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Are you kidding me? you cannot fix this addiction, its a combination of a spending addiction and a power play, and-- >> what do they think? what do they tell the moves, youre making us look bad? i dont understand. >> the military generals say we dont need that tank, dont need that bomber and congress says, yeah, you do. were going to keep it, its nuts to your point. theres a way of making it better, making it perhaps even turn a corner. >> in this instance, i agree, charles. >> i think theres a ...

>> cheri, is the middle class at stake in this election in your opinion? >> oh, weve got to make sure we elect the right members of congress who can stand alongside people like jan schakowsky and move things forward again. we have unprecedented gridlock. were not moving our country forward. im ready to stand in there and look out for people. weve got the uaw here, we have the steelworkers here. we have to look out for the middle class. >> i want to point out this is a nonunion shop. so this was ...

Political battle in wisconsin for the last year. but one union issue has politicians both parties in the badger state on the same page for now. football. specifically the lockout of the n.f.l. officials and replacement referees currently calling games, has sparked bipartisan disappointment. after green bay lost to seattle last night on what many feel was a blown call. republican governor scott walker tweeted, "after catching a few hours of sleep, the packers game is still just as painful. #retur...

Union. talk about, golly, talk about transactional. not to get sidetracked on the union. >> believe me, you would love to get off on that. unions dont give as much as the 1%. its not true. because unions get so much money, the president has been a slave in his pursuit. the number one legislative priority from unions, which is the employee free trade act. the white house didnt lift a finger. the appointments happened six months after he had been pressured by the cio for one little thing. we had a...

Apparently, about this film, "wont back down," those in the teachers iew union, randi weingarten has really gone after this even though it was apparently produced with somebody on the left whos just had it with our public school system and how it leaves so many kids behind. your thoughts. >> the direct director of the film calls himself a lifelong liberal. there was a screening of the film at the democratic convention where a lot of democrats showed up and applauded the film. cory booker, mayor ...

And bad rick. good was the senator that served four years of the term. a lot of what romney is true. that happened in the final years of his term as he got closer to the vote. >> paul: they would say that is cynical. that is politics as usual, that is not what i want. >> 2006 his election year which is the worst from a free market perspective, he has 20% rating from the afl/cio. he is voting against big labor 80% of the time. this is not the union as man in washington. what he has said he is not...

This is somehow the unions were protecting the people. they represent one-half of 1%. >> eric: stop it. you are making that up. >> bob: management said so. >> eric: management is trying to get them out -- they are rolling it up in the paper. >> dana: what is there to work on? >> bob: on their way out. its a union issue. outrageous. >> dana: i think the environmentalists get after them for littering. >> greg: to show them the work incapacitated is expired all over the place. >> kimberly: you brai...

Often. this is the income gap that we have seen over the last 30 years in this country. the red line is where the republican governors are. they want legislation and they want tax breaks for corporations of the wealthiest americans that is going to help those red liners. you know where middle classers are? middle classers are down on the blue line. thats where their income has gone over the last 30 years. if you want to make it a union issue, okay, well do that tonight, too. well show you how im...

Christie, they want the middle class workers to suck it up and pay more. i want you to look at this graph i show quite often. this is the income gap we have seen over the last 30 years in this country. the red liners is where the republican governors are. they want legislation and tax breaks for corporation and the wealthiest americans that is going to help thoed red liners? middle classers are down on the blue line. thats where their income has gone over the last 30 years. if you want to make i...

He seems unsubstantial, he seems willing to take any position on any issue. particularly on things that are supposed to reflect core values, core moral beliefs. mitt romney seems to say whatever he thinks his audience might like to hear that day. >> i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. i believe that since row roe v. wade has been the law for 20 years, we should sustain the law and the right of the woman to make that choice. its long past time for supreme or the to r...