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Too relaxed. >> so you werent? >> no. >> im joined by dr. james peterson, director of africana studies and associate professor of english at lehie university. good to have yo with us tonight. >> how you doing, ed? >> good. >> she said she felt threatened. two questions. first of all, whats your reaction to the picture and whats your reaction to her saying she felt threatened. >> first, the picture is absurd. its pretty offensive. this is not the way that you interact with the president of the un...

Do? is he going to hit you? do you think hes going to smack -- its insane. but this is where we are in politics right now, ed. where we are in politics right now, people play the race card, people will manipulate imagery in the public sphere to try to tell lies. the bottom line is with weve got to improve the public discourse around politics. >> dr. james peterson, good to have yo with us tonight. thank you so much. former associates of governor scott walker are facing jail time as a republica...

Deal. >> were you tense? >> you know, diane, im usually accused of not being tense enough, right? too relaxed. >> so you werent? >> no. >> im joined by dr. james peterson, director of africana studies and associate professor of english at lehie university. good to have yo with us tonight. >> how you doing, ed? >> good. >> she said she felt threatened. two questions. first of all, whats your reaction to the picture and whats your reaction to her saying she felt threatened. >> first, the picture i...

richard, lets start with you tonight first. talk about the game plan that mitt romney had tonight with the backdrop of some very tough financial news that came out today for romney. did he have to take this stance tonight in order to be aggressive to make somebody else the focal point? what do you think? >> he headed to capitalize on what we see in the polls, which is actually that newt has the advantage and has been overtaken. he needs to land that final punch here and in 9 newt gingr...

he laid some traps for himself, but he did what he had to do. >> this is the first debate that mitt romney has had in a new debate coach from the michelle balkman camp, but odonnell stepped in to help mitt romney. was there a difference tonight? >> michele balkman didnt do bad in terms of that. she is a solid coach. romney came out much more aggressively tonight. she countered every of fact to have that moment. they live for that moment where they can go after the moderator to get the...

have a secret dossier on newt gingrich. is that correct? >> brand-new problems for the romney campaign regarding offshore tax shelters. well have the latest. i thought that he was pretty thin skinned. >> now governor jan brewer says she felt, quote, threatened by the presidents attitude? dr. james peterson is here to respond. and major arrests related to the fbi investigation of former members of scott walkers administration. john nichols of the nation has the report. good to hav...

he laid some traps for himself, but he did what he had to do. >> this is the first debate that mitt romney has had in a new debate coach from the michelle balkman camp, but odonnell stepped in to help mitt romney. was there a difference tonight? >> michele balkman didnt do bad in terms of that. she is a solid coach. romney came out much more aggressively tonight. she countered every of fact to have that moment. they live for that moment where they can go after the moderator to get the...

exclusive. >> there is a campaign commercial out from the romney campaign, not the super pac super pac, that says that you have a secret dossier on newt gingrich. is that correct? >> brand-new problems for the romney campaign regarding offshore tax shelters. well have the latest. i thought that he was pretty thin skinned. >> now governor jan brewer says she felt, quote, threatened by the presidents attitude? dr. james peterson is here to respond. and major arrests related to the fb...

richard, lets start with you tonight first. talk about the game plan that mitt romney had tonight with the backdrop of some very tough financial news that came out today for romney. did he have to take this stance tonight in order to be aggressive to make somebody else the focal point? what do you think? >> he headed to capitalize on what we see in the polls, which is actually that newt has the advantage and has been overtaken. he needs to land that final punch here and in 9 newt gingr...

Democrats to get the nomination, quickly? >> i do not. i do not expect it will be a tough fight. i believe it will be an opportunity to continue to show walker for the dishonest legislator, dishonest governor, executive he has been. >> lena taylor great to have you with us. thanks so much. that is "the ed show" im ed schultz, follow me on the radio, monday through friday, 12:00 to 3:00. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. great job again last night. thank you. >> it was great to have yo...