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Thats reflected in the polling and unease with the president, reflected that congresss rating is below zero. so i think the political paint ball that continues to go on, i think people are intuitively realizing that the republicans in particular at this hour are the ones who seem to be more interested in scoring points than solving problems. real economy is still not where it needs to be. >> you know, there are a lot of republicans that are angry, mark halperin, specifically at ted cruz and marc...

>> yeah. >> by march, his math his improved enormously. >> does that check out right? >> yes. >> 27. all right, good job. he really has bought into solving problems, and even the word problems. that are challenging for him. >> youve got to stand up. nice. >> he will 9 times out of 10 solve them correctly. >> how many students voted him total. what do you have to do to get that number? i think youre right. >> where would you have placed him in the class in terms of math when he first came here? >...

>> levon longstreet is succeeding on the wrestling mat and having some success in the classroom. >> did you add the one also? >> yeah. >> by march, his math his improved enormously. >> does that check out right? >> yes. >> 27. all right, good job. he really has bought into solving problems, and even the word problems. that are challenging for him. >> youve got to stand up. nice. >> he will 9 times out of 10 solve them correctly. >> how many students voted him total. what do you have to do to get...

It is deplorable, isnt it? >> i think the insurance companies figured obama wasnt going to get re-elected. they were shocked and then they figured that maybe the supreme court certainly wouldnt uphold this, and then they did. and theyre kind of caught with their pants down in this situation. but honestly, were all caught with our pants down. were all going to suffer the consequences of this. we keep delaying things. why dont we just delay the whole bill permanently and come up with a solution th...

Stick it to the chronically ill. well, we stick it to the chronically ill, they dont have a lot of lobbyists. >> i think the insurance companies figured obama wasnt going to get re-elected. they were shocked and then they figured that maybe the supreme court certainly wouldnt uphold this, and then they did. and theyre kind of caught with their pants down in this situation. but honestly, were all caught with our pants down. were all going to suffer the consequences of this, we keep delaying thing...

Have lost their jobs. and many of them who are working are working two or three jobs because theyre not making the minimum wage. and some kind of way, woo we have got to help people stay in the middle class and some of them get back into the middle class and stay there. and the only way were going to be able to do it is do things like increasing the minimum wage and addressing the tax issues that you just mentioned. i was pleased with the presidents speech. he spoke of us solving problems as opp...

Have been outlined before. when the american public sits back, and if nothing is done and we go into another hostage situation at the beginning of the fall over the debt ceiling, i dont see the blame falling on democratic shoulders. i think that what is happening. in the shohouse is so obvious t the american public, do you still think republicans have leverage to gain by this behavior? >> it is hard to say. i dont think john boehner thinks so. i think john boehner wants to get out of it but i th...

Different cities. the role of federal government is an obvious question because the federal government has intervened when the auto companies needed a big bailout. you go back to the 1970s and that famous headline in the "new york daily news" when new york was in trouble, "ford to city: drop dead." here are some of the facts about the auto bailout and about the current debt detroit has. you had 80 plus billion dollars that flowed to the auto companies when they needed help. now youve got a total...

>> as is the case in a lot of different cities. the role of federal government is an obvious question because the federal government has intervened when the auto companies needed a big bailout. you go back to the 1970s and that famous headline in the "new york daily news" when new york was in trouble, "ford to city: drop dead." here are some of the facts about the auto bailout and about the current debt detroit has. you had 80 plus billion dollars that flowed to the auto companies when they need...

Teenager with impunity. the issue of gang violence -- >> you are totally -- >> -- does that change reality. >> i must say this -- >> we cant hear when everyones talking. i just want to get charles in here and then i promise i will -- weve talked about your district here. >> i just hate when we reduce problems and try to say this one thing is the problem. racial scars are deep and racial memories are long. and i think once you understand that a lot of things go into creating problems, and there w...