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Is it too little, too late? >> its a blueprint, it might be too little, too late. the point is this. we see the same patterns taking place after the republican governors came into office, they came up with a blueprint on how to stop voters they might vote for democrats, might vote for obama, from going to the polls. they did it by this, these ways, ed. create obstacles, create hardships, create chaos. for example, if you take a look at the hispanic vote in texas, its been closed down by gerryman...

Election. no matter how long this fight is going to take. its going to be great for us. and its going to be fun to watch, but at the end, i believe that theyll all get behind one another because they want obama out. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonights question. who does a drawn-out primary fight benefit? text "a" for the gop nominee, text "b" for president obama. to 622639. well bring you the results later on in the program. go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com and leave ...

Whats your take on all of this? is it too little, too late? >> its a blueprint, it might be too little, too late. the point is this. we see the same patterns taking place after the republican governors came into office, they came up with a blueprint on how to stop voters they might vote for democrats, might vote for obama, from going to the polls. they did it by this, these ways, ed. create obstacles, create hardships, create chaos. for example, if you take a look at the hispanic vote in texas, ...

They chose the protester as person of the year. "no one could have known that when a fruit venn tor set himself on fire in a public square, it would create protests that would topple dictators and start a global wave of dissent. ""time" named four runner-ups, from wisconsin congressman paul ryan, the man who wants to kill medicare, medicaid and social security, the guy who wont raise taxes on the wealthiest americans. in other words, one of the very reasons why folks have been out protesting in ...

I wouldnt have ann coulter doing an ad for clorox. i mean, this is absolutely ridiculous, but it cant be any crazier than christine odonnell. i mean, the odonnell thing was, like, hilarious. lets go back to the point you made. youre absolutely right. whatever it takes. and when you consider that theyre already messing around, as youre going to talk about later on, with voter suppression, whatever it takes, theyre all going to come together. im not going to buy this argument that the tea party, w...

I would ask them, what did the teacher teach you to think? not to believe. and what the right wing does is that they want people to believe something instead of teaching people to think. and i think the majority of the people are thinking and as they see this ridiculous -- and i get it from drivers that drive me over here. people keep asking, ed, what are they doing? who are these people? where did they come from? >> well, that brings us to the next subject here about the national poll. i mean, ...

But the question is, whether or not elvis has already left the building. if you think about it, if they start right now trying to enjoin a lot of these laws, its very difficult. when you consider the federal courts are packed, absolutely packed with republican appointees. >> so the timetable here, mike, what im hearing is this is going to have to be really a big-time priority by the justice department to have it effect 2012. >> ed, thats exactly right. youre going to have to staff up. its going ...

Vote. what we see is we see situations where their intent is to create chaos. to keep people away from -- >> these advocates that are out there fighting for voters rights, what can they do at this point? >> well, the 1965 voting rights act is a strong act, ed. its been ignored for too long. as a matter of fact, three years ago, the u.s. justice department was told that this pattern was taking place. what i like about the act, lbj pushed this act through. you know what he did, ed? he said, we don...

I mean, this is absolutely ridiculous, but it cant be any crazier than christine odonnell. i mean, the odonnell thing was, like, hilarious. lets go back to the point you made. youre absolutely right. whatever it takes. and when you consider that theyre already messing around, as youre going to talk about later on, with voter suppression, whatever it takes, theyre all going to come together. im not going to buy this argument that the tea party, well, they wont be able to make up their minds if ne...

Himself on fire in a public square, it would create protests that would topple dictators and start a global wave of dissent. ""time" named four runner-ups, from wisconsin congressman paul ryan, the man who wants to kill medicare, medicaid and social security, the guy who wont raise taxes on the wealthiest americans. in other words, one of the very reasons why folks have been out protesting in the streets. "time" called ryan the most influential american politician this year. got to give the guy ...