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Minute ago, i think the obama campaign is e lighted. they are now playing on the obama campaigns turf. the argument is when they go out and do polling and focus grouping on whats in the ryan budget, it is bad for -- before this guy was on the ticket, their attitude was we are going to wrap paul ryan around mitt romney anyway because what they see in swing districts is the way the ryan plan attacks or extensively hurts the elderly, hurts working class families, the working poor. they think thats ...

Basically encouraging the winners, we dont worry about the losers in society. the other side, sal aliinski cares deeply about people in trouble, worries about the working poor that havent gotten a break in your life. it seems to me youre really getting a choice here, not an echo. >> well, i do think -- yes, i hear you on that. i think there is going to be this bright choice. but, you know, i think ryans got a couple challenges here, and i think that on one hand he is thought of as this cerebral ...

Join them for a day and give him the opportunity to meet the people who depend on the programs he wants to cut. the romney camp has yet to respond to the invitation. joining me tonight, the sister simone campbell, leader of nuns on the bus and director of the national catholic social justice lobby. sister, nice to have you with us on the program tonight. what do you want and what would you like for mitt romney? what does he have to know that he may not know? >> he didnt know how those at the low...

And give him the opportunity to meet some of the people who depend on the programs that he wants to cut. the romney camp has yet to respond to the invitation. joining me tonight is sister simone campbell, leader of nuns on the bus and executive leader of a catholic social lobby. nice to have you with us on the program tonight. >> great. >> you bet. what would you like from mitt romney, what does he have to know that he may not know? >> well, i think he doesnt know how those at the lowest 20% of ...

Depend on the programs that he wants to cut. the romney camp has yet to respond to the invitation. joining me tonight is sister simone campbell, leader of nuns on the bus and executive director of the national catholic social justice lobby. sister, nice to have you with us on the program tonight. what do you want and what would you like for mitt romney? what does he have to know that he may not know? >> well, i think he doesnt know how those at the lowest 20% of income in our society live and he...

29% say he favors middle class and poor. same poll says 18% feel the president favors the rich. 76% says he favors the middle class and the poor. this whole issue of fairness and who is working class, working poor, and the middle class seems to be making the difference for the president. >> its making a huge difference. i think romney has made a series of errors in the summer. his refusal to release his tax returns doesnt have a lot to do with the middle class but it shows somebody who is so wea...

We know where this comes from. we do conjure up in this society certain image when you invoke welfare. this is the throwback to the 1996. i think this has long been settled. >> are you some kind of -- you are some kind of a -- you would appreciate this. isnt it true -- isnt it true that a -- most welfare checks and most food stamps go to working -- poor? working poor white people? statistically. >> yes. thats true. >> yeah. the game they play is no, thats not the picture youre supposed to get. i...

nine years split evenly between defense and non-defense programs. the bipartisan policy center estimates sequestration of defense will mean cuts of 15% next year. every non-defense agency faces a 12% cut and that means job losses from doctors, teachers, border patrol agents and government contractors. anywhere from 1 million to 3 million jobs will be lost. california, virginia, texas, washington, d.c., maryland, would each lose more than 100,000 jobs. the bottom line here, this is the ...

To a welfare to work program, and now what our system does is it rewards work with the earned income tax credit, which you get if you work. and it helps the working poor come up to a reasonable standard of living, because this economy is no longer providing a middle class standard of living without some help. so the idea that these are deadbeats getting money from the government and sitting on the couch, its not factually true. >> absolutely, and remember that peter edelman, a noted liberal, lef...

And now what our system does is it rewards work with the earned income tax credit, which you get if you work. and it helps the working poor come up to a reasonable standard of living, because this economy is no longer providing a middle class standard of living without some help. so the idea that these are deadbeats getting money from the government and sitting on the couch, its not factually true. >> absolutely, and remember that peter edelman, a noted liberal, left the clinton administration b...