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Fire" radio show heard on weekends. mike, let me ask you first, why is someone like this invited to a panel discussion at cpac? >> because its what the republican -- what they have become, ed. you cant judge them any other way. they know who this guy is. this is the new david duke. he makes david duke look like a race-baiting light way. he said jews are killing america. on his website, ed, he said african americans died in the katrina hurricane because they had low iqs and didnt know what to do ...

the organization that runs cpac. they run this whole three-day event. shortly after mr. romney was done with his speech, former house speaker newt gingrich took the stage. mr. gingrich was introduced by his wife who you see there, so mitt romney introduced by the guy hosting the event of the newt gingrich introduced by his wife. rick santorum? who introduced rick santorum? he was introduced by his billionaire, his billionaire opened with a joke. >> there is a little bar couple doors do...

american conservative union. american conservative union is the organization that runs cpac. they run this whole three-day event. shortly after mr. romney was done with his speech, former house speaker newt gingrich took the stage. mr. gingrich was introduced by his wife who you see there, so mitt romney introduced by the guy hosting the event of the newt gingrich introduced by his wife. rick santorum? who introduced rick santorum? he was introduced by his billionaire, his billionaire ...

Avenue. get your cell phones out. want to know what you think. tonights question, who is the big winner last night? rick santorum or president obama? text a for rick santorum, text b for president obama, 622639. guy to our blog at ed.msnbc.com, well bring you results later in the show. im joined by msnbc contributor and republican strategist steve schmitt, who served as a senior advisor to senator john mccains presidential campaign and msnbc political analyst richard wolf fchbe, great to have ...

Position for recall, they just need to pick a candidate. one of the democratic candidates in the running to challenge governor walker joins me now, kathleen vinehout, good to have you with us tonight, youre throwing your name in the ring to get the democratic nomination. why are you doing that? >> well, ed, wisconsin needs a new beginning to politics and government. we need a fresh start and ive had people all over the state urge me to run saying kathleen, youre a fresh face, youve got the perso...

States and his aides decide they had needed to help democratic super pac priorities usa cofounder bill burton said this is a new kind offest for democrats but confident we have the resources we need to be counterveiling force to the right wing. democratic donors have been reacting. a veteran hollywood fund-raiser says what it means is one person can effect the nominating process i find it appalling but he said he understood the decision. lets turn to robert reich, p professor at uc berkeley. ari...

Private sector to help rural america. in the long run this is a real thorn in the side of american business, i think. >> youre absolutely right, ed. this is what were talking about. 230,000 jobs being lost in the postal service in the middle of recession. postal service is responsible for millions of other jobs, in the private sector, businesses who use the mail, have to use the mail, packages every day. were talking about losing 3700 post offices, many of them rural. were talking about if these...

Political realists will say it was necessary. i dont think it was necessary. i think its a sad commentary. if the administration and obama had said look, this campaign really is going to be as he did start to say in december, you remember that speech out in kansas, this campaign is going to be what i believe and that is that wealth and income and political power in this country have become too concentrated at the top and im going to make this campaign about the people versus the power and the pr...

I think one of the things that may have been underestimated on the republican side is the impact of governor romneys comments when you talk about that hes not focused on the poor. >> each night veteran talk host ed schultz tackles issues that matter most to americans, dont miss "the ed show" week nights at 8:00 eastern on msnbc the place for politics. high stakes international showdown may be developing over syria. englands "daily telegraph" reports the pentagon is reviewing military options a...

Various retirement programs. that will give us short term breathing space in order to get a new business model out there which allows the post office to get involved in a much more entrepreneurial effort and raise the revenue it needs to be self-sufficient. >> all the things brought up about e-mail and the way society changes, goods and services, i understand all that. had the republicans not have done this pre-funding of 75 years in a 10 year window they wouldnt have near the financial problems...