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>> we saw them broach the issue last night via mike huckabee about how much he gives to charity. >> i think that this is a real piece of thin ice for the democrats in the big picture. i think the last thing they want to do is get caught vilifying success. mitt romney knows that he is in the umpteenth percentile in a class of his own. and from the working folk. hes got to make that connection if hes going to get elected president so he can realize their world somewhat. thats his big challenge. bu...

Just about you know, trying to climb to the very top and keep everyone else down, when our assembly lines grind to a halt, we work together and get them going again. when somebody else falters we try to give them a hand up, because we know we are all in it together. i got my start standing with working folk who is had lost their jobs. folks who had lost their hope because the steel plants are closed down. i didnt like the idea that they did not have anybody fighting for them. same reason i got i...

Guy cant connect with working folk. >> no he cant. he said as much. he said the other day on tv when questioned about the two cadillacs and so forth, he said look, i am what i am. this is what i am. the problem is whenever he tries to be something else, which is every day, he gets it wrong and it just feeds in to the ongoing narrative of a guy who not only cant connect to working people but who somehow seems ungenuine, phony, and that is a theme that he will have to deal with if hes lucky or unl...

>> joining me are john nichol, washington correspondent of the nation magazine and author of uprising, and howard fineman, nbc news and editorial director of the huffington post, great to have you, i have to ask you, does rick santorum have some sort of an operation chaos of his own going on in michigan? >> well, ed, i talked to a prominent democratic labor union official just a little while ago before coming on the show and i said what about santorums appeal to democrats in michigan? and he sai...

Have seen their income go up over the last 30 years, 340%. dont do that. of course mitt likes quiet rooms and closed doors. held, hell, he doesnt want to show the tax returns. 66% of the country say there is a conflict between the rich and poor. mitt romney doesnt want to talk about it. he said they are filled with envy. what is a fair question for the people down here in the middle chase that havent seen their wages go up much over the last 30 years, there is any fair discussion for the working...

Have seen their income go up over the last 30 years, 340%. dont do that. of course mitt likes quiet rooms and closed doors. held, he hell, he doesnt want to show the tax returns. 66% of the country say there is a conflict between the rich and poor. mitt romney doesnt want to talk about it. he said they are filled with envy. what is a fair question for the people down here in the middle chase that havent seen their wages go up much over the last 30 years, there is any fair discussion for the work...

Of course mitt likes quiet rooms and closed doors. held, he hell, he doesnt want to show the tax returns. 66% of the country say there is a conflict between the rich and poor. mitt romney doesnt want to talk about it. he said they are filled with envy. what is a fair question for the people down here in the middle chase that havent seen their wages go up much over the last 30 years, there is any fair discussion for the working folk of america? mitt romney also says people should only talk about ...

Chief. take a listen to this. >> working folk who are struggling to remain in their homes -- >> relatively low approve numbers. >> struggling to get back to work. >> things are not going -- >> we played the wrong sound. do we have the right clip for everybody? >> talking about president obama, it seems to me that the primary argument you make against him is that he lacked experience when he took office. in terms of national security experience, what would you cite to say that you are prepared to...

speaking to reporters right now on the occupy wall street developments. >> people, particularly our first responders, are going to be arrested. thats behavior that has nothing to do with the first amendment. it is designed to keep people from being able to go about their business and express themselves and just not going to be tolerated, but i think the real story for tomorrow mornings paper is that the just were not that many people out here. most expressed themselves and then went ba...

Anyone whos been paying attention to whats going on in wisconsin and new jersey. this jobs budget comes right out of the scott walker-chris christie playbook. cut corporate taxes and go after the working folk of america in your state. heres kasich unveiling his budget yesterday. >> this budget is woven with one reform after another. it is, i would guess, the most reformed oriented budget presented in modern ohio history. >> republicans use the word reform, because they really dont have the guts ...