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Because theyve done so well at dem demonizing obama care, if you actually look at whats in it, they say oh, i like that. its like the people who say get the government out of my medicare. >> you know, congressman, youre on the ground, youre there where people are in kentucky on the ground, are a part of the state program. how are people responding now that they have the ability to sign in on a state program because of the affordable care act or obamacare. tell us the reaction of the people on th...

A bill to the floor, and the speaker called us all in and asked us to come up and give an account. then in 1997 there was the attempted coup against newt gingrich. we have had these little skirmi skirmish. the point is we got over them and we had the control of the u.s. house of representatives for 12 years. i think we are going to get over this one. i think this is the year of the six-year itch. president obama is very unpopular. he is seen as sort of imperial now. obamacare is a failed program...

>> what pelosi and the president says would be less than a million people would choose to voluntarily leave because of this entitlement law. turns out now that figure is three times as large. but also, look, this is not working from a technical standpoint with the website, with the sign-ups. it is also not working from the human standpoint. people who have chronic diseases, who have depended on a doctor for years and years, are now being told you will not keep your own doctor. you have to find s...

Nancy, appreciate you calling in tonight. thank you very much. >> caller: thank you. i want to bring in boyce watkins. with me here michaela angela davis. professor watkins, what do you make of this? i know youve been a fan of paula deen for a long time. >> yeah, i think her food is good, actually. it was one of my favorite restaurants so like a lot of people i was disappointed to hear about any of this. i tried to understand this. i tried to look at it from a human standpoint and when i see p...

Really made to southern culture. ill get to a quote, you know, from your article in a moment, but i do want on just right off the bat get an idea of how you interpreted her statement. did she say enough? the omission of certain words, does that do more damage than good? >> she did -- i tend to agree that she didnt say much of anything in, you know, again, i try to look at this now from a crisis pr standpoint but in actual human standpoint of did it actually, you know, not did the apology, quote-...

>> yeah, i think her food is good, actually. it was one of my favorite restaurants so like a lot of people i was disappointed to hear about any of this. i tried to understand this. i tried to look at it from a human standpoint and when i see paula deen and im from the south like she is icy her like the charles barkley of cooking. she sells you food that might kill you and tell you a joke that might offend you and political correctness isnt her strong suit. if you look throughout her life you see...

Weapons on their own people, then the u.s. would get involved. >> gretchen, the rebels are being led by al-qaeda. i dont think you have to say much more. >> brian: what about iran? what about north korea? >> by the way, iran is with the rebels. theyre the ones fighting. then you have russia. >> brian: theyre with assad. >> russia is -- no. i dont think so. i dont think so. your is with assad. russia is really with assad and frank lee, if you look at whats going on with let iran, let russia strai...

Thank you for coming on and making this. we talk a lot about positive and disparity in this country, but broadly hugely underdiscussed as a subject of national concern. what brought you to this project? >> we were seeing a few years ago, more family struggling, more people out of work than in the last 80 years, yet all the discussion was on cutting budgets and cutting services. we thought we needed to show this subject from a human standpoint. so we decided to follow families that were going thr...

Provide health care for poor people, which is possible in some states, its going to become incumbent upon them to say lets take this federal money temporarily with no strings attached in order to help us balance our budgets and supply health care. >> thats the one part, though, where i think in the short term, the politics, you just want to look at the politics, i agree from a human standpoint its disastrous but all the incentives for the republican politicians in the states you showed line up b...

listen, its a good answer. its a battleground state. we know that. its also a real player in the primaries. i guess arguably its the most important on super tuesday. a blue collar state, a working class state. mitt romney needs to win here. if he doesnt, questions about whether he can win the nomination. for rick santorum whos been trying to appeal to blue collar voters, very important state for him to win. the neighboring state to pennsylvania where hes from. large catholic population...