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Real issue is wages and jobs. most people over the last 35 years have not really seen their wages increase, adjusted for inflation. in fact, the bottom half of the american workforce has actually seen their wages drop, adjusted for inflation. and that really, to me, signals that there is an experiment that failed and that experiment is called trickle-down economics. give tax breaks to the rich and you hope that it trickles down to everybody else. well, donald trump has talked a lot about trickle...

The entrenched interests who have their hands unnaturally on the leaders of power in our so-called democratic system. thats why it needs to come bottom up in this country. now, you look at china who are meeting us halfway on this. right here in los angeles with this historic summit. and china is very much a top down system. they can pivot quicker than us even though theyre a much bigger system and much bigger population, 1.4 billion people. theyre outstripping us in solar, in all across the rene...

Have forcing mechanism, any kind of stress. so you see what happens in societies in which jobs get scarce, right after a financial crisis. its very easy under conditions can of constrained resources for some of the worst impulses in politics, doesnt matter the society to come out. thats a real thing to worry about. >> i think it is. people have to understand that the cost of not fighting climate change now is going to be much, much greater later to our economy. so but its not an issue of whats r...

The entrenched interests who have their hands unnaturally on the leaders of power in our so-called democratic system. thats why it needs to come bottom up in this country. now, you look at china who are meeting us halfway on this. right here in los angeles with this historic summit. and china is very much a top down system. they can pivot quicker than us even though theyre a much bigger system and much bigger population, 1.4 billion people. theyre outstripping us in solar, in all across the rene...

So we will continue to hideout. mitch daniels said im happy to talk to them but he has to come back here. >> shannon: he has gotten praise for being tough and getting things done and handling the finances in indiana. did you talk whether that will translate into 2012 and whether that will be a run for the white house? >> if he does it he will be the bitter medicine candidate. he has a terrific record. he took a $600 million deficit in indiana and within a year turned it around into a $370 millio...

Government cant take them away. we restrain government so government cannot infringe upon the rights. when were a top-down system, whats really coming out of the obama administration, we put that all upside down. instead, the government becomes sovereign rather than the people. the answer to the crisis is not government, it is the people. its rejuvenating the country in such a way we can be a leader in the world again. we lost that concept. our president put the country down, not advanced it in ...

Discussion, heres one more question i put to joe miller. if you had to in a sentence or two describe obama, how would you do that? >> bad for america. >> thats one sentence. you dont get that often out a politician. what do you base that? >> hes one of the major forces moving this country towards socialism. hes expanding the entitlement state. it is the wrong direction for america. this is a bipartisan problem. but hes at the front of it. the growth of stimulus programs it the growth of basicall...

Halperin. co-author of "game change." democratic vat gist, steve mcmahon. and former republican and congresswoman susan molinari. welcome. first you, mark. lets talk about the tea party group. we just saw lisa miller and she -- went after the birthers. "the new york times" really did, you know, pull up the rug on what is some of the fringe groups who were joining in. >> right. >> you cant police something thats not a political party that has no leader and really is an expression of anger at wash...