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>> the divide continues. mark haleprin up in washington with a question for you. mark? >> congresswoman, what is the connection between wall street and job creation as you see it? >> can you hear him? >> we cant hear him. >> whats the connection between wall street and job creation as you see it, mark haleprin asked. >> i worked in a big new york law firm before i actually came back to alabama to practice law. and i really think that what were witnessing with the whole protests of wall street is...

Policies. i agree with mark haleprin. i think in this case, well see two things on this. one, whether or not the unions and now some of us in civil rights that are dealing with the occupy wall street crowd are able to move in a way that will concretely affect the political outcome of where were going. because at the end of the day, if nothing is achieved here, which the tea party did do, then its all theater. and secondly, whether those that are in the occupy wall street movement are too far lef...

Thats united. >> is it strong enough of a republican party for its nominee to beat this president? >> oh, absolutely. strong enough to beat both of us. the american people right now are -- many of them are in real trouble. and even larger percentage have stagnant wages. and a significant majority of the american people believe that the countrys not moving in the right direction. that is never a good place to be going into a reelection. whether its your fault or not your fault, its almost sometim...

Go on to the factory floor. keep giving your speeches, keep giving your press conferences, and keep pointing out -- the thing he really needs to underline is that i want this policy. a year and a half ago, republicans asked for the identical policy. lets get that done. just keep hammering it. make the republicans look like obstructionists, and i think it could be a political win for him in the long run. and more importantly, we may actually get a bill passed that could create a few jobs. >> in t...

Because he didnt think mitch mcconnell could help him out. he didnt want to help republicans out. democrats on capitol hill have told this president, told this white house were in power now, we own washington, d.c., were going to write these bills, whether its stimulus bill or health care reform, and to hell with the republicans. that led to where we are this past year. and now youve got republicans that dont want to help this president out at all. its put us in a very, very bad position. >> why...

Have been a smashing success. >> you know, mark haleprin, what made the tea party so powerful in 2010 is you had the same kind of independents that voted democratic for bill clinton for eight years and for ronald reagan for eight years. those were genuinely swing voters. the perot types that would go back and forth and were upset with both parties. im curious if you -- who you see in these occupy wall street protests if you think these are swing voters, as well. or do you think theyre so firmly ...

Im sorry to bring the mark haleprin substitute run on the politico playbook to an end. >> i dont know if you saw earlier, he was busy in the lavatory of a delta flight. he skyped in. it was remarkable television. you guys were reporting that michele bauchmanns campaign is going all in in iowa. they think thats their only chance. what do you think? >> yeah, you hit on this yesterday. the playbook of michele bauchmann and rick santorum. she has kind of denied that iowa is a must-win. in fact, on a...

More affordable. >> that would be great. so lets go ahead and get the news. also, i cant wait to talk to jim cramer. hes saying things may be getting better economically. thats exciting. also -- >> its classified. we wont tell you what nicole wallace is going to talk about because its classified. >> were also going to be talking about something -- while america slept, right, while america was sleeping, history was made right here in the studio. much like -- i wonder if the world was sleeping whe...

December? >> the white house is still frustrated and understandably so. the republicans arent saying how theyre going to make up the difference here if they dont go for new revenue. so i think what the president thinks is different is the super committee has to meet that number. good luck to anybody reaching that number -- >> excuse me, haleprin, wasnt there more of an opportunity to do this about an year -- to make this happen, and now it seems like this is being proposed when it wont happen. a...

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