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In that. you dont lower the bar. private sector workers should question why they are treated so inadd quatly and not question why we treat public sector workers fairly. >> lets talk about the national scene. heres mitt romney in ohio today. and chris, can president obama beat mitt romney in ohio? >> absolutely. and when willie cunningham and i are agreeing on something, you know were right, ed. the fact of the matter is, im a proud democrat. im proud to be chairman of the democratic party in ohi...

We need to be talking about jobs. >> lets bring in msnbc contributor jim moore, author of the upcoming book "adios mofo: why rick perry will make america miss george w. bush." and david cay, author of "free lunch." which is the real rick perry in those two clips? >> well, he likes the birther thing, ed. primarily its going to motivate the far right and get more and more people to come in his direction. from the very conservative types. the social value types. i thought it was interesting the way...

Kasich is picking on the middle class. >> not picking on the middle class but collective bargain employees. they support democrats financially and otherwise. i would say to you, ed schultz, what if republicans like under nixon, teamsters voted republican? >> this is as much going after the infrastructure as it is anything else? if they can take down the unions, bust the unions, they can knock that fund-raising -- >> the games played that way. about 7 o% of this bill is good. i agree with it. 70%...

The nra types put kasich there and when people like me say a bridge too far, its not going to be defeated because people like your philosophy. >> if hes your friend, why did you weigh in on this? >> i tell you why, ed. >> this is politically going to hurt him. >> it hurts him a lot. i think why i did it, friends need to tell friends when theyre wrong, hopefully my opinion has more value because i was a kasich supporter before and im going to vote for kasich the next time. >> youre campaigning ag...

He was just here in ohio a few weeks ago on a bridge talking about a bridge too far and talking about how not only that bridge needed to be repaired, but also the numbers of folks that will be put to work. so the president is right on the mark right now, ed. he needs to on the to hammer home for all americans. all ohioans. putting folks back to work in this country is the greatest need of this hour. >> and issue two is all about that. and more in ohio. well continue to cover it. ohio state senat...

If theres not an agreement, its imposed upon the workers. >> why is he picking on all of people, public heroes, firefighters, people who go into burning homes to save lives but he went tax the wealthiest ohioans? >> ohioans who have money, if you lived in ohio youd be with me, the top 1% pay 40% and make 25% of the money in this country. >> thats a great right wing bullet point. i give you credit on that. >> its also the truth. >> its also the graph thats out there. the red line, the income of t...

At the table and thats why these discussions are important. >> senator turner, what about that? is that true? >> thank you, ed. its absolutely ridiculous that we would lower the bar and consider that leveling the playing field. i mean, to send people to the poor house, their families, not allow them to be able to support their families, i dont know what the private sector equivalent is to a police officer or a firefighter or a teacher. but what i do know is that our men and women, whether theyre...

Program. congratulations. >> ed, how are you? >> im doing fine. you and i dont agree, but i think youre a straight talker. >> i think were americans. one thing i told kasich in february and march is that sit down with those you disagree with does two things. it tests your own validity. you test what they have to say against your beliefs. secondly, you make them feel as theyre part of the solution instead of part of the problem. >> he didnt do that? >> kasich told me no. johns my friend. he was m...

Going to be a part of what they want to do for america? >> i think its going to gain traction within the republican primary process. it doesnt look like its going to go away. one of the things that perry did, ed, today when he announced this was hold up that little single card and suggest simplicity. and people are not paying close attention right now and theyre seeing that single card in theyre thinking, you mean i can file my taxes on something that simple? what theyre failing to realize is th...

Yesterday we showed you this video. the former senator from pennsylvania is sitting in the audience of the faith and freedom forum in iowa on saturday. newt gingrich at the podium speaking. it looks like santorum is sneaking a peek at a football game. not paying attention. senator santorum has responded via twitter. he says "guilty but not watching the game, just checking score of penn state game. go lions. by the way, unlike other candidates, i was there for all speeches." fair enough, senator....