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And then his next sentence is he loves ethanol. harold hamm hates ethanol. he hates it. ethanol competes with him and big oil. nobody challenged him from the national media. they don't get it. they never challenged him on the issues. and that's what has people -- us progressives in the upper midwest, i mean, we're fighting a losing fight and the reason we're fighting a losing fight is because it will east coast progressives don't get us and the middle of this country just bought a horse that they can't even ride. he could care less about the working men and women of america. >> joel, what has ...

Women, 300,000 domestic helpers from the philippines and indonesia working here in hong kong, that these women are sick and tired of being treated as slaves and second class citizens. so they are hoping her case, this 23-year-old domestic helper from indonesia, this was her first job as a helper here in hong kong, that her case highlights the plight of what many domestic helpers go through. >> it seems to be this -- it represents any way this class issue that these domestic workers are far from home and cleaning the homes of very wealthy people. give us the flip side here. >> reporter: a mothe...

Literacy that she needs in order to navigate such an environment. and that's not a racial thing. >> it's not even an education class issue. i know children who hey not be have master's degrees or bachelor's tee dwrees, but they understand how to act with authority. how to say yes, sir, no, sir. and also understand the weight of when you are in a public arena, how that's supposed to happen. >> ryan, let me bring you in here. >> my head's going to explode. >> please. it need does explode. >> her intelligence was questioned while she was on the stand actually in the courtroom. so let me just play...

Is.... >> neil: disability, are we using the right term. that is disability? >> would it than classified as a disability. she is suing under the ada for age and disability discrimination. even if she has a disability. here is the thing... she as a fear of young children. however, she was new from the high school to teach seventh and eighth graders. does that qualify as young children? is she really being discriminated when she is working the school district for 35 years and they are actually getting rid of the class issue they were teaching in the high school. >> neil: so your view is grounds ...

So, look. i'm with you, joe. the midwest, in general, wisconsin, ohio, iowa, all has been a problem for romney for a while. and i think, you know, we could talk about it as the class issue. we could talk about it as 47%. but it all is actually a very similar issue. with the sort of working-class vote there, he has had problems. and he's had problems -- he had problems during the primaries in those states, right? in all three of those states in some form or another. this has been a struggle for him the whole time. if he doesn't get there, i think we'll look at sort of the midwest rust belt band...