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Democratic senator barbara boxer saying there before the mike was cut out was "oh, my god, we did it." oh, my god, is this really happening? joining us is chris hayes, host of msnbcs excellent new weekend show called "up with chris hayes." chris, its great to see you. >> its great to see you, rachel. >> do i have the soft bigotry of low expectations? am i applauding things that -- >> you need to come in and rain on the parade. no, i thought the senate -- i thought there was a sort of vestigial s...

Democratic senator barbara boxer saying there before the mike was cut out was "oh, my god, we did it." oh, my god, is this really happening? joining us is chris hayes, host of msnbcs excellent new weekend show called "up with chris hayes." chris, its great to see you. >> its great to see you, rachel. >> do i have the soft bigotry of low expectations? am i applauding things that -- >> you need to come in and rain on the parade. no, i thought the senate -- i thought there was a sort of vestigial s...

Oh, my. i think what we just heard democratic senator barbara boxer saying there before the mike was cut out was "oh, my god, we did it." oh, my god, is this really happening? joining us is chris hayes, host of msnbcs excellent new weekend show called "up with chris hayes." chris, its great to see you. >> its great to see you, rachel. >> do i have the soft bigotry of low expectations? am i applauding things that -- >> you need to come in and rain on the parade. no, i thought the senate -- i thou...

Pretty fair to say that the tea party movement has a lot of the energy right now, enthusiasm on the right. and of course they were big players last year in the republican primaries and mid-terms. undeniably theyll be players in the battle for the republican presidential nomination. so if youre thinking about running for president on the republican side, where else would you rather be? thats where michele bachmanns going to be today, at a tea party rally in south carolina. she was there over the ...

Million and upwards of $1 billion. >> so the president has made it official but we havent seen a single member of the gop make it official yet. why the wait? >> well, we had seen tim pawlenty open up an exploratory committee. hes the minnesota governor. hes all by in. weve seen newt gingrich take another serious steps toward it. he seems to be on the verge of asking. but it comes down to again money. it costs a lot of money to run these campaigns. republicans saw how much it cost back in 2007. t...

Out in new hampshire and came back in south carolina. he didnt win it. he has a following that can keep him going. these other guys, you take pawlenty, i think if he loses in iowa, hes gone. >> money is still a challenge. >> for huckabee. >> raising money is a challenge. >> if he wins iowa, he skips new hampshire, wins south carolina, the money comes in and the next state is going to be florida. >> theyre dragging this out a lot more than they did in the past. its not as compressed. >> one thing...

Every two years if you include mid-terms, force or encourage or even reward policymakers for focusing on short. term factors, things like debts and deficits which are important, they slewly are. but a lot of what im talking about, things about capital investment, labor investment and education and investing in innovative technologies are things that are -- many would argue intractable longer term issues that need to be dealt with. >> i think the first thing is to get serious about fiscal reform....

Megyn: that is shocking to see the democratic line almost as high as the republican line on matters that are controversial. tax and spend our way out of a recession. they seem to be in alignment, the gop and democrats on that. >> thats what make its ad so effective. it says that just get it done. go to work, get it done, i hair, i get it. all the elements of a successful ad are in there. megyn: do you know why they are coming out with it again now? i can see it in the lead up to the mid-terms. b...

About him. people trying to rip off his policies, sure. but trying to get serious about pension reform, health care benefits. how to get rid of huge budget gaps popping up in idaho, pennsylvania, wisconsin. people are empowered. yes, you see the left in the streets with the teachers. you see the legislators fleeing out of wisconsin. not the best optics for democrats but you see republican governors empowered, the 2010 mid-terms, so much overspent by state governments something has to be done an ...

Debate in the west wing. you can understand why. is this one of those defining moments in a presidency? >> it is. i was joking with my husband during my times at the white house, i used to use the word "delicate balancing act" all the time, but this is a real delicate balancing act. the president does run the risk for some people to say he is not coming out more forcefully on a historic moment that could set about with incredible democratic change in the middle east. he is weighing that with not...