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Think that is really important, and as senator schumer said yesterday, were looking for somebody who can moderate the court, and a little humor would do them a lot of good. >> joining me now is democratic senator aby kobuchar of minnesota. >> thank you. its great to be on "the ed show" show you look a little more different than ed. >> hes getting a little rest. >> excellent. >> i know youre not going to rag on your colleagues, but did you find that exchange in which senator graham solicited a le...

Step up and give these folks a voice, i guess i have to. mr. president, the 99ers are begging. ive been out on the road. ive talked to them. they are begging for help. and im asking you tonight to do something executively. make it a big issue and step forward, and if the republicans wont do it, paint it for who they are and what theyre doing to americans who have been outsourced and are now stuck with this predicament. people are losing their homes because they lost their job, and remember, this...

Unemployment benefits to people who are out of work, and that, ed, is unconscionable. in my 35 years here, i have never seen anything like this. never. >> a record number of filibusters, and this is obstruction on steroids, is it not? >> it is. we cant do anything. i can understand maybe they want to filibuster the health care bill, this and that, but these are people that are out of work. they have nothing. there is nothing there for them and were skrjust trying to get them through the roughest...

Unfortunately, our colleagues on the other side of the aisle would prefer that the voter not know who is spending all that money to influence their vote. >> that is just amazing. they want secret money into elections. unidentified funds going into elections. i mean -- i dont know how the american people are going to be missing on this one. chris, great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. >> thanks, ed. lets get some rapid fire response from our panel on these stories tonight. okay, he...

Change the story, but the story is bp and the obama administration are one and the same. >> theres two sides to this party. there is the party on the side of the people in the gulf, the fisherm fishermen, the oystermen, who have lost their way of life for a season, maybe forever, standing in pensacola and the rest of florida. and theres one party standing with bp is led by joe barton. ed, there is one reason joe barton kept his seat on the energy and commerce committee and you know why as well. ...

The republicans continue to stand on the side of big oil as were trying to move this economy toward a clean energy economy and invest in jobs here rather than overseas and work on all the components of an energy policy that helps the whole country, not just the big oil companies. >> good ad. i got to hand that to you. thats a heck of an ad. between the most -- well, the vote just an hour ago and the senate knocking down the bill to help the folks who are unemployed and bartons comments on big oi...

And standing behind barton? whats the take on that? >> well, i think the republicans have a point that barack obama and bp are the culprits here. theyre joined at the hip. theyre one and the same. ill give you five quick reasons why. nobel prize-winning energy leader saying were going to change the world together, partnering up with him, ed. bp advisers are top deputies there. you have bp and obama crafting legislation together, job-killing cap and trade legislation, i might add. then you have w...

He was giving voice to what has been in the past the republican energy policy, and it rein forces the point weve been making to the voters, which is youve got a real choice in this election. >> no doubt. >> do you really want to go back to the bush-cheney oil policies that joe barton was there working on since day one? >> so if the election were tomorrow, would you hold the house? >> yes. we would. yes. >> would you lose seats? >> we got a long way to go before the election, ed. we know this is ...

Some grand victory. we simply have to stabilize afghanistan enough so they dont let the taliban take over. thats why its important to set that date of next summer, to make that clear. >> if the conditions are right, were going to draw down next year. isnt that correct? >> yeah, but the point is its not a far-off commitment. >> its still a crap shoot, were still there, and this is as open-ended as anything else. >> it is not as open-ended as anything else. ed, you and i have talked about this a g...