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Wisconsin. taking on governor scott walker. they got the mayor of milwaukee. this guy looks like he can beat the guy. ed schultz who knows everything there is to know about wisconsin is coming right here. little early tonight, to be on "hardball." the place for politics. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... americas beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... ad...

But it has to be done. great righting, youre right it is. game on, democrats have their candidate to take on scott walker, they have the mayor of milwaukee, and this guy looks like he can beat the guy. ed schultz by the way who knows every there is know about wisconsin will be here we love gardening... yeah, but the feeling wasnt always mutual. i want you to grow big!

James hoffa told me in las vegas earlier this week when i spoke to the teamsters, he said, hes not the best candidate, but i said, its the best thing youve got going. i said, do you want walker, he said, no, i cant want walker. >> let me give you a chance to do a battle cry. what happens if walker wins? whats it say about america? >> ill use walkers comments. he says that this is going to empower a lot of radical governors and all the other republicans around the country that you can overreach i...

Thing you got going. he said i dont want walker -- >> okay, let me get you -- he says this will empower a lot of radical governor thats you can overreach in government. this is really what the people want, and really where we have to take the country. theyre using this as a template. >> is the u.s. chamber behind it? >> no doubt, they will keep throwing money. the more money they throw in the more walker goes down in the polls. >> i love old time politics. this guy is everywhere. thank you ed sc...

Are tight, can democrats unseat scott walker? the man who nose so much about this race, ed schultz joins me tonight. and let me finish with president obama, once again, makes history. when begin with the evolution on gay marriage. jew gene robinson is a columnist for the "washington post." gene, i want you to start here, lets get the interview here, with robin roberts this afternoon. the president gave his support to same sex marriage, lets listen. >> i have to tell you that over the course of s...

Here at 8:00 eastern, on msnbc. its my role to be your warm-up act every night, ed schultz. >> no ones better. >> tonight you get to do it yourself. you are an expert, as well as an advocate out there. test of labor strength, labor? can they do the polling operation to get out the vote campaign thats going to work here? >> they can and they will, thats what theyre telling me. no broken noses over this. it was about as clean as it could get as far as four democrats going for the nomination, chris...

The country, what do you think their reaction was? >> positive, it turns up the needle. the dialogue is turned up to a level thats its not been at. up until this week, prior to the presidents statement and vice president bidens statement, the most senior choice was former vice president dick cheney. >> thats because of his family situation, obviously. >> thats -- >> thats the case for most families. my family is on this issue because i game out, so, thats part of the story. >> let me ask you abo...

Hey there, here is what is happening, closing arguments are over for the man accused of killing jennifer hudsons family. the families of who exchange students that died when a barge ran over their tour boat will split a settlement, and lets get back to "hardball." welcome back, a bruising loss for dick lugar of indiana.

>> andrea, im not going to make news on the presidents beliefs on gay marriage today. >> im not going to make news. im not going to make news on that today. good try, though. >> i have almost all the confidence in the world that whatever i say is not going to make the news tonight. >> vice president joe biden is the rare newsmaker who seems to relish in making news. and so here he was on "meet the press" yesterday asked about his position on gay marriage, and heres what he said. >> the...

himself incapable of leading the republican party and this country. today he held another famous town hall event near cleveland, ohio, where the extreme right-wingers were out in full force. ohio state auditor, dave yost, got the ball rolling before romney came out on stage. >> all this stuff in the last couple of weeks about the president claiming credit for killing bin laden. it strikes me a little weird. thats like giving ronald mcdonald credit for the big mac you had for lunch. eve...