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Representative of the republican party. you may recall there was a debate about health insurance not very long ago in front of a republican audience, and republicans cheered at the idea that someone was going to die because they didn't have health insurance. >> i also recall -- >> this is not what we call appealing to the majority of the american people. the majority of american people aren't like that. >> i recall mr. cain saying if people were -- not working or not rich it's their fault, paraphrasing, but that was his point. >> yeah. >> when you look at those kinds of statements, cain, or ro...

Suit. michele bachmann isn't the answer either. >> our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and do for themselves. self-reliance means if anyone will not work, neither should he eat. >> if you don't have work, you should starve. is that her vision of america? 76% think this country is out of balance. republicans aren't the answer. joining me now is howard dean, former governor of vermont and former chair of the democratic national committee. howard, you ran for president. is it just me or attacking public workers and the unemployed seem like a bad campaign strategy to you? >> it...

Go, al. >> let me ask you this, mr. mcentee. would you have to -- you've been wise, a prudent labor leader a long time. why are the republicans and the right wing going after the unions? is it their belief that workers should not have a voice in their own pension funds, wages? or is it the politics of breaking the unions because it's the organized body on the left side of the center and they want to break those that are opposed to them, or both? >> are you right on, al. it's both. we are part of -- we're not part, but we're usually lined up with the democratic party. because they speak for the...

Would vote for mitt romney. how does he get those in the midwest, those suburban voters and independents back on his collum that would reflect and then have a rise in the national polling numbers have? >> i think the president has to make the case to them very vividly when it comes to jobs, he is supporting immediate, urgent action, and the republicans in congress are doing nothing but obstructing him every step of the way. he has a very powerful case to make, governor rendell is right, since the president gave the jobs speech, he continued to fight for every piece of legislation, every portio...

Spending, that he cares about jobs. over and over again. that's what i talk about straight through to next november. because the republicans i think, again, by being obstinate, not meeting the president halfway, are not meeting to things that they voted for in the past and the president made that point beautifully. i think tad is right. is he really finding his stride. republicans are opening the door and the president is going through it. >> tad, have you been a great strategist. worked 2004. i was involved in that kerry campaign after the primary. i know you know what you are doing. when you...