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Which may be a ron paul victory in iowa. for more, im joined by eric bur burns, democratic strategist and founder of bull fight strategies. >> thanks for having me back, ed. >> whats the big deal? why are they trashing ron paul? do they not want him part of the flock? whats going on here? what do you make of it? >> they see him as an interloper from the far right. in past years he was considered the linden larush of the right wing with a much more serious following. what changed this year, unlik...

Is over with. and the 2% kicks in and then at the end of january, wouldnt this put the democrats in a good position when people really see their checks smaller in a very tough time of year? in the dead heat of the winter? what do you think? >> of course, it would do good for us politically. ed, it is a disaster for human beings. >> it is. >> if you are expecting a tax cut or youre expecting 160 bucks more in your paycheck and its not there, for people who are living hand to mouth, it is really, ...

Dont believe in compromise, we dont like that word. he was reflecting the views of his radical republican extremist caucus who have time after time after time rejected compromise even when the country was risking default last summer. they wouldnt compromise. the presidential candidates, they were asked, could you take 10-1 ratio of spending cuts to tax increases? thats a fabulous compromise for the republicans. they all raised their hands and said, no. >> just for the numbers, the president has ...

Are we going home for the holidays? >> we already voted. 89 members in the united states senate on a bipartisan basis to make sure people get a tax cut starting in january, that it continues. so its up to the house. i mean, the only thing they gave us was a bill that was basically an attack on the middle class. they said in order to get a tax cut for the middle class, they wanted to lay off over 200,000 workers, attack peoples pensions, their health care, have medicare costs go up for seniors. w...

Tune that the tea party wants to play any time they want to play it. is this over in your opinion for 2011? what do you think? >> well, i cant really tell, ed. what youre watching is john boehner be a puppet for the tea party people. he had the votes on the floor to pass it today, if he was willing to take a risk. he had 185 or 90 democrats who would have gone with him. all he would have needed was 25 sane members of the republican caucus. and he could have passed it. we could have been over it....

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 romney, romney, romney. thats what you were talking about earl...

Leadership. mostly in the first couple of years. but the key thing is what you put your finger on a few minutes ago. guts. leadership, according to chris christie, mitt romney, any of themes is doing something thats unpopular but in the interest of the country. nobody in the military wanted him to get involved with libya. they didnt want him to deescalate from afghanistan. the pentagon did not want him to go after osama bin laden. they wanted to bomb that compound, which may have had disastrous ...

Put your finger on a few minutes ago. guts. leadership, according to chris christie, mitt romney, any of themes is doing something thats unpopular but in the interest of the country. nobody in the military wanted him to get involved with libya. they didnt want him to deescalate from afghanistan. the pentagon did not want him to go after osama bin laden. they wanted to bomb that compound, which may have had disastrous results. he took, made risky choices. and they paid off for him. health care. h...

Opponent. then an obama imposter was 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 d...

We didnt even add in that a ron paul supporter is talking about assassinating the president. this is a vicious denial of the land of opportunity that ostensibly were supposed do be. were supposed to be the land of the free, home of the brave by everybody by dent of his or her courage and the talent is willing to rise up. the president has done so. now that hes done so theres a backlash of his humanity and its vicious. >> the gop continues to say racism in this country is dead. their talkers are ...