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That were out of the -- out of trouble. >> so you underscore there still these economic disparities, but then you look at the year, and there was so much concern over the government shutdown, the partisan gridlock over the national debt limit, and there was a feeling that all of that will kind of stop the momentum. does this mean that it didnt? >> well, it means that the momentum might have been stronger if there hadnt been all of the gridlock. and indeed, you know, the government, the federal g...

Consumers, new people on to the market, will look at these policies and say its a much better deal to go on the exchange, and that they will. >> democratic congresswoman carol shea-porter of new hampshire, thanks for making time for me. joining me dnc communications director and rnc communications director. i want to start with you, shaun, asking kelly ayotte two time what the gop was offering up in place of obama care. she had no answer. and rick santorum agreed that republicans need to bring s...

Majority of counselors down at city hall are left wing tax and spend socialists. >> that defiance is a hallmark of fords persona. some people say approaches delusional. particularly when ford told me that only does he expect to survive this and win re-election but one day wants to hold the highest office in the land, prime minister. bret? >> that would be something. john, thank you. voters in albuquerque, new mexico, will decide tomorrow if theirs will be the first city in the u.s. to outlaw a...

The court ruling mandating equal access to stuff like that happened in june 26. by september 3rd, the entire defense department was in compliance with that court ruling, and everybody was being treated equally. except, except for some states that had anti-gay marriage laws still on the books at the state level, who decided that they would not comply with this federal ruling and this federal direction from the defense department. governors and national guard generals in these states are refusing ...

As "the new york times" noted this week, the applications for i.d. cards are federal form processed by federal employees on a federal computer system. but in these nine states, theyre saying, states rights. theyre saying because they have anti-gay laws at the state levels, they will not process service members applications equally. they are defying federal law so they can keep discriminating against some members of the national guard, against the wishes of the u.s. military. tonight, secretary o...

Amazing, walker, i at any time know we had any money to give out. so the must have looked under in couch cushions. >> thats right. the question to be asked is that, the american taxpayer, who is watching your show today, what is he or she get out of a bailout of detroit? the answer to that question is, absolutely nothing. >> neil: again, again -- they say no bailout. $300 million, strategic investments. you say what? >> what i say is that this establishes an awfully bad precedent. are we going t...

The injustice of mandatory minimum sentences is impossible to ignore when you hear the story of the victim. >> that was rand paul testifying before a hearing of the judiciary wednesday calling for what was once thought of as a liberal idea, reform to sentencing requirements that put drug offenders behind bars comparing them to jim crow laws. as a republican paul might seem to be unlikely for the mandatory minimums but the line between liberals and conservatives on the issue is spreading on both ...

Blacks and whites is similar today to what it was 50 years ago. so i mean not that much has changed. i think symbolically a lot of things have been done but theres a rooted system thats not designed for poor people, people of color or people who come to this country, immigrants. until we can assess the way you change that to make things better for everybody, speeches, protest rallies none of it matters unless you admit theres a fundamental issue that needs to change. >> what is the specific legi...

>> whether it at the state or federal level, this is such a group of people that are digging their heels in and fighting the sea change and i think we will just as we saw, we will talk about it on an unrelated matter but as we saw on the voting rights act, states like texas for example, introducing legislation within hours of the supreme court decision, i think we will see that happening on state levels with regard to doma on a state by state basis, the supreme court made the right decision but ...

Standards. he himself said these standards are top of the line. that doesnt mean it cant be improved. i think by and large they are going to move the needle forward. >> paul: i think some of the people worry, its going to be captured by political interests, particularly most powerful in education and then watered down? >> i think its the reverse. i think its watered down at the state levels. i think massachusetts was the exemption but most state standards are very weak. kids are graduating from ...