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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...

bill press and joe madison are 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 acr...

Where they found it. >> mr. gerard, were going to end up seeing a big discussion in washington about the extension of the bush tax cuts. if the democrats are going to be able to get this payroll tax cut through. they did it that way, but of course, the president is going to certainly veto it. then theyre going to have to go back and work on it again. we all know where theyre going. lets talk about a line in the sand by the democrats. what should they, if anything, give up in negotiations to exte...

Join us in finally putting himself behind the bill to help the middle class. >> the republicans never talk about the middle class. joining me tonight, leo gerard, of the united steelworkers. tonight theyre trying to hoodwink the american people as if they did something for the middle class. are republicans really looking out for the middle class, as cantor claims there? >> absolutely not. its another one of their show games. you know, hide the pea and pulling the stick. what the real reality is ...

Has seized the spotlight. hes addicted to the limelight. he wants his name out in the bold print of the american media. and it seems, ed, hell do anything to keep perpetuating this lie that hes a serious candidate to be taken seriously because he has serious ideals. trump, trump, trump today. if we can put it that way. and as a result of that, he shows why he is incapable of being ready for primetime and its a scary thought to believe that this man could actually fit into the oval office by aspi...

Agree with you, ed. thats saying a lot when youre talking about rick perry and newt gingrich. you know, who fly off at the lip at a moments notice. so if youre saying those people are afraid -- and throw in michele bachmann for good measure -- if those folk are afraid to step into an arena because they think they can never anticipate what trump will say, that says a lot about donald trump. >> one thing about rick perry, okay, so lets just say that rick perry misspeaks again. you run the risk of ...

Any means necessary into this fabricated debate that pretended to be something serious when all along we knew it was only to promote his show. what happens today? he announces the end of "the apprentice" or the next showing. this is crass commercialism at its worst. >> ron paul said it was beneath the office of the presidency. >> amen. >> jon huntsman called it a joke. >> amen. >> trump is saying they were concerned about equal time because i might come back and run if this happens, "a," "b," "c...

And it seems, ed, hell do anything to keep perpetuating this lie that hes a serious candidate to be taken seriously because he has serious ideals. trump, trump, trump today. if we can put it that way. and as a result of that, he shows why he is incapable of being ready for primetime and its a scary thought to believe that this man could actually fit into the oval office by aspiring to be president of the united states of america. its a joke. >> do you think that the candidates might have been af...

It was a donald duck show. he was twisting their arms. he was trying to browbeat them. he was trying to coerce them by any means necessary into this fabricated debate that pretended to be something serious when all along we knew it was only to promote his show. what happens today? he announces the end of "the apprentice" or the next showing. this is crass commercialism at its worst. >> ron paul said it was beneath the office of the presidency. >> amen. >> jon huntsman called it a joke. >> amen. ...

Get the results later on in the program tonight. lets turn now to ezra klein, msnbc policy analyst and "washington post" columnist. and also joan walsh, editor at large of salon.com. joan, great to have you. well start with you first tonight. you know, maybe im wrong. do reagan democrats still exist? were hearing rudy giuliani say that thats who newt can appeal to. what do you make of that? >> its so preposterous. first of all, no, they dont exist anymore. you know, its a tough thing to talk abo...