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Primary. >> we know president obama is the best food stamp president in american history. >> i dont want to make black peoples lives better by giving them somebody elses money. i want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money. >> youre doing it because you care about america. paul and i have not promised you a bigger check from the government. >> as atwater said, the message is coded. but what hes getting at is crystal clear. joining me now is toure, host of "the cycle" here on m...

>> somehow i dont think he hit the nail on the head. but louisiana governor bobby jindal might be onto something. he says the republicans need to stop being the stupid party. wow, the stupid party. there is a war inside the gop and nobody knows how this will end. joining me now, steve kornacki and krystal ball, co-hosts of "the cycle" on msnbc. >> our guys, the upper echelon of the republican party, want to fashion themselves as members of the ruling class. we the country class are not in the ru...

Sulgtly in other cases, but has been built around race in a way that alienates black voters, hispanic voters. you just saw that. >> steve kornacki and krystal ball, thank you for your time tonight. catch them on "the cycle" weekdays at 3 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. ahead, they are among the biggest losers of all. what the big election fail means for the right wing religious movement in this country. and the gop fringe rises again. the move to secede from the usa is back. are they serio...

Can we slash spending without slashing thousands of hometown jobs? i dove into the republican "twilight" zone and nearly lost my mind. the real truth on "the cycle," monday, november 12th. we kick off this week on "the cycle" with no upcoming election and no massive impending storm to warn you about. lets take a moment to enjoy the calm. >> nice. >> all right, enough of that. we enjoyed the peace for about as long as washington did. theres an unfolding story of the resignation of cia directo...

Sound like on january 1st, the world would literally end. what would happen is number one, negotiations would begin immediately to restore the middle class parts of the tax cut and there would be sort of a slow but, you know, it could be potentially serious if it went on too long but i doubt it would go on very long. once you hit january 1st, republicans will be sobered up immediately. they will realize the election of 2012 did happen and theyll have to come back to the table. >> we may just hav...

Come to the middle class. they need security right now. >> so lets not wait. even as were negotiating a broader deficit reduction package, lets extend the middle class tax cuts right now. lets do that right now. in fact, the senate has already passed a bill doing exactly this. so all we need is action from the house. and ive got the pen ready to sign the bill right away. im ready to do it. im ready to do it. >> hes got the pen and hes got the weight of the american people behind him in this deba...

Cleveland and akron. its an impediment to voting, and it is on purpose. heres another one not on purpose. "the new york times" reporting today, quote, in ohio the crucial democratic strong hold of cuyohoga county which includes cleveland had more people vote early every day this year than in 2008, until monday. what happened monday? hurricane sandy. the day of the storm when the daily tally began to lag from its levels of four years ago. so barriers to voting this year are in some cases acts of ...

Election day they are getting infrequent voters. >> voting in florida is down from 2008. >> its not. >> if you think democrats can youpt vote republicans on election day in florida youre in good shape. if not youre probably behind which is why the president is not there today. >> just briefly to jennifers point you dont have to take our word on it on sour grapes. the supreme court put back "today" tempt by ohio republicans to restrain early vote. it shouldnt be a partisan issue. its important yo...

Case and i almost could see that maybe would break the tie. >> yeah. >> right. bill clinton out there campaigning for obama, it can be effective but people expect bill clinton to be campaigning for obama. when its chris christie suddenly the guy whos the keynote speaker at the republican convention speaking up and vouching for him, thats the kind of thing, people who are wavering back and forth, that registers with them to some extent. >> how are you hanging in personally dealing with the storm?...

>> yeah. >> right. bill clinton out there campaigning for obama, it can be effective but people expect bill clinton to be campaigning for obama. when its chris christie suddenly the guy whos the keynote speaker at the republican convention speaking up and vouching for him, thats the kind of thing, people who are wavering back and forth, that registers with them to some extent. >> how are you hanging in personally dealing with the storm? >> i have it a lot better than most people. i used to live ...