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But to be failing in this way, careening into it, seemingly totally out of control, with the republicans blaming each other, its a very strange situation to be in. >> and remember, rachel, this is -- i know you know this, but we also have to remind ourselves, this is a completely artificial, self-inflicted wound. a trap we set for ourselves with dysfunctional politics. you know, our xhoi is very resilient. as you see, it is improving. you showed the graph earlier. but you have to ask yourself, h...

Proposal, they are actually pretty close. they keep on saying that somehow we havent put forward real spending cuts. actually, you know, there was, i think, a graph in "the new york times" today that showed. they are the same categories, right? theres a little bit of tweaks here and there, there are a few differences, but were right there, and on the revenue side, theres a difference in terms of them wanting to preserve tax breaks for folks between $250,000 and $1 million that we just cant affor...

Sense. it doesnt square with reality. >> so, lets look at a graph that i found on healys great blog showing america at the top there. far more violent. this is assault deaths per 100,000 people. n the nation. not necessarily just gun deaths but all sorts of violent deaths and you see through the decades there america far, far above the other nations and trending downward but were still an outlier. america is far more violent than most of the other large nations. all the other large nations of th...

Incidents. but it is the case that mass shootings are disproportionately an american event. over the 20 worst mass shootings in the last 50 years, 11 occurred in the united states. the second highest is finland with two. and if you have are a feeling that this seems like its happening more of late, this graph shows you that 2012 is now the worst year for mass shootings in 30 years with more than 140 injured or killed. and five of the worse, ten were in the last five years since 2007. so there is...

Chambers of the state legislature in 2010. hey, it was big year for republicans in 2010, right? this time around ohio quite memorably voted for president obama. that made karl rove crazy. ohio went for obama. even so, there were more votes for republicans in ohio congress there in congress there. narrowly speaking, republicans had the edge in congressional votes from ohio voters, narrowly speaking. but look what theyre sending to congress. look at that. not narrowly speaking. three times as many...

Kind of like the health care debate. dont let the government get between you and your doctor. the governments getting between the union and its workers. why? this is not about economic development. unions account for only about 20% of the workforce in michigan. michigans new right-to-work law isnt going to affect economic development in a positive way whatsoever. and there is a road map to prove that. look at states around the country that are right to work. union membership has declined in this...

Year. and obviously that is the deadline and the so-called cliff. so i think we are all reading the tea leaves here. youre right to guess on the public comments that they havent been too positive as of late. bill: the poll number we just put up i dont think that will surprise a lot of folks, especially when you look at the approval number or lack thereof of congress. we found a couple of the poll numbers that are very telling. this is a question, what describes your feelings on how -- this is it...

Theyre really -- hey, this is kind of like the health care debate. dont let the government get between you and your doctor. the governments getting between the union and its workers. why? this is not about economic development. unions account for only about 20% of the workforce in michigan. michigans new right-to-work law isnt going to affect economic development in a positive way whatsoever. and there is a road map to prove that. look at states around the country that are right to work. union m...

This time around ohio quite memorably voted for president obama. that made karl rove crazy. ohio went for obama. even so, there were more votes for republicans in ohio congress there -- in congress there. narrowly speaking, republicans had the edge in congressional votes from ohio voters, narrowly speaking. but look what theyre sending to congress. look at that. not narrowly speaking. three times as many. ohio is going to send 12 republicans to congress and just four democrats. and that is why a...

Concerned about this relationship between the union and its workers. theyre really -- hey, this is kind of like the health care debate. dont let the government get between you and your doctor. the governments getting between the union and its workers. why? this is not about economic development. unions account for only about 20% of the workforce in michigan. michigans new right-to-work law isnt going to affect economic development in a positive way whatsoever. and there is a road map to prove th...