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There it is, dirty angry, money. welcome back to "hardball." one thing we learned from governor harbaugh this week is money talks, loudly. all those super pacs sharks are smelling blood in the water as they gear up for november elections. a wake-up to rally the democrats troops. thank you, gentlemen. you are the two best. im glad to have you here. dont get mad at me, chuck, because youre my partner and hes an outsider. michael barrone, you can ask him any congressional district and he can tell y...

250,000 mark that he wanted. he did not create a real surplus. hes played with the numbers, no doubt, kicked the can down the road to other budgets, but theres no surplus and its certainly not $150 million. and he is against equal pay for women. so whats going on here? im joined tonight by thomas frank, authors of "whats the matter with kansas" and his latest book, "pity the billionaire." an economist at harpers magazine, and e.j. dionne with us tonight. thomas, lets go to the heartland. is this...

i mean, fewer people smoking means fewer people getting sick from smoking, fewer human tragedies associated with that, lower medical bills, it is a good thing. last night californians voted on whether or not to raise taxes on cigarettes in their state, even though california in practical terms is really anti-smoking, the tax on a pack of cigarettes is low compared to the rest of the country. its less than 90 cents a pack in california, the national average is more like $1.50 a back. so...

california has such a low smoking rate p. i mean, fewer people smoking means fewer people getting sick from smoking, fewer human tragedies associated with that, lower medical bills, it is a good thing. last night californians voted on whether or not to raise taxes on cigarettes in their state, even though california in practical terms is really anti-smoking, the tax on a pack of cigarettes is low compared to the rest of the country. its less than 90 cents a ba ss in california, the nat...

populous state in the nation, its kind of a good thing for the whole country that california has such a low smoking rate. i mean, fewer people smoking means fewer people getting sick from smoking, fewer human tragedies associated with that, lower medical bills, it is a good thing. last night californians voted on whether or not to raise taxes on cigarettes in their state, even though california in practical terms is really anti-smoking, the tax on a pack of cigarettes is low compared t...

he promoted walkers record as a template for the rest of the country. >> the vote that we saw last night in wisconsin said that people in what many have considered a blue state, it hasnt voted for a republican for president since 1984, a blue state said, weve seen a conservative governor, he cut back on the scale of government and has held down taxes and stood up to the public sector unions and we want more of than less of it. >> bob mcdonnell went on msnbc to gloat about the so-called...

stood up to the public sector unions and we want more of than less of it. >> bob mcdonnell went on msnbc to gloat about the so-called success of walkers reforms. >> to be the politician that stands up and says, this is what we need to do, this is what we can afford, and if you do these things, well get results and bring in jobs and reduce our budget deficits and then it works, the voters will reward them for it. i think thats why he was so successful last night and why the unions faile...

kids, he can win. >> romney spoke with reporters on a conference call today. he promoted walkers record as a template for the rest of the country. >> the vote that we saw last night in wisconsin said that people in what many have considered a blue state, it hasnt voted for a republican for president since 1984, a blue state said, weve seen a conservative governor, he cut back on the scale of government and has held down taxes and stood up to the public sector unions and we want more of...

Collective bargaining, that struggle will not go away. the need to plan to reinvent america and put america back to work, it will not go away. the fact is, ed, weve become, as a nation, too violent. spending too much money on unnecessary wars. too much subsidized effort and too much poverty and too much hatred and somehow weve been led away from those extremes. >> but reverend, let me ask you about citizen yient. what does this tell the democratic party? what does this tell? the ground game here...

Arent lessons they can learn going forward and lessons the obama campaign should study as they figure out how to deal with this new environment in the 2012 election. >> well, 18% of walker voters say they favor president obama. do you think, howard, tonights dynamic changes anything for the obama campaign and wisconsin? and for that matter, in mitt western states? >> not necessarily, ed. not necessarily. i think it puts more of a focus on the president. to be the guy that, apparently, that 18% w...