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Split in the party, e.j. when you look at the fact that mainstream gop members support raising the minimum wage while tea partiers are against it. extending unemployment benefits, republicans are for it. tea parties are against it. and most tea party republicans dont view ted cruz favorably. most nontea party republicans, while he is overwhelmingly popular with the tea party crowd. isnt it really just these tea party republicans who are so out of step with the rest of america? >> they are. they ...

Without being a little arrogant? dont you have to be a little arrogant to think you can be president? >> last night you saw a president who spoke from this podium who was arrogant but very productive with congress, even members of the opposite party, thats bill clinton. bob woodward wrote a book called "the choice" that cataloged the budget showdown between congress and clinton. clinton and gingrich in this book bond over their troubles with their wives and other things and they smoked cigars an...

3 out of 4 americans believe the situation is getting worse. 2 out of 3 americans believe that its hurting our political process, our governing process. these are huge numbers and as a result of that, we decided we should maybe give the american public a vehicle by which they could express more of this. >> sure. im sure a lot of people will wake up and say i feel the same way. im frustrated because theyre talking about i need 20 years worth of some candidates income tax returns and stuff like th...

23%. jon huntsman got 17% to finish in third place. rick santorum finished with 10% ahead of newt gingrich with 9%. rick perry had 1%. well, it was a big win romney needed to shore up the front-runner status. now hes the first republican to win both iowa and new hampshire this morning on cnn, romney turned attention to beating the president. >> youve got almost 2 million people that lost their job under this president. you have income thats dropped to 10% over the last four years. you ...

Office. 535 other people that are part of the governing process. >> totally agree. >> so youll need a wholesale change of what happens here in this country, an its not going to be solved in one election cycle. >> sure. >> were talking several election cycles, we need to be long term in our thinking about that. >> the problem with that long-term thinking its not good for the 50 million who are in poverty in this country nor is long-term thinking totally sensational for the one out of five which d...

Polygamy? putting that aside, i understand what they have against congress. i lived in europe. >> yes. >> and hence his support. >> one of the things that blew me away was the actual efficacy of a technocratic government. we have one now in italy and when you see 11%. when you see complete and utter failure across the board. right now were talking about the republicans failing utterly but as you pointed out the president doesnt have a whole lot to crow about. >> unless youre into poverty and gia...

Politics, gerrymandering and other elections, our elections dont represent the voters. its not that were terrible but the government is buying issues that are not ours. imogen, rob and jonathan, the mega panel, is here, and as i look at all the numbers. i felt remarkably less frustrated and more confident because i saw the level of disaprove. you see the "wall street journal" today, right in the face of the republicans, and -- and do you -- am i -- do you see the inspiration in this in that the ...

The country, 7:00 on the west coast, and of course, 8:00 mountain and 9:00 central. and the theme isnt going to change. its "the ed show." were going after the working folk issues of america. were going to stick up for the middle class, going to defend minorities and make sure they get a fair shake in this country. all the institutions that have made this country great, workers rights, equal rights, civil rights, womens rites and social justice is the theme of our program and fighting for the mi...

Rirx ac university poll. why do you think young people seem to be losing interest? >> well, good morning. great to be here. you know, i would say theyre not necessarily losing interest, every day they are faced with the economic hardships, the downturn, but, you know, the governing process is very different than the campaign process. its a lot slower, theres a frustration with the pace of change and theres a frustration with the corporate influence over the peoples influence and ultimately they ...

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