, guatemala, iran, chile, they just brought it down. guess what? republicans are now using the same tactic here at home. if they dont like who we have elected as president, they find some way to undermine the presi...