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Have the intestinal fortitude to move forward on this and get it done. tell us what you think. telephone survey tonight, the number 1-877-ed-msnbc. my question tonight is, do you think republicans have the guts to debate health care with president obama on national television? press "1" for yes, and press "2" for no and ill bring you the results later on in the show. and it is about guts. do you have the guts to put on the line what you need to put on the line for the american people? i see this...

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You make a great point there, erroll. ernest, why dont the republicans say, you know what? our intelligence people are just doing a great job because this christmas day alleged bomber is serving up all kinds of information. we got new leads. instead all we hear are the republicans saying, well, theyre secretive and they read him his rights and thats not how you treat terrorists. why cant the leadership in the republicans, especially mr. hoekstra, say something positive about our intelligence peo...

Ideas or solutions that can help consumers out, we should all be ears on this. what kind of response, if any, have you had so far, and whats the mission here? >> well, we certainly havent gotten a complete answer from anthem, but heres the situation, ed. youve got 800,000 folks in california who are in the individual market trying to buy insurance on their own. and theyve just gotten a notification from this giant company, a company, by the way, whose parent declared record profits last quarter ...

Job as a reporter or -- >> but youre going to consider and go through the process of thinking did bsh. >> i wouldnt close the door and perhaps what would be open for me in the future. >> does this mean that i could reopen the senate talk in north dakota. what are the rules here? the rnc attorneys jumped all over my bosses at msnbc said ed is thinking about running for senate. youve got to get him off the air. why is it that the dnc is going after sarah palin when being paid by fox news to spout ...

And in my play book tonight, theres so much more for sarah palin from saturday night. i thought id bring in a couple of close friends to help me out with this one. stephanie miller and lionel, two of the funniest people i know. here is sarah palin on saturday night going after the president about the use of a teleprompter. >> this is about the people this is about the people and its bigger than any king or queen of a tea party and its a lot bigger than any charismatic guy with a teleprompter. >>...

Appreciate your time. >> thanks, ed. we have one republican on record who says that he wants the tv coverage, which i like. lets bring in our panel tonight, bill press, talk show host and michael medved. bill, what do you make of all of this? is obama going as far as he has to go to prove a point? what do you think? >> ed, im not on the bus. any minute, any time wasted with john boehner or mitch mcconnell, any more time is a waste of time. i dont think anything is going to come out of this. ...

Policyholders in california to the tune of 39%. that drew reaction today from kathleen sechlt belius, health and human services. i cant remember the first time that be a secretary of that department has flat out asked an insurance company to justify their rates in public. for more on that, lets go to wyoming senator john brasso. good to have you on tonight. >> great to be with you, ed. >> you bet. >> do you think that anthem, which operates mostly in california and has jacked their rates up on c...

They have a pre-existing condition. and so whether they go across state lines or what company they are dealing with, twha do you say to those people? thats what they have to hear the answer. >> 34 states, ed, have high risk pools to deal with people with pre-existing conditions and theres states that dont have pools like that. we need to take the best ideas and make sure that every state uses that for people with pre-existing conditions. and youre right they need to be covered. >> where did you ...

The show. joining me now is john hileman. john, good to have you with us tonight. >> good evening, ed. >> is this the same candidate that you wrote about? is this sarah palin that you wrote about? >> you know, theres a lot of similarities there, ed. and one of the things that we write about in the book is the various ways in which the mccain campaign became disenchanted for sarah palin after they put her on the ticket. one of the reasons that they became disenchanted with her was what they cam...