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Of, lets see, make name of the past. bob dole. bob dole, he subscribe to this kind of stuff? he ran against clinton in 96? is this where the republican party is now? must be. this is who they are filtering money to the people that subscribe to this kind of garbage. whose side are you on? you have to ask yourself that question in this election. what do you really believe in? now, theres another story that is popping down in florida, alan grayson is going to join us in a moment just what kind of v...

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Transformation of government in this country. >> hey, ed, you know whats going on right now? whats going on right now is youve got the top 1% today earning more income than the bottom 50%. in the last 30 years, 55% of all income growth in america went to the top 1%. and what youre seeing is a nation in which a few people, not only have tremendous amounts of money, but they are also using that money as youve just indicated in the political process. >> yes. >> billionaires are spending that money ...

622639. well bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now, democratic congressman jim mcdurmott. >> how are you? >> im perplexed they would come out with this plan so to speak and turn to the american people and say they dont understand how big the problem is and theyre not ready for solutions. whats your response to that, sir? >> well, ed, as i listen to your presentation, it makes me really angry to hear them say this stuff, because they have resisted working with us on every s...

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Right now the plan is that they are going to send the four most able-bodied, mentally healthy people up, just in case there is some issue with this capsule. that is the plan right now. it may change. and then they are going to be followed by the ten weakest and sickest ones, and then the rest will come and then the shift commander will go last. but right now, what you can only tell these guys is, look, this is the last step. we know that you feel enclosed. we know that being in this tubing, you ...

The majority of people in this state do early voting. does that play to your favor? >> the one thing that we have a distinct advantage without any qualification is our get-out-the-vote program. never in the history of the country, except in a presidential election, have you had a get out of the vote program on a state basis like we have. weve been working on this for a long time. and it came about as a result of our -- for the first time in the history the country, having the democratic cack cau...

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Well, the chairman of the joint chief of staff says gays should be able to serve openly in the military but today, just another big shocker. senate republicans bucked military leaders and voted to obstruct. another filibuster. and we have got breaking news out of the white house tonight, a shakeup in the obama administration. larry summers, the director of the national economic council is leaving the obama administration to return to harvard university. senator byron dorgan will respond. this ...

Republican party who is paying attention to karl paladino at all? you know, look, i said last night when i got asked about it that these comments would be a lot more disconcerting from me if they came from a legitimate political candidate but they dont. >> you mean to tell me that the governor of new york and he could potentially be that as not only a legitimate figure, i would differ with that one. im not so sure about that, its not over until the fat lady sings. the fact -- is. >> well, shes s...