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Argument if he could raise more money in a different way, how that is more principle? >> oh, i think enormously more principle. small donations from average americans, that is how, that is not -- inconsistent with democracy. what is inconsistent is gigantic donations from a handful of wealthy people and corporations, that is what we want to fight against. >> i see both sides. i think its a leap of faith to think small donoors will be able to match the super pac money on the right. the other thin...

shakes that guys hand. gives that guy a thumbs up. he awkwardly passes over the guy in the green tie, keeps going down the line, did you see that? watch it again. can we play it again? watch, guy until blue gets a handshake, guy next to him gets a handshake, thumbs up after the handshake, not you, dude in the green tie, totally passed over. what about the green tie guy? that guy, who rick santorum would not touch, as he touches everybody else, that guy would be rick santorums billionai...

and then he shakes that guy has hand. shakes that guys hand. gives that guy a thumbs up. he awkwardly passes over the guy in the green tie, keeps going down the line, did you see that? watch it again. can we play it again? watch, guy until blue gets a handshake, guy next to him gets a handshake, thumbs up after the handshake, not you, dude in the green tie, totally passed over. what about the green tie guy? that guy, who rick santorum would not touch, as he touches everybody else, that...

then he shakes that guys hand, and then he shakes that guy has hand. shakes that guys hand. gives that guy a thumbs up. he awkwardly passes over the guy in the green tie, keeps going down the line, did you see that? watch it again. can we play it again? watch, guy until blue gets a handshake, guy next to him gets a handshake, thumbs up after the handshake, not you, dude in the green tie, totally passed over. what about the green tie guy? that guy, who rick santorum woulds s onot touch,...

and then he shakes that guy has hand. shakes that guys hand. gives that guy a thumbs up. he awkwardly passes over the guy in the green tie, keeps going down the line, did you see that? watch it again. can we play it again? watch, guy until blue gets a handshake, guy next to him gets a handshake, thumbs up after the handshake, not you, dude in the green tie, totally passed over. what about the green tie guy? that guy, who rick santorum woulds on s on not touch, as he hes everybody else,...

Cant match this? youre saying --. >> absolutely they cant match it. they have no chase of matching this dollar for dollar. what they have to do is expand their small donor base they have well over a million small donors, will need more small and medium size do nors to have any chance of being truly competitive. think about what this means in a small democratic sense, ed. on one side you have more than a million donors, average donation about $70. you have some giving 10, 20,000, 30,000. on the o...

His campaign wanted to travel, do they have any options? >> they probably dont have any options, but ed if you talk about leveling the playing field this wont happen. because the president has been against this kind of unlimited campaign finance, its pretty hard for him to turn around to say to all the democrats who are philosophically opposed this crazy system we have, okay, now you take advantage of it, we want you to give unlimited donations, of millions of dollars. george wont be playing thi...

>> we were faced with the situation as to whether we could afford to play by two sets of rules and the answer is obviously no. >> jonathan alter and ezra klein on todays super pac announcement. marriage equality earns a massive victory in the courts today. activist dan choy and melissa harris-perry are here with the latest. the woman at the center of the susan g. komen planned parenthood conflict resigns. we talk to terry oneill. how do you plead to the charge of political solici...

>> we were faced with the situation as to whether we could afford to play by two sets of rules and the answer is obviously no. >> jonathan alter and ezra klein on todays super pac announcement. marriage equality earns a massive victory in the courts today. activist dan choy and melissa harris-perry are here with the latest. the woman at the center of the susan g. komen planned parenthood conflict resigns. we talk to terry oneill. how do you plead to the charge of political solici...

Now some things could go wrong in europe or in iran, but for now, i think americans think we may have finally turned the corner and that makes a huge difference. i dont see why the president would abandon what he started in september, and he keeps doubling up on it. >> joan, why would one of the leading right wing hacks out there, karl rove, come out and talk about a super bowl ad? this really must have gotten under their skin. what do you think of the backlash of the clint eastwood ad? >> i thi...