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Control what you do. and for the rnc to say none of these people get to interview our candidates. it doesnt have to be you and me. how about, you know have somebody keeping time. let the republicans ask the questions. because the sole purpose of these debates is for the media, working for the democratic party, to implanting the republican ideas that somebody wants to ban contraception. if you and i could moderate a democrat debate i would spend 15 minutes asking democrats to describe exactly wha...

And heres the best part. its not just us. america is ready to fight back. >> senator warren went where most democrats are afraid to go, attacking republican economic policy at its origin, ronald reagan. and she did it in ronald reagans home state. >> for more than 30 years, starting with ronald reagan, the republican leadership latched onto an idea it called trickle down economics. and then they got to work. they attacked wages. they attacked pensions. they attacked health care. they attacked un...

And heres the best part. its not just us. america is ready to fight back. >> senator warren went where most democrats are afraid to go attacking republican economic policy at its origin, ronald reagan. and she did it in ronald reagans home state. >> for more than 30 years starting with ronald reagan the republican leadership latched onto an idea it called trickle down economics. and then they got to work. they attacked wages. they attacked pensions. they attacked health care. they attacked union...

Base, and i loved it then and i love it now. i am retired and i sing in a barbershop quartet. i was a single writer for 30 years. the jingle business started in 1955. that was cjor, and that was in toronto. that was pretty good stuff. we were pretty good back then, you know. it was like heaven. go to work, sing, get paid for it, and what could be better? you have to plan ahead. thats all there is to it. we did not have any pensions or any 401(k)s, and we were all independent contractors, so we w...

Appeal among republican primary voters. how he brandished a message that is conservative and economically populist. al the former arkansas governor understands something important about gop voters. they arent opposed to welfare responding as long as its for them. >> if congress wants to take away someones retirement let them end their own congressional pensions not your social security. >> and john ill start with you on the right here, that line from that huckabees announcement speech jumped out...

He took some stances which normally would be considered controversial. his slogan youre always going to know where he stands. and that plays well. i think the issue is whether or not he can convince people that theres no disconnect between whats going on that they can see in front of them on that diner or on their tv screen and what he and his people are doing behind the scenes the things that they cant see. and i think there is this real demand right now in the electorate for a government that ...

Resignation, a lot of tea party types. its going to be fascinating to see what jeb bush says to that group of people. this is a very difficult needle to thread to talk to that republican primary electorate and preserve his viability in the general election. i think that speech is going to be very emblematic of what he has to do. >> great point. thank you both. at his presidential announcement today in arkansas mike huckabee said something you dont hear from a lot of republicans. >> if congress...

Why? hes giving a speech to the clark county lincoln day dinner. the clark county republican party called for rights resignation, a lot of the ron paul people all the of the tea party types. its going to be fascinating to see what jeb bush says to that group of people. this is a difficult needle for that group to thread and still preserve his viability in the general election. i think that speech is going to be a very emblem attic of what he has to do be having interesting to see what he has to ...

[ applause ] as president, ill fight for term limits on all three branches of government [ applause ] that would help return us to the founders dream that serving the public should be a temporary duty, not a lucrative career with generous pensions and paychecks that arent available to the very people who pay for them. [ applause ] you know, if someone is elected to an office, then give the taxpayers what theyre paying for and the job that you said you wanted. if you live off the government payro...

[ applause ] we saw family income increase by 50% during my tenure. some propose that to safe safety nets like medicare and social security, we ought to chop off payments for people who have faithfully had their paychecks and pockets picked by politicians promises them their money would wait for them when they were old and sick. you were forced to pay for social security and medicare for 50 years. the government grabs the money from our paychecks and says it will be waiting for us when we turn 6...