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Overturning citizens united. i think youre going to see that grassroots effort all over the country, ed. >> i hope so. lets talk now about the payroll tax cut. i know youre not a big fan of it. of course, the unemployment benefit extensions. president obama set the agenda for this fight in september. way back when. here it is. >> i know some of you have sworn oaths to never raise any taxes on anyone for as long as you live. now it is not the time to carve out an exception and raise middle class ...

I mean that and then, of course, some other questionable stuff dealing with race, where is this going to take his campaign? is this going to affect him at all, joe? >> it has to affect them, absolutely. not only is he not ready for the 21st century, republican party, hes not ready for the 21st century america. we have been so far from that. but really what i think irritates most people is that he says i didnt know about it. it had my name on it. but i really didnt know about it. i didnt write it...

Bites where the candidates are telling white house is the holiest and whos been married the long environment, who has the most children and who is the least goofy. that is what the discussion has come down to. it is im less goofy than you are. unfortunately, thats what youre left w the real story here, ed, is karl rove and fox news has got to be scrambling around to figure out how theyre going to reverse this disaster they brought on america. they brought the robot. they brought perry. they brou...

Have a heart for beau and my friend rex. its the holiday season. >> i thought rex was pretty doggone execute and so did many of our viewers of the program. doug stover of media matters e-mailed us this picture of his dog watching rex last night. he says, looks like ed gained another viewer. the blogs, they took it pretty nice, too. heres a headline. even glenn becks website covered it. and fox nation is now aware there is a liberal watchdog out there. look out. although im not sure where they go...

Department would investigate these new laws to make sure that they are not violating the rights of voters. it s. todays decision just the tip of the iceberg? a lot of the laws are passed in five of the 12 battleground states. to night im joined by vermont independent senator bernie sanders. senator, good to have you with us tonight. this is the first big move by the justice department since a number of states have passed some laws which many people are interpreting to be voter suppression. will ...

Across the country. its not just this fight for the middle class that democrats have led, this is cumulative. it started out in march, ed, when the tea party republicans in congress wanted to close down the government over a womans right to go to planned parenthood for health care. then there was the budget that emptied medicare as we know it. then there was a debt ceiling vote in august and failure of the super committee in november and now. this at every step of the way, the tea party republic...

You have to give republicans credit. they really stick with the guy which brung them to the dance. they protect the wealthy. its hard to understand, because they have said these taxes at the high end, theyll create jobs. they didnt. we had all of this during the bush years. think of this, ed. in the second year of the obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the bush administration combined. >> the republicans eventually want to get the bush t...

Its good politics if this issue continues to be the fulcrum for the debate. good for us, because we clearly win the debate at this level, as nancy pelosi junior -- but let me put an overlay on this. what concerns me, ed and gene, is that if this is the entirety of what were talking about to get our economy moving again, were not going to make the progress we need to make, and so i think while this is good short-term stuff, we need a much broader conversation to get our economy back to where it n...

Country. i will say this, and its not just about empowering people in terms of offsetting big money by small contributions. its about removing obstacles to their participation any polls, which the republicans are throwing up every step of the way. so that the power of the few outweighs the power of the many, thats not the american way. >> nancy pelosi, thank you for joining us. >> i appreciate t happy holidays to you, ed. >> and to you. coming up eugene robinson and former new york governor el...

national committee. good to have you with us tonight. i want to start with this sound bite right here because mitt romney of course making the case again that the country is in terrible condition and says that america is in decline. here it is. >> this economy has every potential to continue to lead the world. our president thinks america is in decline. it is if he is president, its not if i am president. >> what is your response to that right off the top tonight? >> 14 debates, 28 hou...