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Who were keeping watch at myrtle and tompkins avenue on that terrible afternoon. but i do know why they were there. they were there to protect can defend, as they always are. sometimes fearful, but always watchful. i knew them. they are the guy i grew up with in scranton and claymont, delaware. the boy with the most courage and the most compassion. the man with the brave heart and the generous soul. a brother who always looked out for his sister. a father whose words were always encouraging to y...

Folks. if you remember, chris, four or five years ago, hillary clintons biggest problem was working class women, blue collar women. yet by the end of that campaign, she was racking up huge majorities in west virginia and kentucky and pennsylvania and places like that, and she attracted those working class women. she was like a rock star in the parades we went to in scranton and pittsburgh and places like that. so she learned to communicate as a populist, as a real populist. that will hold her in...

Kentucky and pennsylvania and places like that, and she attracted those working class women. she was like a rock star in the parades we went to in scranton and pittsburgh and places like that. so she learned to communicate as a populist, as a real populist. that will hold her in good stead. i think she learned to save some money for contingencies. remember, if they had any money after super tuesday, i think they would have been the nominee, but they spent all their money, and it was down the chu...

In the democratic confines within the caucus voters, the real zealous people in the party, that war was the issue, the opposition to it, and the fact that she had voted for it i think really gave an issue to barack obama who as a state senator was out there in chicago in probably a liberal district and he voted against the war without worrying about it. she hedged her bets and voted for the war, and i think that was her biggest impediment to winning. i dont think she has that kind of impediment ...

Within the caucus voters, the real zealous people in the party, that war was the issue, the opposition to it and the fact that she had voted for it i think really gave an issue to barack obama who as a state senator was out there in chicago in probably a liberal district and he voted against the war without worry being it. she hedged her bets and voted for the war and i think that was her biggest impediment to the winning. i dont think she has that kind of impediment this time around. >> no, and...

>> i thought those were his finest moments. he had -- he mentioned it several times but he had two separate times when he talked to martha and he talked to the audience, and he said that youre talking about my parents, youre talking about my neighbors, youre talking about the people i grew up with in scranton, youre talking about seniors, and youre talking about the military. and he made it vivid in a way that few of us, myself included i feel, have really made that number vivid. he also, you kn...

Even if it tips ever so slightly to republicans, that is not enough, right? >>guest: well, you need 60 votes to bring a bill to the floor. you only need 51 to pass it. the minority leader, mcconnell, has said he believes he only needs 50 votes because of a procedural move not senate, but, regardless, you are going to need to retake the senate at minimum to have any chance of repealing it and they are a long way from that. >>neil: now, you are from pennsylvania and i want your thought on what is ...

Room, right? >>guest: that is an interesting argument. we have seen other cities do that recently. declare bankruptcy and the $3.4 million that the mayor claims the city owes would be brought into a pool and the bankruptcy judge would decide how and when that is paid out over the course of time. >>neil: normally it is the crediters who move to the top, so the public workers would still be gouged in that event. but, we did try to reach the mayor to no avail but i wonder, whether the national tren...

Needle. >>guest: enough to pay minimum wage is in the bank. >>neil: and that is what he is doing? >>guest: the ball is off. he has to work in the political system better or figure out how to get some money in, but you have people having to pay mortgages, school costs out of nowhere? their salaries are reduced to nothing, they had union contracts, im not saying what the answer is but i am saying the answer has to be working with the unions, working with people, otherwise you are shutting your cit...

Congressman, that, maybe, it goes back do what happened in wisconsin and what happened in san jose and san diego, and, now, with los angeles, generally liberal union friendly mayor saying he has to cut, and cuomo in new york saying he has to cut, that, something is going on here? >>guest: well, i dont think there is any question that what happened in wisconsin has embolden people who are having trouble negotiating with unions, to show that the unions do not have the ability in situations like wi...