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A maneuver to kill the filibuster, it does become a question of do you want to be the folks that change the rules or get the rules change odd them, and it does create an impetus to do it quickly. >> there is that cold war sensation to it all, this mutually assured destruction possibility that even if you end up in the minority, you will love that filibuster rule. how about the party of no and how its working politically. the republicans seem convinced, as they were, by the way, in 1994, that bei...

Safety and make sure this is happening. if youre one of these contractors whos getting paid an living in these areas that has top-secret clearance, as you write in the article, you have to submit to very strict intrusive rules. you take lie detector tests routinely. you have to sign all types of forms, file lengthy reports on overseas travel. it is also interesting theyre coached on how to deal with nosey neighbors for example or curious friends, and in some cases coached to assume false identit...

Attitudes are well hardened. but we live in a fast-paced universe these days the white house thinks they still have some time before november to convince the american people that we are on the right track. but nancy pelosi, speaker of the house, the democrats are really furious because they think that the president is really not devoting all of his energies to make sure that the democrats retain control on capitol hill. if the democrat lose the house, they can be looking forward to an unproducti...

Construction fire. it is great to bring in internet access but hardly a jobs program at a time 12 months into the recovery only 83,000 private sector jobs created when we need to create 13 million by the end of 2013 to bring unemployment back down to 6%. >> i read your article and it scared me. here is the title. "double dip or off the cliff." i dont think any of us -- then again, i think a lot of americans feel like they have fallen off the cliff. your predictions? >> well, if we take a second ...

Believe me. you had a guy in the white house who never said he was sorry for anything. >> one more quick one. as a candidate, candidate obama said he would drain the swamp of washington, reduce the power the lobbyists. as president after signing the health bill he was very proud saying he had beat them. >> when the special interests deployed an army of lobbyists, an onslaught of negative ads to preserve the status quo, you didnt give up. >> but then in the "new york times", a big lobbyist in tow...

>> talking about jobs. a jobs program for liberals and book authors and publishing houses and academics. we recognized the tea party has been great for business on the right, glenn beck and so forth and great for business on the left. a bunch of new books and documentaries under the way. one of the most prominent from thomas frank who wrote a book back what is the matter with kansas. hes got a tea party book on the way. indicate czarnecki of "the new york times" has a book on the way. everywhere...

The people there. i talked to the people in line. what you can feel is they want to be at work. they dont want to be in line waiting on a check. were getting them checks. people go and make their claim and leave with a check. what were doing is is trying to minimize the immediate impact. longer term, im sure well have to work that out. were moving swiftly to get these people who are predomin t predominantly displaced from working, get them money so they can buy their groceries and we can offset ...

There were reports that billions went to districts that dont exist. there were basically some typos and people filling out where they were using the money. he says no money went into a black hole. a lot of people think that he and the board overseeing the stimulus are taking orders from obama, president obama and his administration. he says thats not true. were totally independent and the most important one i want to take a look at, hes complaining about this. hes complaining about reports that ...

Health care. joining us now to talk about this is dr. michael brooks, senior vice president of west end medical center is here in atlanta. michael, good to see you. angela glover, blackwell founder and chief executive officer of policy link. good to see you. and in new york. mark lamont is back with us, cultural anthropologist and professor at columbia university. mark, let me start with you. congress has passed a jobs bill. congress has passed a stimulus bill. is that enough or does there need ...

Targeting resources, job creation resources, training, workforce training into areas of high unemployment where the chronically unemployed live. thats a big piece of what the congressional black caucus has been doing for many, many years. now, thank goodness, we have a president obama who understands it and were working for -- were moving forward to try to develop specific strategies. its tough, though. let me just tell you. weve been working basically, first of all, to try to develop a summer y...