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Trail saying, poor children dont know -- they grow up in communities where nobody knows about working, they dont understand what paychecks are. i wonder how much you think that rhetoric -- what you think of that rhetoric, especially given the statistics we have today and reality in urban areas for much of the working poor, as it were? >> well, i grew up in public housing. my 89-year-old father was here in washington this past week. we both resent that. you know, there are a lot of democrats who ...

Running and losing. not that he hasnt trie-- tried to get in. as far as gingrich goes, and bold ideas, i think mark is right on that. i think he gets a bum rap on the child labor thing. that kind of idea is really going to be embraced by the conservative wing, which is what he said in boston was, there were kids in inner city schools who never had a job. and only have one parent and they have no idea what the work ethic is like. toss out some of the high-priced union janitors, which get the cons...

The outside is because he keeps running and losing. not that he hasnt trie-- tried to get in. as far as gingrich goes, and bold ideas, i think mark is right on that. i think he gets a bum rap on the child labor thing. that kind of idea is really going to be embraced by the conservative wing, which is what he said in boston was, there were kids in inner city schools who never had a job. and only have one parent and they have no idea what the work ethic is like. toss out some of the high-priced un...

President obama. -- >> for the nomination. >> if youre sitting in obamas shoes today and his campaign shoes, its going to be decided by independents. that kind of language will excite independents and conservatives. but the question is whether or not that translates into a general election victory. >> i was only speaking -- >> i think it excites independents. and i asked mr. axle r0d before if they dont want romney to go, they were exciting the base for romneyhis morning with axelrods comments a...

his own white house run, and who now plans to host a republican debate, after christmas. then there is ex-candidate herman cain whose endorsement could go to gingrich eventually. though he now says hes going to take his time. stay with us, well bring you those comments live at 1:45 eastern time. also, president obama, we are told, is going to have some sort of statement or briefing in the briefing room of the white house. the subject is going to be taxes. a lot of talk of that up o...

Terrified of a newt gingrich campaign. they believe that he could not only lose the republicans the white house at a time when this is theirs to take, but that he could also lose some seats in the house and the senate, as well. this is a real concern amongst the establishment. >> romney, the only reason hes the outside is because he keeps running and losing. not that he hasnt tried -- tried to get in. as far as gingrich goes, and bold ideas, i think mark is right on that. i think he gets a bum r...

They have no habit of work. what if you paid them part time in the afternoon to sit at the clerkal office and greet people when they came? what if you paid them to work as the assistant librarian? what if they became assistant janitors and their job was to mop the floor and clean the bathroom? and you paid them. >> you got it. newts solution to poverty is what the republicans solution has been for decades, tell poor kids mop the floor, clean the bathroom. there are 45 million working poor in thi...

An individual mandate is unconstitutional. >> a congress which can compel you to do something like that could compel you to do anything. whats the limit to congress power to dictate your life. >> can this guy get the nomination after sitting next to nancy pelosi and working with hillary clinton? wait, it gets better. in the same 2005 health care forum, the newtster supported a transfer of wealth. >> the right has to decide that some aspects of the working poor has to involve transfer of finances...

An individual mandate is unconstitutional. >> a congress which can compel you to do something like that could compel you to do anything. whats the limit to congress power to dictate your life. >> can this guy get the nomination after sitting next to nancy pelosi and working with hillary clinton? wait, it gets better. in the same 2005 health care forum, the newtster supported a transfer of wealth. >> the right has to decide that some aspects of the working poor has to involve transfer of finances...

You to do something like that could compel you to do anything. whats the limit to congress power to dictate your life. >> can this guy get the nomination after sitting next to nancy pelosi and working with hillary clinton? wait, it gets better. in the same 2005 health care forum, the newtster supported a transfer of wealth. >> the right has to decide that some aspects of the working poor has to involve transfer of finances. to ask people in the lowest paying jobs to bear the full burden of their...