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Scrambling to defend it, a senior adviser says its fair. he did say the words. thats his voice. applying that same standard, think progress, put together the mittsters greatest hits. a reminder, mitt romney did say the following words and that is his voice. >> we should just raise everybodys taxes. >> theres nothing unique about the united states. >> the governor knows people. >> this is heartless and immoral. >> lets just raise your taxes a little bit more. a little bit mother. >> lets turn to ...

What he criticized mccain of doing four years ago. obama doesnt want to talk about the economy because of his failed record. i guess they forgot to put in the ad that they were referring to mccain and obama four years ago. i guess we just were supposed to know that, but aside from that, richard, i want to show you something. think progress put together an impressive video today on mitt romney, willard in his own words. >> we should just raise everybodys taxes. >> theres nothing unique about the ...

President of a chapter of the koch-funded americans for prosperity pact. and then theres rich lowery, the so-called economist behind the 9-9-9 plan who really worked at wells fargo while he was on the board of advisers for americans for prosperity. you can see the logo behind them. cain says hes mainstream. i dont buy it. his policies are out to destroy main street america. joining me now is scott keys, the reporter at "think progress" who broke the story, why herman cain is koch brothers favori...

The american economy and restore the middle class. thats what has always been the strength of the country, and we are seeing the institutions basically argue in congress about cutting the budget, about lowering taxes, particularly for the high end folks, and not doing anything about job creation. and this inability of congress to work together, we do need more frank wolfs of the republican side, and democrats willing to work with him, because some of the folks that give confidence, we make decis...

Abetting this activity against the american consumer. house majority leader eric cantor spoke to the cme group in chicago yesterday morning. cme group is the worlds largest owner and operator of private exchanges for derivative products. its a fancy name for saying speculators. think progress obtained this -- pay attention -- unbelievable video and admission. >> we want to help you continue to lead for america. that means weve got to do our part when you see the implementation of dodd/frank comi...

Tonight, im going to show you exactly who is aiding and abetting this activity against the american consumer. house majority leader eric cantor spoke to the cme group in chicago yesterday morning. cme group is the worlds largest owner and operator of private exchanges for derivative products. its a fancy name for saying speculators. think progress obtained this -- pay attention -- unbelievable video and admission. >> we want to help you continue to lead for america. that means weve got to do our...

Problem at a whole. they want to kill medicare, the tea party is ripping them apart at the seams, and they believe in radical ideas way outside of the mainstream. now, to help me talk about this, blogger for think progress -- its not like they were posing a threat, theyre delivering, right? >> sure. how radical is that? >> a small number of legislators voted against it. she was endorsed this week by a group thats run by corporate lobbyists. >> you have to ask the question, whose freedom are we t...

Ha! back to "hardball." now to the sideshow. first of all, the politician versus the poet. rick santorum has a new slogan on his campaign website. fighting to make america america again. sound familiar? a take on the 1938 poem by langston hughes who is a known activist for liberal causes. think progress confronted santorum with a disconnect at a campaign event. >> is this a coincidence? >> i didnt know that. the folks who worked on that slogan for me didnt inform me that that is where it came fr...

Slogan has a surprise derivation, the update of john kerrys presidential campaign slogan let america be america again, which was taken word for word from the title of a 1938 poem by langston hughes, one of the many works that inspired this countrys civil rights movement. think progress.org was the first to report on the oddity of a right wing republican using a slogan that was derived from the words of a poet who lived far to the left of the democratic party. lee fang of think progress caught up...

Lee fang of think progress caught up with senator santorum to talk about the slogan. >> fighting america to make america again. is it intentional that this was a -- >> no, because i had nothing to do with that, so -- >> sorry. thanks. did you have a clarification there? is this a coincidence? >> yeah, i didnt know that, and the folks who worked on that slogan for me didnt inform me that thats where it came from, if, in fact, it came from that? >> is langston hughes one of your favorite poets? >>...