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whether or not to extend the payroll tax cut for everybody who gets a paycheck in america or whether to let taxes on all of those people go up on new years day. in a span of just the last few weeks, congressional republicans have gone from saying theyre not for doing the payroll tax cut extension to then saying they are for doing the payroll tax cut. to then not agreeing to do it once they got a chance, to now being very angry that its not being done despite the fact theyre the ones wh...

or whether to let taxes on all of those people go up on new years day. in a span of just the last few weeks, congressional republicans have gone from saying theyre not for doing the payroll tax cut extension to then saying they are for doing the payroll tax cut. to then not agreeing to do it once they got a chance, to now being very angry that its not being done despite the fact theyre the ones who arent doing it and never wanted to do it in the first place. does that make sense? no. r...

washington is happening inside the republican party. the issue, of course, is the payroll tax cut. whether or not to extend the payroll tax cut for everybody who gets a paycheck in america or whether to let taxes on all of those people go up on new years day. in a span of just the last few weeks, congressional republicans have gone from saying theyre not for doing the payroll tax cut extension to then saying they are for doing the payroll tax cut. to then not agreeing to do it once the...

payroll tax cut. whether or not to extend the payroll tax cut for everybody who gets a paycheck in america or whether to let taxes on all of those people go up on new years day. in a span of just the last few weeks, congressional republicans have gone from saying theyre not for doing the payroll tax cut extension to then saying they are for doing the payroll tax cut. to then not agreeing to do it once they got a chance, to now being very angry that its not being done despite the fact t...

payroll tax cut for everybody who gets a paycheck in america or whether to let taxes on all of those people go up on new years day. in a span of just the last few weeks, congressional republicans have gone from saying theyre not for doing the payroll tax cut extension to then saying they are for doing the payroll tax cut. to then not agreeing to do it once they got a chance, to now being very angry that its not being done despite the fact theyre the ones who arent doing it and never wa...

Hampshire and south carolina, you know, it creates a real wrench in the works. >> ron paul still trails newt and mitt romney nationally, but hes the only other really candidate thats in double digits. "washington post"/abc news poll, newt at 30%, romney at 30%. ron paul at 15%. does he have a chance beyond iowa? what do you think? >> i think its tough, you know. i think, look, this is a different republican party than weve dealt with five years ago. all the establishment folks i talk to say romn...

Or renounce that statement i dont see many white americans within the gop saying this is wrong, rude. the ability to criticize from within and suggest these kinds of comments will not be tolerated and the sentiments they put forth are not representative of the entire republican party. >> of course, we had the controversy with rick perrys family ranch. and now ron paul is distancing himself from a series of racist newsletters that apparently appeared under his name in the 80s and 90s. the people ...

I dont see many white americans within the gop saying this is wrong, rude. the ability to criticize from within and suggest these kinds of comments will not be tolerated and the sentiments they put forth are not representative of the entire republican party. >> of course, we had the controversy with rick perrys family ranch. and now ron paul is distancing himself from a series of racist newsletters that apparently appeared under his name in the 80s and 90s. the people are running for the office ...

Program at all or, you know what i mean? hes tapping into something new. isnt he? >> well, no, he absolutely is. a lot of his, you know, a lot of his critics will say, his vote really depends on the youth vote. if you look at what he did, you know, in the straw poll in iowa in august, you know, he did very, very well there. i think coming in second to bachmann if im not mistaken. he did that without any college students and schools. i think these college kids have proven, these young people have...

Invited to perform. here are a few of his jokes. >> my favorite month is february, black history month. michelle celebrates the full month, and, you know, i celebrate half. my father is a black man from kenya, and my mother was a white woman from kansas. so, yes, my mother loved a black man and, no, she was not a kardashian. >> the organizer of the event went on to say the group has zero tolerance for racially insensitive jokes. joining me now, michael eric dyson, msnbc political analyst, george...