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The country stronger. it will strengthen you. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> deficit masquerade. let's play "hardball." if you watch the follies of the fiscal cliff negotiation, you surely heard one thing, republicans want to cut the deficit. here's a headline for you, no, they don't. republicans are hiding behind deficit cutting to mask their true goals, protecting the rich from taxing the government. also, the best news of the day, the 112th congress is history. and it made history in many

Here is government stimulus to create jobs it just happens that they're defense jobs rather than teachers or firefighters. i think joe biden did a good job of calling out paul ryan on a similar type of hypocrisy during the debate. a >> and i love my friend here. he sent me two letters saying, by the way, can you send me stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin? we sent millions of dollars. you know why he said -- >> you did ask for stimulus money, correct? >> on two occasions we advocated for constituents applying for grants. that's what we do. >> i love that. i love this. t...

Tax increases, he has put forward rather detailed deficit reduction proposals to disagree with some of obama's specifics is to acknowledge that the specifics exist. richard? >> he actually has put forward several jobs plans. they may not have gone anywhere with the republican congress, but that's a statement of fact. his deficit proposals, i remember seeing these big wedges of paper with deficit cutting proposals so look, i understand that a lot of people want things to change. among the people who want a dramatic change for the president if he gets a second term are a bunch of democrats. thos...

Poverty is represented in politics x culture and media, that is when it's represented at all. according to a stunning report from fairness and accuracy reporting, poverty is barely an issue in this year's campaign. a report found 0.2%, 0.2% of campaign stories included stories of the poverty crisis. by contrast, 18% of campaign stories mentioned budget deficits or the national debt. deficit cutting at the expense of poverty is not unique. mitt romney and paul ryan talked about it. domes barely made mention of the poverty crisis. instead, they touted a plan, the simps

Really do think what he did in the last 12 years, by cultivating these conservative voices on the outside, think tank folks and columnists and commentators, it's a big reason why he is where he is today. he comes off as very wisconsin nice but make no mistake, this is somebody who has been very ambitious over the years and has diligently worked his way up to the point where at age 42, here he is on the national ticket. it's different than the old way which is the old gerald ford, bob michael model where you serve for 30 years and do some favors here or there and climb the ladder. he worked fro...