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Be part of the game thats being played to get to some kind of an agreement. we need to make sure that they are not a pawn in this and we do not balance the budget or, you know, move forward on this cliff. i call it a human cliff with them being at risk. so we have to make sure that the millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share and make sure the most vulnerable are protected. >> let me play devils advocate here. a lot of things are ending up off the table here. the democrats want to rais...

Progressives. and the first piece of legislation i expect that harry reid would bring up in the senate would be to maintain the tax breaks for the bottom 98% and challenge the republicans to say no to that. >> senator bernie sanders, thank you for your time tonight. joining us now is leo gerard. how committed is labor to continuing the campaign for the presidents agenda? is this just an extension of what you just went through? >> were totally committed to this agenda. we had a conference call ...

The republicans is cuts. thats what their entitlement reform is. would you do anything to medicare at all? >> sure. look, ed, what has to be understood is are we not only the coup try that doesnt care to all people, we pay by far much more per capita for health care than does any other nation. its a wasteful system. for example, in terms of medicare, republicans demanded as part of medicare part d that the medicare could not negotiate drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry. the v.a. does t...

Wants. liberals, this is our time. its time to govern. its no time to back down. and if youre out there, and if you think the election seasons over, youre wrong. this -- we fought and we worked hard for this opportunity to be in this position to do what? make change. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonights question. can republicans reinvent themselves with minority voters? text "a" for yes, text "b" for no to 6 22639. i want you to go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com and lea...

Local level. so were saying, look, were mayors, weve had to do this balancing of budgets and tough cuts for years. we get the tough job in washington. lets not be feeling real good in washington about cutting something that provides real service at a local level and raises costs. >> so you got to get money into the treasury. i mean, that is the bottom line. somehow elected officials in washington have to figure out how to start to replenish the treasury to be able to pay for stuff like this beca...

>> i think 100%, on most things. and theres more young kids coming in, the opportunity the democrats are putting on the table. if you dont electilegislativel, what are the republicans going to do to fix their camp? what are the republicans going to do to enhance their camp? >> i think the democrats have to respond. heres what i said, ed. the same energy, the same vocation, the same numbers, the same enthusiasm, that latinos came out to vote for president

This president. they chose to lead this country. this republican outrage is fantastic. its good for liberals. because its only going to motivate us and its only going to focus us not to have a rewrite of 2010 when it comes to 2014. the midterms. this is, i guess you could say theres no room for an off season in politics these days, is there? for more lets turn to michael tomasky, special correspondent for "newsweek" and the "daily beast." good to have you with us. >> serious as always. >> how se...

Balancing of budgets and tough cuts for years. we get the tough job in washington. lets not be feeling real good in washington about cutting something that provides real service at a local level and raises costs. >> so you got to get money into the treasury. i mean, that is the bottom line. somehow elected officials in washington have to figure out how to start to replenish the treasury to be able to pay for stuff like this because a lot of cities depend on federal help. it has to come from the ...

From some deep psychological thing in the republican and conservative -- >> its called hate. >> yeah, its hate. they cant just accept the legitimacy of a democrat president. they just wont accept it. >> is it even possible for the republicans to impeach this president? the high crimes and misdemeanor as the robo call went, theyre counting on something being terribly wrong in the benghazi hearings. >> yeah. i dont see any high crime or misdemeanor here. obviously. if the administration was not be...

This republican outrage is fantastic. its good for liberals. because its only going to motivate us and its only going to focus us not to have a rewrite of 2010 when it comes to 2014. the midterms. this is, i guess you could say theres no room for an off season in politics these days, is there? for more lets turn to michael tomasky, special correspondent for "newsweek" and the "daily beast." good to have you with us. >> serious as always. >> how serious is this? will impeachment talk backfire on ...