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Absolutely. do you want to give something up? were willing to do it but its not shared sacrifice, and the president talked about shared sacrifice today. they dont understand why it has to be just them giving it up. >> ed schultz of "the ed schultz show" thank you. ambassador susan rice and white house press secretary jay carney are talking about the situation in libya where we began the broadcast. lets listen in. >> as you might expect, significant portion of meeting was devoted to discussing ...

About 2012 at this point, and the fact that the tea partiers are going to be here tomorrow in full force, which is going to be organized out of the organization from virginia, although there will be local tea partiers here, just underscores how this is going to escalate as far as passion is concerned. but these folks are not going to give up. >> ed, doesnt the tea party invasion indicate that there is something national going on here, that this is a national republican movement? this is not abou...

Without conditions. >> ed, we heard mark miller say he is willing to agree with the governor on the financials of this. and so it is no longer about the money. but before we go, i do want to concentrate on the money for one final minute. i was on the phone today with the wisconsin state worker that makes about $50,000 a year. his costs would go up $5,000 a year. 10% of his gross income would suddenly be going in a different direction where it hasnt had to go before. leaving aside the total pictu...

>> read my lips is never a good thing to say. that we know. >> eugene robinson msnbc political analyst, pulitzer prize winning columnist for "the washington post", thank you. normally on friday about this time our networks live news coverage is winding down for the night but not tonight. the center of american politics tonight is madison, wisconsin. thats where ed schultz is as we speak right in the middle of it. his coverage continues with a live hour as soon as ur show is done. [ male announce...

Saying weve heard nothing from nancy pelosi, nothing. i just got to run a video of what nancy pelosi had to say, provoked by you, ed. ed, what is the feeling today? weve seen as you reported earlier today, the first report of this very large concession by the unions, saying theyre willing to go in the governors direction on the financials of this. they just need to be able to preserve their unions very existence. does it feel like there is some possibility of a compromise next week? >> well, it ...

Income, shouldnt it? >> absolutely, lawrence. thats the key issue, economic fairness. there is not equal sharing in this burden, if there is a financial burden here in wisconsin. the governor is trying, and the republican party, the majority, they are trying to take it from middle class americans and leaving the rich folks here in wisconsin all alone. >> ed schultz, thank you very much for joining us. we will all be watching you doing a special edition of t"th ed show" live from wisconsin tonigh...

Bargaining which plays into a bigger picture across the country. its an attack on organized labor. >> except for the unions that contributed to his campaign. >> thats true. the governor in a very cagey political fashion went out and gave some security to the fire fighters saying, look, im not going to go after your pension. this is what ill do if you stay out of the fray. the fire fighters didnt do that. there is solidarity here. this isnt going to be hitting them in wisconsin, but they are here...

Workers here who have given their hears and soul to their jobs and careers, chasing the middle-classers down to try to fix what some people view as a very bogus and ginned-up financial crisis in this state. and this governor is backed by the tea partyers, and we definitely are going to show the infrastructure tonight on our show exactly who the people are that are backing this governor. you get a sense that he is way off base, that he may have won the election but now on february 17th, just a fe...

Democrats cant be vocal about it, when are they going to do it? >> ed, i think the proof that this is about union busting is what we just heard from senator taylor. senator taylor said that the democrats in the senate are prepared to negotiate on the financial items. they are prepared to negotiate on how much an increase there might be in terms of public workers, contributions to their health premiums and to their pensions. theyre willing to talk about a possibility there on the numbers. but the...

And i think this cuts right to the fabric of this state, the history of this state, where labor started back in the 1800s. it cuts right to the fabric of whether were going to build our economy in this country, or if were going to gut the middle class. and governor walker is very callous about this. and hes coming off as a very rude and callous person, saying, hey, look, this is the way its got to be and you have to pay it, but we wont do that to the top 2%. thats another issue. >> ed schultz, w...