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The philosophy president obama promoted when he ran for president in 2008 is now mainstream political thinking in this country. >> thats the promise of america. the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation. the fundamental belief that i am my brothers keeper, i am my sisters keeper. thats the promise we need to keep. thats the change we need right now. >> if president obama has anything to say about it, we will remain our brothers keeper for the nex...

Were still paying a price for. and of course, wall street running wild. and now this president gathers the economy and what he has done over the last 35 months of private sector job growth. but was the presidents speech proof positive that the mainstream in america is left of center? >> i think weve seen the left center emerge over the last years, ed, but too often the media doesnt pay attention to it. survey after survey shows americans want to see defense cut instead of social programs. they w...

Spirit of statesmanship in this country with the use of the filibuster. progressives should be very concerned. frankly, about the potentially watered down filibuster reform being negotiated between harry reid and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. under one option being reported, the minority party, the republicans in this case would have to come up with 41 votes to stop a bill or nominee. instead of the current system, where the burden is on the majority party to gather 60 votes to advance...

And never deny a path to citizenship for those who want to pledge of allegiance to our flag and be a part of our society and our country. the president can bring new taxpayers into the system and who will enrich our technology sector, no question about it, strengthen our manufacturing base. and these folks will become americans and serve in our military. now on tax reform, this president has got to move forward with his most basic message and still firmly in place, and that is the middle class m...

And b, if it does happen, we can turn it back. but in pennsylvania, republicans that discuss doing this before 2012, and there was a kind of wave of public revulsion about it. and i think there are also maybe some republicans with a conscience who wouldnt do this, who actually believe in democracy is, at least i hope there are. and number two, in terms of their own self-interest, some of these folks, if they do this, are going to see to it that an obama-like organization moves in, competes in th...

We are a society now of tolerance, fairness, and acceptance. the country is not afraid of progressive values, or to say the word, liberal, because most of the country believes in progressive liberal values. a majority of americans believe gay marriage should be legal. most people dont want any cuts whatsoever to social security. even more people want medicare left alone. only 33% want to protect defense spending. on immigration, the majority believes, well, the path for citizenship for undocumen...

Movement, to stonewall, the great inclusion of gay rights, the gay rights movement. those are critical. but we also have a political system that is too controlled by corporate power, and that is the fight of the 21st century. >> all right. katrina vanden heuvel. great to have you with us on the program tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. remember, to answer tonights question. share your thoughts with us on twitter at edshow and on facebook. we want to know what you think. coming up, t...

Any pay, their pay is held up, i think that we ought to ask them, then, to put up all the votes, i mean enough votes to pass the bill, to see if their members, who have pledged not to raise the debt ceiling, who said they wouldnt do it unless there were deep cuts for every dollar, for every dollar that the debt ceiling was raised, a dollar in cuts. >> sure. >> lets see what they do tomorrow. >> congresswoman jan schakowsky, thanks for joining us tonight. appreciate it so much there a lot more co...

Their voters are older. and rather than change their policies and think about how to really reach the new america that is emerging, they decided theyre going to change the voter, not change the policies. now, we saw after 2008 and president obamas election, we saw 38 states, republicans in 38 states introduce some kind of legislation that would restrict voting rights. and now theyve gotten even more sinister, and theyre trying to change the way districts are drawn. and in this case, you know, a ...

Republican governor bob mcdonnell says he doesnt like the dirty tricks, but he wont promise to veto it. >> obviously, the tactics that were used yesterday was a surprise, and i dont think that thats the way business should be done. but i havent looked at the bill. >> oh, i bet you havent. michigans republican governor rick snyder might support a similar election scheme in his state. snyder thinks real locating electoral votes could be done in a thoughtful way. nothing about this is thoughtful. i...