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elections in wisconsin, where democrats failed to oust republicans from control of the state senate. >> woodruff: we take a second look at jeffrey browns conversation with philip levine named today the next poet laureate of the united states and a man who comes from working class america. >> i realized that this world that i thought was going to stop me from writing a decent body of poetry had in fact become central to my writing poetry. >> warner: and from our student reporting labs, ...

fritz, republicans had a virtual lock on all of washington heading into election night 2006. they controlled every single lever of power they could control in d.c. by the end of election night 2006, that was no longer the case. >> by midnight in washington, it was a new day for the democrats, a national wave swept republicans from power in the house for the first time since the republican revolution in 1994. but the democratic wave didnt end there. well after midnight, the senate began...

>> the obama campaign thinks mitt romney is weird. >> mitt romney, get the phone. >> they plan an aggressive counterattack. >> assault on both mitt romneys personality -- >> to disqualify the opponent. >> also his business background. americans think hes awkward. they mentioned his love of skinny jeans. >> the other guy looks weird in skinny jeans. >> weird. >> shiny balls. >> weird. >> and "newsweek" cannot knock michele bachmann off message. >> my name is michele bachmann. >> an unfl...

>> ooh. >> the obama campaign thinks mitt romney is weird. >> mitt romney, get the phone. >> they plan an aggressive counterattack. >> assault on both mitt romneys personality -- >> to disqualify the opponent. >> also his business background. americans think hes awkward. they mentioned his love of skinny jeans. >> the other guy looks weird in skinny jeans. >> weird. >> shiny balls. >> weird. >> and "newsweek" cannot knock michele bachmann off message. >> my name is michele bachmann. >>...

three incumbent republicans have kept their seats. and if youre doing the math, two plus three, but wait, there were six. right. the crucial sixth race. the one that would change the balance of power in the senate is at this moment too close to call. this is the crucial race. wisconsin state senate district 8, where democrat sandy pasch challenged senate republican alberta darling. alberta darling is a veteran state edge slaitor. she has been in the state senate since 1992. she is chai...

bad times. lets play "hardball." good evening. im chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, show us your plan, mr. president. really it doesnt matter whether s&p was right or wrong to downgrade americas credit rating, does it? markets agree. we have a problem. the dow plunged almost 635 points today on the first day of trading after s&ps downgrade. it was the dows worst day since december 1, 2008. good evening americans and welcome to the ed show. great to have you with us i...

swept away in the next election. plus, texas governor rick perry is so against government handouts, that he took a load of money for his own farm. thats our ethic con job of the day. welcome to the show. im al sharpton. tonights lead -- the big night in wisconsin is also a major moment for the progressive movement. were just three hours away from the polls closing on an unprecedented recall election. six republican state senators are facing recall, if democrats can flip three seats, ...

the dow ended the day up nearly 430 points, but the up-down day on wall street, how skittish the markets are about the economy 7 thats just another reason i say that president obama needs to come up with a jobs program. needs to highlight the bridges and roads that need fixing in this country and make republican say, no, i dont want jobs in my district. the question isnt whether president obama should do it or how. im telling him how. show the bridge, the rotten roads, the broken down ...

swept away in the next election. plus, texas governor rick perry is so against government handouts, that he took a load of money for his own farm. thats our ethic con job of the day. welcome to the show. im al sharpton. tonights lead -- the big night in wisconsin is also a major moment for the progressive movement. were just three hours away from the polls closing on an unprecedented recall election. six republican state senators are facing recall, if democrats can flip three seats, ...

>> its election eve here in wisconsin. the polls open tomorrow morning. six republicans are up for recall. ill talk to two of their democratic people. plus, members of the wisconsin 14 are here. they will join me live. wisconsin is showing america how to fight back, the tea party is cheering their role in the nations credit down grachltd john nichols of the nation has the latest on wisconsin and beyond. good evening americans and welcome to theed show. great to have you with us in madi...