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Groundhog day only a little scarier and a lot stranger. And our story begins here, the speaker of the house, theres no need to adjust your set because this is supposed to be a photo of jim demint. He resigned from the senate back in january and he last served in the senate eight years ago. He might as well based on what happened today the guy who controls the United States house of representatives. John boehner gets to hold the gavel so he controls that but not much more. Jim demint no longer ho...

To us. Hes gone on still on the campaign trail, still working through. Republicans have not waited to solve this problem. Congressman is going to struggle with the numbers as mitt romney did during the debates. They dont add up. If you dont increase the tax rates on the highest 2 , you cannot generate enough revenue for deficit reduction. Unfortunately, the changes in the tax code, which is republicans want to turn to will increase taxes and cut Tax Deductions for the middle class americans. All...

Ringing any bells . In virginia right now, the election is not over, despite the calendar. We know that bishop e. W. Jackson is not going to be Lieutenant Governor in virginia. We know that Ken Cuccinelli is not going to be governor in virginia, but you know what . Ken cuccinelli is still the attorney general of that state, and that turns out to be really, really important, given that the election is not yet over. For the last generation or so, attorneys general in virginia have stepped down if ...

National debt by the skin of our teeth. Starting right now, midnight, the source the moment that the u. S. Treasury said we would begin the risk of defaulting on National Debt if congress did not raise the debt ceiling. With 90 minutes to spare, the house finally did vote to avoid that catastrophe, voted to raise that on end the shut down. The bill had passed the Senate Earlier by a vote of 8118. The 18 no votes were all republican no votes. All of the Senate Republicans voted in favor of ending...

Friend or perhaps starting her journey to the white house. Is texas senator ted cruz far behind . There are two levels of filters that should prevent this from happening again. Also ahead, a florida judge speaks out about the killers who allegedly forged his name to escape prison. What he says about missed warning signs as the allout manhunt stretches into the weekend. Plus, gone and forgotten, the tangled lines of responsibility leaving some in Colorado Living in virtual ghosttowns that look li...

The evidence free zone. This was a political gift to the president. The fiasco of this rollout has been obscured because of this. Let this happen a little more organically. Some republicans gray beards in washington who make the point, lets just let this collapse. Ted cruz can talk all he wants. Hes never going to be 60 of the country. I consider that theory the bad scenario. Hes got to learn the difference between standing for principle and standing in front of a train. All right. On this first...

Break. Today its clear American Voters of every stripe, want action on inequality. Look at this poll. 91 of democrats support raising the minimum wage. 76 of independents support it. And here comes the big one. 58 of republicans support it. Yes, a big majority of americans including Republican Voters want it. This comes a week after new jersey residents voted to raise minimum wage. In washington state, a 15 per hour minimum wage appears to be on the verge of passing. President obama wants it and...

Official telling nbc news about 476,000 insurance applications have been filed through the obama care website. That figure is the number of people who have stopped on the site, not though purchased plans. Meantime, president obama expected to address problems with the website at a Health Care Event at the white house tomorrow. Treasury secretary jack lew talked about the glitches on meet the press. I think theres no one more frustrated than the president at the difficulty in the website. There a...

Im melissa harrisperry. After weeks of republicans making a series of desperate plays to score wins, the democrats unwilling to give a single inch of ground and with the clock running down on the United States deadline to repay its financial obligations, game over, an 11thhour vote in the house of representatives wednesday approved a senate plan to raise the debt ceiling and finally reopen the government after 16 long days of being out of business. President obama made it official with his signa...

Devastating for the region, making it the second costliest hurricane in the nations history. But what was worse than the actual devastation caused by sandy was the fallout that had nothing to do with the storm and everything to do with politics. If you think the recent 16day shutdown is the first sign that republicans are willing to break all the political rules in order to destroy government, not even close. Because the willingness by members of congress to choose not to vote for sandy relief w...