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Cantore and jason chaffetz and these guys, will they have to defend the hypocrisy in front of this crowd? >> i think they will. cpac is pretty managed, and conservatives tend to be pretty much in the "fall in line" camp dispositionally. but i think its a real genuine test to the independence of both cpac, the conservative movement, and this new tea party phenomenon, which is are you really committed to the principles of small government or are you a tool of the republican party? and for all the ...

This crowd? >> i think they will. cpac is pretty managed, and conservatives tend to be pretty much in the "fall in line" camp dispositionally. but i think its a real genuine test to the independence of both cpac, the conservative movement, and this new tea party phenomenon, which is are you really committed to the principles of small government or are you a tool of the republican party? and for all the talk about how independent theyve been, so far, largely, theyve been essentially a tool of the...

Jim inhofe of denying global warming fame trashed the stimulus, voted no. then praised the effect in his home state by saying it would help spur additional economic growth. jack kingston of georgia trashed the stimulus, voted no. then said these funds should help save or create local jobs. republican john carter of texas praised the effect in his home district by saying it was a victory for the economy in central texas. republican glenn thompson of pennsylvania trashed the stimulus, voted no, th...

Youre going to see a growing crescendo. >> no doubt, dr. scarborough, but what im raising questions with you is someone who feels so strongly about this is whether the tea party is a movement for change or one where people are making personal profit off people who want to make change. let me show you, think progress, which is a progressive organization has recorded the events organizers of the tea party express manager and republican public relations firm has padded its pockets with over $1 mill...

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A yes or a no before you go into the long dialogue otherwise im wasting my time. >> lets bring in our panel. senior fellow at the center for american progress. and managing editor of think progress. a comedian and cocreator of "the daily show." thanks to you all for being here. kevin, im starting with you. i wanted to have this conversation because that sort of exchange with eric holder and then his comments really reraised and reignited the conversation. you saw from the right blaming holder as...

Those would be stronger stances to take because what president obama did by announcing that the u.s. will suspend its participation in these preparatory meetings amounts to essentially a slap on the wrist but not necessarily an all-out snub. so those are some of the options that are being discussed, steve. whats not being discussed is any military action here. it really seems theyre looking at the policy, the potential economic steps that they can take at this point. steve? >> all right, kristen...

>> now, our friend at think progress was the first to report on the exchange, and since then, the blowback has been intense. coming most prominently from democratic house leader nancy pelosi who called it deeply ignorant, shameful, and disturbing. and from congresswoman barbara lee, who called the comments a thinly veiled racial attack. in fact, the blowback has been so substantial, ryan issued a statement to nbc news this morning. it reads in part, after reading the transcript of yesterday morn...

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