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>> yeah. well, analogies are tricky in this case. i think in terms of the two parties facing a case where the center of each party, if you will, has a problem with their wings. this is 1948 in many ways, where you had the democrats break up into dixie-krats and the more centr centrist truman people. you had four candidates in 1948 at a moment when we look back on the post-war era as this time of wonderful consensus. in 1948, you had, you know, we come out of a global depression, we come out of a global war, suddenly we were back in a nuclear standoff with the soviet union, which is an existent...

What's missing from this picture is a snowplow. how come the country's capital can't clear its streets? is this giant snow a metaphor for a government frozen in its tracks? also funny words about republicans from the head of the naacp ben gellis who compares republicans who threaten health care dixie krats of the past. gellis and al sharpton met with president obama today. we'll meet with them here in a moment. when john boehner told president obama he should scrap plans for key efforts like health care. the president shot back you just want to kill all these bills. will tough talk get thing...

People who are in it work. the buildings, the monuments, the statues. they are not going to plow the streets. they are not going to make the health care system work. it is live politicians who get elected to have to do it. good luck councilman. thank you for coming in. jerry, my colleague here. thank you for coming in. the head of the naacp compares republicans to the dixie krats who fill bustered the civil rights bills in the '50s and '60s. the naacp ben gellis is here. al sharpton is coming here. they are talking to us from across town because they can't get here because of the snow. ( whi...