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Room. maybe thats why the american people think theyre responsible. they didnt say anything. look at their face. hand them a napkin. melissa harris-perry and richard wolffe thank you for your time. >> thank you, reverend. ahead, newt wants poor 9-year-olds to work as janitors, and the gop loves it. folks meet your gop. and meet mitt romney, speaking out about buying computers and obliterating e-mails. you wont believe what hes saying. plus the smear plan uncovered. weve got the secret plan...

Not willing to put serious revenue on the table as part of a balanced plan. this is something very straightforward and you understand it, al. weve got to get our budget under control. and there are basically two ways of doing it. one, which the republicans are proposing, is you just cut, education, you cut science, you cut medicare. you put more of a burden on people who can least afford it, or alternatively, you make some prudent cuts, selective cuts in some programs that dont work anymore, you...

Ironically, businesses and the wealthy would do better if the economy was stronger. so the position theyre taking is short-sighted, but you know, it must be my religious faith, reverend, because hope springs eternal and i continue to believe that at some point common sense will prevail and well be able to work something out. but in the meantime, this isnt like august where weve got a major crisis on our hands. were just going to have to keep on pushing to see if we can get republicans to accept ...

Politics for the president but he also holds the important cards in his hand which is to say at the end of the election year, the bush tax cuts expired, the sequesters, automatic cuts kick in and unless they come up with a better plan thats all going to go through, so if congress wants to step up and do something, they can avert this and if they dont want to do anything, all of this is going to go through and the deficit will come down. if theyre serious about the deficit coming down, theyll tak...

Republicans 39% for the super committees failure as opposed to only 27% the democrats. 77% of democrats, 62% of independents, 43% of republicans want to see taxes raised on the rich. has the republicans overplayed their hand, overshot the runway? >> well, i mean look, sure the american public blames the republicans for a couple of reasons. one, the president offered a deficit reduction plan which was reje rejected. its not as though he hasnt offered a plan. he tended up in the debt ceiling drama...

To compromise, not turn off the pressure. the only way spending cuts will not take place is if congress gets back to work and agrees on a balanced plan to reduce the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion. thats exactly what they need to do. thats the job they promised to do. >> of course many republicans are blaming the president. rick perry says, president obamas responsible. willard mitt romney says "hes done nothing." michele bachmann says hes failed to lead. i talked with president obama in an e...