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Media with a few good exceptions is going to let the tea partyers dominate a conversation that needs to be had, needs to be had with cold, clear-eyed facts. wealth for the common good did this report and it documents the great tax shift over the last 50 years and how the wealthy have benefited so enormously at the expense of healthy, secure middle class. i think there are several things that need to be done. one is to begin to think really hard about progressive taxation. that means first of all...

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1,000 people at gm. several hundred at a steel company because of a decision the president made on international trade law with the chinese. so theres some god things, but people dont see a recovery yet. theyre not seeing the jobs we need. >> are the democrats in trouble in your opinion? >> well, the democrats are in trouble because were in control of the house and senate, but the democrat -- the public knows that this is a recession, deep recession caused by george bush economic policies and th...

Sarry got 330 votes. thats respectable. >> you know what, ed, i think this -- this conference -- the leadership conference had everything but leadership. i mean, sarah palins a big hit down there. according to "politico," people they all interviewed said we like her, but shes not ready for primetime. then they give the nod to ron paul. comes in second. they were trying to throw ron paul off the platform two years ago because hes against the iraq war. crazy. >> if i was harry reid id be as nice t...

Country they should be commonsense citizens and not enthralled to wall street and corporate powers that have not done well by a healthy, secure america. >> do you think progressives in this country would ever spouppo a user tax? >> a user tax in. >> some kind of a sales tax. i mean, if you use it you pay for it? >> you know, my problem with the user tax, ed, is that its pretty regressive. it hits hard those who can least afford it. i think we need to look hard at those who can most afford it. yo...

The little technical this -- little technical problems of the law or the interpretation of particular statues. its much broader questions about the constitution. and you know, ed, you and i are in many ways just as qualified to make those kind of decisions as somebody who spent his life in a law firm or even as an appellate judge. so i think it would be great to nominate somebody whos not a lawyer. that was a theme of -- remember the movie "nashville?" >> yep. >> that was part of the theme of th...

Leo jerd regard, president of steelworkers, joins us tonight on "the ed show." you used the word slaughter. is that a little extreme? what do you mean by that? >> what i mean, ed, people are dying at work at the rate of 16 people a week. the explosion at upper big branch mine is clearly one of the ones we ought to focus on, but just that same week we had five people killed in an explosion at a petroleum refinery. people go to work to earn a living, dont go there to die. when we go to the upper b...

Government takeover and yet i think those that were pushing it on radio and television and the people in the republican caucus here, i think they probably won the day on that message. despite the fact they were wrong. >> okay. is it too early to handicap the midterms right now? >> no, you know, it would be foolish to handicap something this far out. it is clear our party is in some difficulty, but six months is a lifetime in politics. >> senator, great to have you with us fotonight. >> thanks a ...

Then we have to investigate whether or not we can o it ourselves as individuals. >> okay. >> because i just dont think -- ed, we cant accept this as the way that business is being done for workers in this country. workers deserve better. their families defy ies deserve kids deserve better. >> well be on this story. i appreciate your time tonight. thanks so much. coming up, righty trying to defeat harry reid thinks people should be allowed to barter? barter with their doctors were health care? ...

And the position that preparation merited and his dreaded lack of curiosity that should have warned us. thats "hardball" for now. catch us tomorrow night at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern. right now its time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. good evening, americans. and back to "the ed show" tonight from new york. these stories are hitting "my hut butens" tonight. the republicans are back in action fighting an extension of unemployment benefits. its the same old crowd. and of course they dont want to ...