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Candidates participate in their sixth debate with five days to go before south carolina primary. but even if he does revail, is romney just the most popular out of an unpopular field. 43% favorablety. president obama fares slightly better with a rating of 49%. but a look inside his numbers show he has an uphill struggle. joining us now is former ohio governor, ted strickland and gop strategist, trey harden. gentlemen, it s good to have you. comparing this year to 08 when president obama and senator mccain had higher ratings, isn t there just something about these two men or is this a referendum on politicians and politics in general? well, thomas, i think that people s expectations of politics, politicians, elected officials, washington, beltway politics, has certainly gone down on a daily basis. i m not sure this is really a ....
That were affected are should able to get full compensation not only for the amount of the ticket but for all the expenses and that includes your hotels, your plane fathere and all the expenses they incurred going to the game. how many people do you expect to be involved? we expect 2,000 to 3,000 people. these people only want just compensation. no one is trying to get rich from this. these are true fans, not there to see an event. i ve never seen like a super bowl like that. michael and bruce, i d like to stay with you throughout the entire process. thanks for having us. tell us what s next. thank you very much. from the real world to the reality of beltway politics. congressman shawn duffy and rachel duffy join us next. then straight from gitmo to the suburbs? one u.s. town welcoming former detainees with open arms. yes, come and live in our town. ....
Get off their duffs and care a little bit more about people and creating jobs than they do beltway politics. mr. trumka, great to have you with us tonight. thanks for all you do for the american workers. we re looking forward to october 2nd. we ll get it done. look forward to seeing you there, ed. we re going to have a great crowd and show america what a progressive vision can be like. no doubt about it. now i want to turn to a veteran democratic strategist, nyu professor bob shrum as we go into the labor day weekend, i know you re a fighter and popoint of the american workers in this country. i m taking issue with the white house in this segment tonight. here s mitch mcconnell, throwing it back out again to the american people, claiming that this administration is going to raise taxes on small businesses. mcconnell touted the republican belief that a tax increase on the upper income americans and small businesses would continue to hamper economic growth. he said this administrat ....
Fantasies 23% were with them. the latest gallup poll out, just the 11% of americans have confidence in our government. that ranks them beneath the banks that are stealing all of money and the hmos not giving you medicare. a man who is no stranger to the sorted side of beltway politics. chris is live with us from las vegas, the site of the net roots nation conference. i want to begin with you. if you were to convene a meeting to restore confidence in american politics, where would you begin? well, look, the ethics committee is going to have a full hearing starting next thursday. that s one of the ways you do this. let charlie come in and tell his story. i have a feeling that before this is over charlie won t want to go through this whole ....
Sheldon whitehouse of rhode island. that s 11 senators signed on. 11 senators on the record, calling for the return of the public option, by means that would subvert the filibuster. means that would subvert how the minority has stopped majority rule in the u.s. senate. that s right. prepare to be shocked. prepare for disapproving murmurs to spread through washington cocktail parties. prepare for disapproving cluck, cluck, clucking columns written by columnists who have cranked out beltway common wisdom from washington for longer than you ve likely been alive. it is true and it is shocking. these democrats are actually proposing moving on a popular, major reform to the health care system that they support, that the public supports, that the president supports, and they are proposing doing so shocker! without republicans. it s very shocking, i know, it s very upsetting to the system. and also, it s without time. i know to say it violates beltway rules about what you re allowed to say ....