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Hello, miami. it is great to be back in cleveland. its good to be back in philadelphia. >> it dont mean a thing if you aint got the swing. >> lets get to work. >> the big panel weighs in on the new huge poll numbers for the president in swing states. >> house progressives make a push for universal health care ahead of the big decision on health care. >> and which candidate for office is better suited to handle an alien invasion? >> i felt like the guy from star trek. i was being beamed around. >...

The president in swing states. >> house progressives make a push for universal health care ahead of the big decision on health care. >> and which candidate for office is better suited to handle an alien invasion? >> i felt like the guy from star trek. i was being beamed around. >> an actual poll from national geographic has the answer. >> interesting concept. >> well bring you the results. >> i think man is the most interesting insect on earth, dont you? i went to a small high school. the teache...

Among house progressives, i think we see a united constituency of liberals working to make sure that health reform gets passed and gets passed in the congress this year. its a good sign. >> marcos, democrats of different stripes said they would vote against the bill if it wasnt a public option and some said they would vote against it if it had the so-called cadillac tax on health insurance plans and so on. it seems like none of those threats are holding up and you advocated compromise when it ca...

Signed a letter to health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius saying they would vote no for a bill without a public option. dennis kucinich was cosigner to that letter. lets bring in daily kos founder and publisher and the co-director for campaign for americas future, roger hickey. both of you have worked very hard for over a year to try to push health care reform forward. marcos, you know dennis kucinich did the right thing. roger hickey, what do you think of where dennis kucinich fr...

And so among house progressives, i think you see a united constituency of liberals working to make sure that health reform gets passed and gets passed in this congress this year. its a good sign. >> marcos, democrats of different stripes said they would vote against the bill if there wasnt a public option in it. some said they would vote against it if it had the so-called cadillac tax on union health insurance plans, and so on. it seems like none of those threats are holding up. and you advocate...

The chief of staff. >> clearly rahm emanuel is not going anywhere based on those remarks but, ed, is the white house served at all by having this discussion by rahm emanuel now and largely because of rahm emanuel supporters putting it out there in the papers? >> well, no matter what is out there, david, there are a lot of house progressives that dont respect rahm emanuel as the big power broker some people think he is. if he was, wed have a deal by now. theres a lot that feel burned on cap and t...

And against the cap and trade bill that would raise costs on our cans sans. i approve this megs age because i dont answer to my party. i answer to arkansas. >> well, she says she voted against giving more money to wall street. thats more than interesting because she voted for the initial bank bailout and voted against what president obama was pushing so hard for. by the way, it was not a bailout. it was a loan that is being paid back. she voted against the public option, president obama told hou...

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