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Very conservative base, some of the tea partiers as we have seen, who believe this. and then i think the gop realized it was getting out of control, which is why you now see folks trying to, you know, walk it back and step away from it. >> and heres why. this is what i said to ed schultz yesterday on his radio program. i think that when you go out with a birther story line, that thats going to appeal to a lot of people. there are a lot of people who believe there are major questions and suspicio...

with facts. >> deficit reduction has got to be fact-based. >> saying theres no such thing as a free lunch. >> a new poll shows 57% disapprove of how hes handling the economy. >> we must always make sure we are keeping things in perspective. >> debate over raising the debt creeling is already taking a toll. >> and the lies continue as donald trump is talking to anyone who will listen. >> hes on every show, every week. >> he is rolling the media and hes laughing all the way to the bank. ...

would he really punish somne for abortion, or is this just too hair-brained to be believed? what republicans need to figure out about their favorite new candidate, thats our top story tonight. plus, ron paul, the texas congressman, plays hardball tonight on americas four wars, the deficit and whether hes ç going to run for president again. also, when gasoline prices go up, poll numbers go down. just ask president obama. but theyre even worse for potential republican rivals. and...

Opposition. now he has tens of thousands of people calling for his recall. >> 20,000 people on the list and they need 14,000. and of course they have to be verified and then of course the election, recall election would be scheduled. thats republican number three on the list that theyve got enough signatures for as we continue the watch on the recall in wisconsin. thanks, john. good to have you with us tonight. john nichols of "the nation" magazine. >> thanks, ed. these three men have all decl...

Or go to our new blog at ed.msnbc.com. well bring you the results later on in the show. and we are going to be talking about who is getting all the breaks on this tax day? dont miss that. joining me now is robert reich, former u.s. labor secretary under the clinton administration, currently the professor of public policy at uc-berkeleys goldman school of public policy and blogs at robert reich.org. and of course his latest book "after shock" is now available in paperback. good to have you with u...

The appointed person they put in there. all right. to wisconsin right now i understand that luther olson a republican is now going to be challenged in a recall because they delivered far more signatures than they needed for the recall. where does that stand right now? >> its a pretty incredible thing, ed. luther olsen represents the district where the republican party was founded in rip on, wisconsin and tonight activists rallied there the birth place of the republican party to announce they had...

All over the place, hazleton, pennsylvania, farmers branch, texas, that are spending millions of dollars defending laws that he wrote that he claimed were constitutional there. what is sad is that, you know, the folks in kansas are pretty good folks, and we just want fair and safe elections, and maybe when the courts are done throwing out the big chunks of this law, we can have a real conversation about what it takes to have a commonsense safe election, but well have to, unfortunately, spend a l...

I mean, there are small towns all over the place, hazleton, pennsylvania, farmers branch, texas, that are spending millions of dollars defending laws that he wrote that he claimed were constitutional there. what is sad is that, you know, the folks in kansas are pretty good folks, and we just want fair and safe elections, and maybe when the courts are done throwing out the big chunks of this law, we can have a real conversation about what it takes to have a commonsense safe election, but well hav...

Bogus. do you believe him? now its time to call in washington correspondent of "the nation" john nichols. good to have you with us tonight. welcome first to michigan. welcome second to wisconsin. this is a situation where a governor has got the legislature behind him. they passed the law. he can appoint someone to ride herd over the finances and the city. how radical is this? >> its incredibly radical, ed. because especially in the upper midwest there is a strong tradition of local government co...

Or go to our new blog at ed.msnbc.com. well bring you the results later on in the show. and we are going to be talking about who is getting all the breaks on this tax day? dont miss that. joining me now is robert reich, former u.s. labor secretary under the clinton administration, currently the professor of public policy at uc-berkeleys goldman school of public policy and blogs at robert reich.org. and of course his latest book "after shock" is now available in paperback. good to have you with u...