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and that is where we begin. today will be seen, remembered, as a huge day in the republican partys continuance of war. something really big happened. south carolina senator jim demint announced today hell be leaving the senate. hell not be there anymore. hes leaving to head a think tank called the heritage foundation where he stands to make something like ten times his current salary. yay for jim demint, good money. kind of. its good for him, but its really good for his colleague, repu...

as a huge day in the republican partys continuance of war. something really big happened. south carolina senator jim demint announced today hell be leaving the senate. hell not be there anymore. hes leaving to head a think tank called the heritage foundation where he stands to make something like ten times his current salary. yay for jim demint, good money. kind of. its good for him, but its really good for his colleague, republican senate leader mitch mcconnell. you see, jim demint is...

south carolina senator jim demint announced today hell be leaving the senate. hell not be there anymore. hes leaving to head a think tank called the heritage foundation where he stands to make something like ten times his current salary. yay for jim demint, good money. kind of. its good for him, but its really good for his colleague, republican senate leader mitch mcconnell. you see, jim demint is not your ordinary senator. hes like the grover norquist of the senate. hes the guy the ot...

Nothing to help the middle class. >> i find it interesting -- >> look, just because you say the words "middle class" -- sorry, go ahead. >> i find it very interesting that heres paul ryan out there talking about the middle class and now weve got to be concerned about all americans, but hes not stepping up right now saying, in the house, we could take this vote to help 98% of americans and move it forward. >> thats right. >> theres really nothing genuine about it. >> thats right. >> and i think r...

Can get our country on a sound footing. >> i think the democrats have made it very clear, youve got to have a rate increase from the wealthiest americans. >> absolutely. >> but where does the debt ceiling come into this conversation? how does that come into play? >> ed, in my opinion, the debt ceiling should not come into this conversation. the debt ceiling is a phony photo, very frankly. and very frankly, from time to time, democrats have made it an item that they demagogued on and the republic...

Hates most of all is uncertainty and its counterintuitive, theres actually plenty of certainty now. whats going to be certain is taxes are going up. either we go off the cliff or the curb and then taxes rise for everybody and then maybe they get repealed for the middle class and others or we reach a deal and taxes go up for the wealthiest 2% and everybody else breathes a sigh of relief. theres some $2 trillion in cash sitting on the balance sheets of corporate america waiting to be put to work. ...

There is this, though, on the front page of todays "washington post." many gop centrists and some conservatives are calling on house speaker john boehner to concede on rates now while he still has leverage and shows concern. ed, as we dive in on this post article, it goes down to points out the republicans do want something in return for this. they want to have some wins in this fight. perception is reality in washington, d.c. and across the land. so if they can give something that looks like, o...

>> no doubt. but lets be very clear here tonight that you would be on top of that ticket. that would be finney/schultz. >> okay. >> i would not aspire to the office of visibility -- i would just want to outdo dick cheney, the way he used air force 2 and go around hunting and fishing all over the country. >> just dont shoot anybody in the face, ed. >> i wouldnt do that. karen finney, great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. >> take care. >> that is "the ed show." im ed schultz. "the rac...

Nothing to help the middle class. >> i find it interesting -- >> look, just because you say the words "middle class" -- sorry, go ahead. >> i find it very interesting that heres paul ryan out there talking about the middle class and now weve got to be concerned about all americans, but hes not stepping up right now saying, in the house, we could take this vote to help 98% of americans and move it forward. >> thats right. >> theres really nothing genuine about it. >> thats right. >> and i think r...

To do it, but i think he thinks we need to make a deal. >> okay. congressman steny hoyer, great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. >> always good to be with you, ed, thanks. >> remember to answer tonights question there at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts with us on twitter and on facebook. we always want to know what you think. coming up, how is president obama supposed to negotiate with republicans who wont realize reality or deal with basic facts? former congressman t...