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As time ticks down to the wire, the house has sent the senate another bill that wont pass. >> our friends across the aisle have no plan and some might suggest no desire to pass a payroll tax cut extension, the presidents top priority. >> joining me now is the host of the "ed show" right here on msnbc, ed schultz, it is good to see you. >> chris, good to be with you this morning. >> i watch your show, so you were not surprised about the msnbc poll when people were asked about congress performance...

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 about, ed, but you and i both know a segment of the white working class did go ov...

With them in all of the polling out, there the income inequality and taxing the wealthy to pay more and going along with the middle-class tax cuts and the payroll tax cuts is where the country is. >> would the american people stand for the government shutdown, because tied to it is a trillion in omnibus bills. >> well, shutdown, you get folks going home with an earful and they will pay a political price, and come to the senses. we never shut down the government under bush, but it is failure at a...

reputation as a great orator, is often viewed somewhat derisively as a brainy professortorial type. is someone who is privately religious and religious at times has been the focus of his candidacy. imagine a candidate for president like that. grew up abroad. great speech maker. likes to compare himself to lincoln, has religious beliefs that raise questions for opponents and sort of professorial. anyone in particular come to mind? anyone fit that description? three weeks from tomorrow i...

as a brainy professorial type. is someone who is privately religious and religious at times has been the focus of his candidacy. imagine a candidate for president like that. grew up abroad. great speech maker. likes to compare himself to lincoln, has religious beliefs that raise questions for opponents and sort of professorial. anyone in particular come to mind? anyone fit that description? three weeks from tomorrow is the first voting contest of the 2012 republican presidential season...

reputation as a great orator, is often viewed somewhat derisively as a brainy professortorial type. is someone who is privately religious and religious at times has been the focus of his candidacy. imagine a candidate for president like that. grew up abroad. great speech maker. likes to compare himself to lincoln, has religious beliefs that raise questions for opponents and sort of professorial. anyone in particular come to mind? anyone fit that description? three weeks from tomorrow i...

often viewed somewhat derisively as a brainy professortorial type. is someone who is privately religious and religious at times has been the focus of his candidacy. imagine a candidate for president like that. grew up abroad. great speech maker. likes to compare himself to lincoln, has religious beliefs that raise questions for opponents and sort of professorial. anyone in particular come to mind? anyone fit that description? three weeks from tomorrow is the first voting contest of the...

as a brainy professorial type. is someone who is privately religious and religious at times has been the focus of his candidacy. imagine a candidate for president like that. grew up abroad. great speech maker. likes to compare himself to lincoln, has religious beliefs that raise questions for opponents and sort of professorial. anyone in particular come to mind? anyone fit that description? three weeks from tomorrow is the first voting contest of the 2012 republican presidential season...

often viewed somewhat derisively as a brainy professortorial type. is someone who is privately religious and religious at times has been the focus of his candidacy. imagine a candidate for president like that. grew up abroad. great speech maker. likes to compare himself to lincoln, has religious beliefs that raise questions for opponents and sort of professorial. anyone in particular come to mind? anyone fit that description? three weeks from tomorrow is the first voting contest of the...

Weeks, ed. i could be wrong. theres something really off about this picture. >> governor dean, a brokered convention. put a percentage on it. what do you think? >> i think its pretty close to zero. i was nervous about that in 08, and i was planning on it in 04 just because you have to plan for the worst and hope for the best. we havent had a brokered convention i think for, gosh, 60 or 70 years in this country. i doubt it very much. they have changed the republican rules. were not going to decid...