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she won by 23 points. this may be another situation like that. i heard that rudy giuliani was going to campaign for scott brown. i would consider that the kiss of death maybe for scott brown. but youre right there. is so much riding on this, ed. its that 60th vote, this is massachusetts, this is ted kennedys seat. barack obama should be in massachusetts. the same way he was in new jersey and virginia. >> well, bill clinton is going to campaign for bill cokely. but a.b., the democrats n...

edwards could have been a powerful voice this year as a washington outsider. being a former senator, being out on the campaign trail, knowing what the people want, i think he could have been a greater voice than howard dean. but he blew it. john edwards, thats why youre my pick for the biggest loser of the year in politics. we could have used you whether it came to fighting for health care reform in this country. now for the winners of 2009. taking the top spot in the gallup polls, mic...

create jobs. he had community bank leaders today at the white house. i think this is a real positive move and somehow the obama administrations going to have to figure out a formula to give some back-up to these community banks because people do want to borrow money to jump-start the economy and start hiring again. the presidents got a lot on his plate but the fact that hes paying attention to what a lot of economists are saying when it comes to the involvement of the community banks i...

work. >> that depends on whether we fight in the conference committee in the house and win a better deal for the public option or the limits on the insurers. the mandate is fine as long as the choices are good. i want a president that doesnt go out on a day like this and say, everyone knows this is untrue. that what the senate did was a defeat for the special interests when in reality it was a victory for them. there are some good things. appreciate t brett off the hill. health care ch...

this. progressives have been asked to give up the single payer and the public option, all because of one senator from connecticut, joe lieberman. he just, you know, he couldnt keep barack obama from winning the first term, but doggone it, hes doing everything he possibly can to mick sure he doesnt win a second time around. this is a slap in the face to the base. hes going to sell out to the people who elected him to win joe liebermans vote, for what? heres what lieberman said before he...

we will bring you the latest as the story developments, but first, we have got some good news on the job front today. the unemployment rate has now dropped to 10%, a welcome surprise to the obama economic team, especially on the day that the president kicked off his economic tour in allentown, pennsylvania. allentown unemployment rate sits at 9.1%. better than the national average, but manufacturing in that area has been hit hard. today the president took a cautious approach on the num...

duo. bob herbert, thank you for joining us from "the new york times." join us tomorrow night at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern for "the ed show" with ed schultz. welcome to "the ed show" in new york tonight. in the aftermath of the presidents speech, easily put, this country is divided. what was your water cooler like in the workplace today? divided? yeah. its divided in the congress as well. two of the most experienced vets in the congress both democrats on totally opposite sides of the issu...

p.m. eastern. join us at 11:00 p.m. for a live late night edition of "hardball." were on all night. time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" in new york. well, here we go. its wartime. tonight may be the biggest night of the obama presidency. were going into year number nine in afghanistan and about to send billions of more dollars and troops. tonight the president will tell the american people this is not a war without end. he will la...

Where america is right now. part of a double standard. theres a different set of rules for community banks. theyre being lassoed by the regulators. the only way thats going to turn around is if somebody in the federal government frees up the money and changes the regs and gets this on the fast track. >> absolutely. >> that is it. >> absolutely, ed. youre absolutely right. it was very clear. were going to be coming back in the next couple weeks with a variety of policy options. right as a result ...

It is estimated in five years about 13 million people will have lost their homes. now, we talk about sales of new homes and used homes, but what about the people who already have their homes who worked hard and have done the best they could and simply lost them through no fault of their own? >> we need a major grace period until this economy turns around. >> exactly right. it seems to me -- you know, the other thing, ed, that really upset me, we could not get legislation through the senate so th...