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To permit him even to air his views. so great was his heresy. in his brief, brilliant forthcoming book, the once and future liberal, its written that sent a strong signal to working class catholic and evangelical voters that if they did not fall in line on this one issue they were in longer welcome in the party. i wonder if today the democrats are making the same mistake on immigration. to be clear, i think that the bill that the republicans rolled out this week is bad public policy and mean-spi...

Gives us to sort out what biden stands for and im not sure what biden stands for thats different from the centrist nightmare of what hillary might have stood for. though now shes moved left. so what is he going to do? run to the right offer? that seems like a bad idea. >> thats the thing. there was one line from one of bidens people anonymously talking about the coalition he was put together and it was like this bizarre thing about it was going to be -- oh, there it is, reagan democrats, jews an...

Terms of the dynamics of the race. >> you know i think, chris, he probably means that or as a cultural and symbolic thing than an ideological thing. hes from scranton and hes got that working class catholic thing going so i think he probably means that more than actual specific economic positions that one would identify as centrist. i would bet he would try to find space on the quasi-populist left because thats where the action is. hes not going to get anywhere saying, you know, i want to uphold...

Gay marriage and rust belt voters. i was like what are you talking about? and also the reagan voters made me think maybe he thinks theres space on the right of hillary? and that would be strange in terms of the dynamics of the race. >> you know i think, chris, he probably means that or as a cultural and symbolic thing than an ideological thing. hes from scranton and hes got that working class catholic thing going so i think he probably means that more than actual specific economic positions that...

Future. they could have gone with marco rubio, risky choice in some ways but a choice that talks about the future, a choice that we cant be 90% in a party that is diversifying this rapidly. were going to take this chance. instead, the chance that they took was paul ryan who is about as white-bred as paul ryan. part of why i wrote my book is paul ryan is the sort of person considered the white working class representative. >> right. >> hes a well to do kid in janesville. hes never spent a day in ...

been busy working the phone trying to figure out what happened, how injured, how many people? >> we dont know how many people have bee shot. i just got off the phone with sergeant jason james of the bryan police department. he said multiple people shot. the investigation is still continuing. they dont know if theres another suspect right now. this did happen off campus just blocks away from the university. its scary for them there. >> scary for people anywhere given what happened recen...

Some of every cardinal, every bishop, every priest, every nun, every brother in the catholic church. his attitude that doesnt matter to me. i got to play indicate my left wing allies and not worry about what used to be bulwark of the democratic party, working class catholic house houldz holds, they are out. >> greta: lets let me look beyond the issue. this is an issue everybody is passionate about today. were in february. what makes you think this has staying power come november and 2012. it see...

were bringing you the news from "a" to "z." its 5:00 a.m. in the east. six police officers were shot overnight while serving a search warrant in utah. that was drug-related. they are recovering in the hospital this morning. apparently, only one suspect there. >> also in the hospital, right? >> yes, also in the hospital. >> well continue to watch that. also, guess what? some huge announcements coming. pictures like this may not be as voluminous if the government gets its way. presid...

In his brilliant forthcoming book, "the once and future liberal." that sent a strong signal to working-class catholic and evangelical voters that if they did not fall in line on this one issue they were no longer welcome in the party. i wonder if democrats arent making the same mistake on immigration? i think that the bill that the republicans rolled out this week is bad public policy. but he is in fact a pro choice absolutist. in his view, there is a larger crisis within american liberalism. th...

Race here. we talk about romney and hes in michigan and hes having a hard time there. and you look at rust belt, i want to read this quote from frank rich on why santorum may be more electable. "this election is about places like ohio, florida, pennsylvania, and north carolina. and among working class, white voters whom the republicans need to win in swing states, who is going to inspire more enthusiasm? a sort of working class catholic from pennsylvania, or the patrician mormon venture capitali...