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Kinds of other places. so this hurts both kinds of radio. talk radio reduces itself to this shrill caricature. you have seen the trade press. the righties are losing ratings in big markets and music radio, if they pick and choose who they are going to put on the air, people are going to find the people not on the air somewhere else. >> w.c., you have songs, written songs, supporting unions and buying american. do you get negative reactions to your message? >> actually, ed, everywhere i play -- t...

This bill, not take it up for a vote, and put his whole district at risk. 104 of those bridges are on the united states highway system. one in four of all of the roads in his district are in disrepair or poor condition. and in his own district, in his own district, 11 of those bridges are deficient. thats on the national highway system. so he does not care about the safety of his district or his state or repairing this crumbling infrastructure. he would rather undermine the president, stop this ...

Appreciate your time explaining this to us tonight. we will follow your story. id love if you stay in touch with us please. >> thank you very much, rachel. >> absolutely. thanks. singer hank williams junior, meet ed shultz. ed shultz make mincemeat out of hank williams junior. that is coming up after the show. and a rachel maddow correction along with very good, very bad lip reading. >> you can borrow my cds, not every every day. you can try my kwanzaa cds, they are not yours, you dont have ...

Where to you suspect this will go? isnt it going to have to go to washington eventually? and i have to ask, are these the people that allowed the republicans to take over the house? were these protesters the ones who were apathetic in 010 and let boehner get the gavel. where were they a year ago and how do we know it will hold to make a difference in 2012. >> thats a good question. i would say as an independent i suspect a lot of these people are disappointed at the president and the democratic ...

Long as you agree with them. and in this particular case he doesnt. now you mention clearchannel, a couple of weekends ago they took over the mgm grand in las vegas for a whole weekend. they had steven tyler. they had lady gaga. the biggest stars in talk radio. because with all of their radio stations, they have a lot of clout. so they can make ya or break ya. and this goes back to something you have been saying all along about the ownership issue in radio. what you are seeing now in this double...

that is the race without you. today, christie said, no. he loves his home state of new jersey, and he says nows not the right time for him. well, christies performance today may make republicans like him even more, actually, but hes out, and well talk about why the republicans wanted him in so much and what happens next. so as steven stills wrote years ago, if you cant be with the one you love, honey, love with one youre with. and who does it look like the republicans are with right no...

it or not, you are stuck with me. now is not my time. >> christie is out and the rest of the republican field is still a miss. steve kornacki and joan walsh are here. great to have you with us tonight. thank you for watching. house and senate republicans are trying to sabotage president obamas jobs package any way you look at it. today john boehner and eric cantor shot down any hope, any hope whatsoever, of the house voting on the american jobs plan. >> the problem is the policies prom...

Republicans, especially conservatives, are behind that. lynn? well have to wait and see. last night on "the ed show" ed shultz and rick santorum got into a heated discussion about the ongoing budget battle. ed challenged santorum on whether giving tax cuts to the wealthy has been an effective means of job creation. >> it certainly has worked in a lot of respects. we had very low rates of unemployment. we had record low rates of unemployment for a long time in this country until we had the cata...

Complain about human rights violations at the same moment we are executing our own citizens every single week, month and year. >> a lot of people stepped up to speak out about this. the former warden asked for the state to halt the execution. take a listen to what he had to say to our ed shultz. >> if you are a man of conscience, actually believe somebody is guilty, it is still a very premeditated murder. its scripted and rehearsed. its about as premeditated as any killing you can do. >> how doe...

Be said. were tired of this talk thats out there. lets go out and call these people what they are. lets go after the issue of voting. lets talk about the war on workers and lets make sure we mobilize and vote in november. >> do you -- >> it was a tremendous response today. the phones rang off the hook in tremendous support from working families. >> do you think the republicans are sons of bitches? >> i think they are. they are trying to take the food out of the mouth of working people. what kind...