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Dishonest. what is your reaction to that? >> well, i dont think its dishonest. i think it is a serious budget, trying to deal with the issue of fairness. i think clearly what ryan is about is continuing the republican effort to engage in class warfare. who in their right minds could support a proposal which says more tax breaks for the wealthiest people and yet well cut medicare and immediatemedic. >> here is mitch mcconnell on the senate floor today. >> the presidents goal isnt to solve our pro...

We have to reduce the deficit, we have to create jobs and the wealthiest people in the country should be asked to play a role until that. >> senator, these numbers, do they add up, would it reduce the deficit over the next ten years? would it do four trillion over the next decade? >> from what i understand it would. i would go further in one area, ed. we need tax reform, corporate tax reform, what the president is saying he wants to make it budget neutral. he wants to end some of the loopholes a...

Dishonest. what is your reaction to that? >> well, i dont think its dishonest. i think it is a serious budget, trying to deal with the issue of fairness. i think clearly what ryan is about is continuing the republican effort to engage in class warfare. who in their right minds could support a proposal which says more tax breaks for the wealthiest people and yet well cut medicare and medicaid. >> here is mitch mcconnell on the senate floor today. >> the presidents goal isnt to solve our problem...

Conservative voters? text a for yes, b to no, to 622639. go to our blog, we have the results later in the show. im joined by howard fineman, nbc political analyst and editor and director of the huffington post media group. great to have you with us, howard. >> hey, ed. >> rick santorum says mitt romney is desperate. were going to see how desperate he is in the next couple weeks. what do you think romney will do in michigan now that the numbers are out and that is a healthy lead for santorum, w...

Two candidates were far behind, i think michigan and arizona will show the same thing. >> ed i tors of the conservative national review, told newt gingrich to drop out of the race, the proper course for him now is to endorse santorum and exit. we have seen 11 candidates lead the national polls for the republican nomination, each time, mitt romney managed his way back up to the top. so far, the conservative base has really not valid behind one candidate the way they are starting to co aless behin...

Comparative ad on this being a two-person race. real significant thing that happened over the weekend, ed, newt gingrich didnt do particularly well at cpac. that may seem like a minor point, but it reenforces rick santorums notion to shape this as a two-person race, that means mitt romney will have to go after rick santorum and go after him hard, but there are fewer things for him to aim at than there were in the sprawling and confused and contradictory record of newt gingrich. >> it will be int...

Choices. its not fair. today, the daily caller released a devastating report on media matters the left wing site devoted to smearing anyone who isnt nuttier than elephant poop. apparently, media matters has a direct line to the white house. as their fingers all over liberal toadies throughout the media relying on the bitter, lonely skreege. i get why its a perfect script for the menbc hacks. leftists that find thinking really hard. without them, ed schultz would roam the hall in a bath rub. but ...

>> 3, 2, 1. >> there it goes. travels across the country its dog gone good. see you, joe. >> see you. >> im ed schultz, "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. the sound alone totally worth the price of admission, like the cartoon sproing sound. >> the picture of the president is priceless, isnt it? >> absolutely. you got the situation room look on his face when hes killing bin laden and you have the marshmallow cannon, the two sides of the spectrum in terms of what emotion you can show in ...

>> this wont have staying power to the extent its a wedge issue, it cuts across generationally and brings voters back to president obama. when you look at the decision has more to do with age than even gender. young men are also highly supportive of the availability of contraception broadly to women. >> melissa harris-perry, are you excited for your show? >> im a little beside myself, yes. >> its kind of cool. >> kind of cool, yes. >> it all starts on february 18th. >> february 18th. >> we look ...

>> oh! lets look at the marshmallow, see what happened? it looks safe. >> yeah. >> in case you didnt quite catch the presidents reaction to the marshmallow cannon, here he is, looking pretty impressed, dont you think? joining me tonight is joe hudy, joe, ed schultz, nice to might welcome to "the ed show." >> nice to meet you, too. >> you bet. how did you get invited to the white house, how did this all happen? >> originally i have been in contact with this company named macon, they had a list of...