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Text a for republicans. text b for democrats. 622639 is the number. and our blog is ed.msnbc.com. results coming up later on in the show. joining me now is virginia congressman jim moran. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. >> good to be with you. >> i was somewhat surprised when jim mcdermott, your colleague and friend, said that to me on the radio today, that there are some in congress who want the president to say okay, ive done all i can do, time now to turn to the election. are y...

Done everything to kill the economy and sink the presidents re-election effort. its not radical for democrats to think president obama should quit trying to work with these folks and go into the campaign mode. republicans dont care about governing and are always in the campaign mode. paul ryan needs to take a look in the mirror. people are in the streets in this country because republicans have forced discontent. republicans depraved indifference to the middle class in america is selfish, undoub...

Its not radical for democrats to think president obama should quit trying to work with these folks and go into the campaign mode. republicans dont care about governing and are always in the campaign mode. paul ryan needs to take a look in the mirror. people are in the streets in this country because republicans have forced discontent. republicans depraved indifference to the middle class in america is selfish, undoubtedly, and it is a national shame. get your cell phones out. i want to know what...

Kennedy way back when or were we all on the same page then? and theres one more thing i want to point out tonight. the last crowd that used to be in charge of the fort, they used to take us into wars, cost us trillions of dollars and a bunch of lives. vice president joe biden reminded us of how this mission was done today. >> the people of libya have gotten rid of a dictator of 40 years who i personally knew. this is one tough not so nice guy. and guess what, they got a chance now. but what woul...

Really embrace the occupy wall street crowd and make that the central part of his re-election campaign. thats all good news. off track is eric cantor. he is saying i guess we have to get the wealthy people and encourage them to create jobs. after weve given them all the breaks. they just havent done it. which just goes to show that their trickle down economic theory, its never worked and it never will. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. which movement is stronger, the 99% m...

Saw what they did to this country. and president obama brings in all these new people and you damn democrats all youve done is let them down. a lot of these protesters around the country are 20-somethings who feel disenfranchised because they were meant to believe they could make a difference. then they see this obstruction and then see democrats who dont have the guts to stand up to the wealthiest americans in this country and tell them they need to pay more. get your krfb cell phones out. the ...

Text a for yes, text b for no t 2622639. one other node, we have seen protesters in how many cities over america? tonights debate was supposed to be about the economy. and not one said they had anything that would change the plight of the 99% in this country. its more rhetoric about corporate tax cuts. its more rhetoric about cant raise taxes on the job creators. nothing new here in case you missed it. thats why im glad youre watching me tonight. joining me now is jim moore. writer at moore thin...

The 2012 campaign. if their message is heard by some candidate, this just might be the movement that starts a major change in this country. get your cell phones out, i want to know what you think. tonights question, do you support the occupy wall street protests? text a for yes. text b for no to 622639. we will bring you the results later on in the show. joining me right now is justin elliott, reporter for salon.com and laura flanders, host of free speech tv. great to have both of you with us to...

Helping americans communicate with the truth, all of a sudden this congress back in 2006 is going to decide were going to change everything? no. its all about the money, its all about going after and attacking unions, and its all about destroying a great institution in this country that they think theyre going to be able to privatize later on down the road. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonights question. will republicans be successful in killing the post office? text ...

Text a for yes, text b for no to 622639 and you can always go to ed.msnbc.com and well bring you the results later in the program. joining me tonight is january jan jankowski because shes had on the table for over a year a bill that asks the wealthiest americans to just do a little bit more to straighten out our fiscal house. congresswoman, great to have you with us tonight. >> thank you, ed. >> you bet. i feel like today the president made a turn. is this a turning point? your thoughts. >> no q...