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Are less fortunate, hes provided this country under his policies some numbers that are pretty staggering with regard to how many more people are poor and how many more are on food stam snoops do you think presidential candidates should decline an invitation from donald trump to a presidential debate in iowa? >> weve had a lot of debates and some of them have been sanctied by the republican national committee and some of them havent. weve had debates with msnbc as well. but, you know, listen, i t...

Republican national committee, and some of them havent. i mean weve had debates with msnbc, as well. but, you know, listen, i think that these are programs that each of these candidates have to decide for themselves whether theyre going to compete in. theres strategy involved, whether competing and not competing. those are things that those candidates -- >> im not sure what you mean when you said you had with msnbc news where it aired on msnbc. are you equating that with -- >> having rachel madd...

Need and give them the tax breaks that they need. look, if you do not put money into the hands of working families, "a" in the midst of a recession, theyre going to be in very serious trouble. and "b" theyre not going to be able to spend the money to create other jobs. this is what i think, ed. if for once the democrats remain strong, they keep pressing the point, yes, we need tax relief, yes it has to be funded in a progressive way, yes the republicans continue to obstruct. at the end of the da...

That are really important to us. unemployment, taxation. all those things that were severely distracted from because were talking about what he did or didnt do with this woman or the other. >> ken vogel, is the republican party tired about this, anybody behind closed doors saying we wish the heck he would get out? >> lots of people are saying that, ed. on the flip side, mitt romney who is sort of the presumptive pro front-runner, he stands to benefit from having the attention distracted away fro...

Us tonight. thanks so much. >> thanks, ed. fox and friends gretchen is blaming unions for the national debt and using an old fox news trick to it. grefen is going in the zone. we can all spend christmas here together if they dont resolve the tax cut.

Be made with the folks in a climate of obstruction in washington. >> yeah, i do. you know why i think we can, ed, i think republicans are running scared, i think theyre on the defensive. i think they understand that the american people have caught on that the republican partys major function in life is to protect the wealthy and the powerful. it is to not do a damn thing to create the millions of new decent paying jobs we need in the country and they want to cut social security, medicare and med...

Wear a dunts cap and oshkosh overalls. you hear dueling banjos in the background. >> whats going to happen after the debate is over with, hes going to go out and say he outdid the mainstream media, that he had the best debate, its all about him. why would they get snookered into doing this? >> number one, he says bedbugs are americas number one pest. lets be clear. second of all, when youre on the ion network, which im with you, ed, what? like, i dont know what bragging rights you actually have....

another teenager roger white was barred from going to class because he was hiv positive. ryan white showed you could be hiv positive and not pose a threat to other students. the question tonight, have we not learned anything since then? three years ago congress suspended the americans with disabilities act to bar discrimination based on hiv status and the timing is remarkable and to many so is the setting where this decision was made. and pennsylvanias milton hershey school, which was ...

politicians all my life. >> tonight, "ring of fire" ra o radios mike papantonio and "daily show" co-creator lizz winstead on the latest righty embarrassment. the cain train is trying to stay on the tracks by launching a new website that lets cain supporters trash cain accusers. goldly taylor of the grio is here with the latest. >> the ayes are 51, nayes are 49. the motion is not agreed to. >> republicans are on the record and voted to raise taxes on the middle class. today the presid...

winstead on the latest righty embarrassment. the cain train is trying to stay on the tracks by launching a new website that lets cain supporters trash cain accusers. goldly taylor of the grio is here with the latest. >> the ayes are 51, nayes are 49. the motion is not agreed to. >> republicans are on the record and voted to raise taxes on the middle class. today the president is laying down the gauntlet. >> i expect its going to get done before congress leaves, otherwise congress may...