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Concern. i want to read what the judge, robert simpson, said about the decision. he's a republican. he said "petitioners' counsel did an excellent job of putting a face to those burdened by the voter i.d. requirement. petitioner did not establish, however, the disenfranchisement was immediate or inevitable." what do you make of the judge's words there? >> like i said, it's a tragic day for our american democracy. first of all, the state has no plan to educate voters. polls show 35% of voters in pennsylvania don't even know this law exists. and we know that 758,000, this is the state's own numb...

620,478 votes. since 2004, the number of voter fraud convictions in pennsylvania is what? four? these were all cases of ineligible voters trying to vote. the number of cases of actual impersonation fraud is zero. those numbers aren't going to help mitt romney win pennsylvania one bit, but this number could. 758,000, that's right, that's the number of pennsylvanians who don't have a valid photo id under this law. here's what's at stake, my friends. 20 electoral votes. in a close election, 20 electoral votes could be the ball game. this is much more offensive than someone saying the word chains ...

Commonwealth, republican carol achele. yesterday, during the state trial on the photo i.d. law, secretary aichele said, quote, i don't know what the law says. she also said that she doesn't know exactly how many voters will be affected by the new law but believes that 99% of voters will have the right i.d. meanwhile, the state of pennsylvania estimates that about 758,000 people or about 9% of pennsylvania voters do not have proper i.d., according to the new law. the american civil liberties union puts that number close to a million. today, during the last day of the trial, philadelphia's democ...

Trial on the photo i.d. law, secretary aichele said, quote, i don't know what the law says. she also said that she doesn't know exactly how many voters will be affected by the new law, but believes that 99% of voters will have the right i.d. meanwhile, the state of pennsylvania estimates that about 758,000 people or about 9% of pennsylvania voters do not have proper i.d., according to the new law. the american civil liberties union puts that number close to a million. today, during the last day of the trial, philadelphia's democratic deputy city commissioner said, "i'm anticipating a mess on e...

take action on extending the bush era tax cuts. appeared being the keyword. senator majority leader mitch mcconnell announced he would not filibuster the measure. instead he allowed a straight up-or-down majority wins vote. the republican plan, extend the tax cuts for everyone. and president obama's plan, extend the cuts for 98% of americans, how olds making under $250,000 a year. why would senator mcconnell do such a thing? >> the only way to force people to take a stand is to make sure that today's votes truly count, by setting these shoet votes at a 50-vote threshold, nobody on th...