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Condemning him or indicting him here, but it would seem to me that he would want to distance himself from this as much as he possibly can. what has his reaction been? >> he hasnt distanced himself in nearly the way you would expect. he said he would be disappointed if these charges turned out to be true. thats a lot different than saying that something really bad is going on and youre shocked by it. the fact is that with all of these investigations playing out, so many of them related to campaig...

Wrong, and his racist politics i think are pretty clear. >> well, lets say he didnt say it. his follow-up has been terrible. santorum is also trying to play up his work with historically black colleges. here it is. >> theres no one thats worked more in -- when i was a senator from pennsylvania in the urban communities, both black, hispanics, as well as whites. every year i used to bring all the historically black colleges in to washington, d.c. to try to help them. i helped to try to introduce t...

The hope vote that will take us forward." were joined tonight by joan walsh, editor at large salon.com, and michael eric dyson, msnbc political analyst and georgetown university professor. great to have both of you with us. joan, are you buying his answer at this point? >> -- it sounds so clear and he didnt deny it. and you you know, ed, if i said to you, hey, ed, you know, what on your show last night it sounds like you might have said kind of racist about black people, you would say, joan, you...

Various committees but once again, not enough to conduct business. >> joining me now is pat bauer, indiana house democratic leader. mr. bauer, good to have you with us tonight. how long -- >> hi, ed. >> you bet. how long can you keep this up? i mean, will you continue to stall this until people put pressure on lawmakers, telling them theyre doing the wrong thing? whats the game plan here? >> we can only try, ed, one day longer, one day stronger. but theres a lot of pressure on my members. they m...

Ed show." >> great to be here, ed. >> you bet. remember to answer tonights question at the bottom of the screen and share your thoughts on twitter, @theedshow. rick santorum has raised $2 million in two days and hes gotten an endorsement of a major catholic organization which is expected to really help him. i think that this guy better be taken seriously. and santorums surge in popularity is putting him, well, under the microscope, as it should. hes denying making a racially charged comment abou...

Some democrats did show up for various committees but once again, not enough to conduct business. >> joining me now is pat bauer, indiana house democratic leader. mr. bauer, good to have you with us tonight. how long -- >> hi, ed. >> you bet. how long can you keep this up? i mean, will you continue to stall this until people put pressure on lawmakers, telling them theyre doing the wrong thing? whats the game plan here? >> we can only try, ed, one day longer, one day stronger. but theres a lot of...

Every score rick santorum is wrong, and his racist politics i think are pretty clear. >> well, lets say he didnt say it. his follow-up has been terrible. santorum is also trying to play up his work with historically black colleges. here it is. >> theres no one thats worked more in -- when i was a senator from pennsylvania in the urban communities, both black, hispanics, as well as whites. every year i used to bring all the historically black colleges in to washington, d.c. to try to help them. i...

Naacp. i think this is condescension at its most poignant. and as with rick santorum, when you have pet negro causes you tend to treat negros like pets. sought reality is that they begin to isolate these racial strata that theyve contributed to, overlooking the broad sweep of history, which is what newt gingrichs supposed strength is, and what they end up doing is reinforcing stereotypical thinking about black people that dismisses the overwhelming empirical evidence that black people are a lot ...

Eugene robinson, good to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. thanks for being with us on "the ed show." >> great to be here, ed. >> you bet. remember to answer tonights question at the bottom of the screen and share your thoughts on twitter, @theedshow. rick santorum has raised $2 million in two days and hes gotten an endorsement of a major catholic organization which is expected to really help him. i think that this guy better be taken seriously. and santorums surge in popularity ...

Pay more taxes? and that is exactly what mitt romney wants to do. that is not where president obama and the democrats are. joining me tonight, msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. also associate editor and pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the "washington post." eugene, great to have you with us tonight. >> good to be here, ed. >> good americans knew about the wealth -- and this story is getting around. if every voter out there knew exactly what romneys wealth was and just how much he pay...