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Bill, you first. is there room for the democrats to be a little optimistic because there might be a long drawn-out fight? what do you think? >> no, no way. listen, you got it right, ed. i mean, these guys have one thing in common. doesnt matter who they are. michele bachmann, rick santorum, crazy ron paul, they all have one thing in common. they hate barack obama, theyre out to get barack obama. they may be fighting among themselves, but they attack obama as much as they attack each other. the w...

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 dont have to show intent to discriminate. ...

>> sure. >> i think what is happening, its something i always used to do with my kids. when they came home from school. 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 th...

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...

Out there and the people are so angry and frustrated, they might just throw them all out. >> no wonder theyre frustrated with congress and hate members of congress. this week, they extended the tax cuts for the wealthiest of americans. no problems, zippo, right. easy. the idea of extending the tax cuts for the 99% for working class americans and suddenly its so complicated and hard to do and they have all these obstacles. thats why people -- heres what i think is happening, ed. number one, the m...

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 some cre...

here tonight. the justice department has decided to challenge the republican effort to block the vote. "ring of fire" radio host mike papantonio is hot on the story and hes here tonight. christine odonnell, the failed tea party senate candidate, endorsed mitt romney. now shes writing his bumper stickers. >> hes been consistent since he changed his mind. >> sounds like "psycho talk" to any. the magazine honoring protesters and their movements all across the globe. >> you could equ...

vote. "ring of fire" radio host mike papantonio is hot on the story and hes here tonight. christine odonnell, the failed tea party senate candidate, endorsed mitt romney. now shes writing his bumper stickers. >> hes been consistent since he changed his mind. >> sounds like "psycho talk" to any. the magazine honoring protesters and their movements all across the globe. >> you could equate both of them in this article? are you kidding me? >> in "time" magazine, named their person of ...

vote. "ring of fire" radio host mike papantonio is hot on the story and hes here tonight. christine odonnell, the failed tea party senate candidate, endorsed mitt romney. now shes writing his bumper stickers. >> hes been consistent since he changed his mind. >> sounds like "psycho talk" to any. the magazine honoring protesters and their movements all across the globe. >> you could equate both of them in this article? are you kidding me? >> in "time" magazine, named their person of ...

decided to challenge the republican effort to block the vote. "ring of fire" radio host mike papantonio is hot on the story and hes here tonight. christine odonnell, the failed tea party senate candidate, endorsed mitt romney. now shes writing his bumper stickers. >> hes been consistent since he changed his mind. >> sounds like "psycho talk" to any. the magazine honoring protesters and their movements all across the globe. >> you could equate both of them in this article? are you k...