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night. it's just very difficult to beat santa claus. it's practically impossible to beat santa claus. people are not going to vote against st. louis, especially if the a tern tiff is being your own santa claus -- alternative is being your own santa claus. country of children where the option is santa claus or work, what wins? >> eric: you know, rush puts it in a way a lot of people can understand. >> greg: but you can't beat santa claus. you take his clothes. that is how you expose santa claus. conservatives need to expand their tent, which but generally for the left that means chann...

0 but how do you respond to that? do you trick populist to think this is good for them to promise things you can't pay for and having greece? or educate them with the founding principles of the conservative party, individual freedom -- >> bob: $250 billion were tax cut stimulus. $250 billion? >> eric: quarter. about a quarter. sean hannity last night opened his first post-election show this way. >> americans, you get the government you want and deserve. it pains me to say this, but america right now deserves barack obama. four years ago the public could be excused for voting for obama because ...

Jobs act, which combines big, but temporary, tax cuts for workers and small or expanding businesses with aid in an extension of unemployment benefits. whether you agree with these policies or hate them, think they are exactly the wrong thing for the economy, they are, if nothing else, clearly connected to the current state of the economy. they are ideas to get people back to work now. to get money in people's pockets now. to reward businesses for hiring new workers now. no democrat was running around the country talking up state and local aid or vastly expanding unemployment benefits in 2007 o...

>> jared bernstein, msnbc contributor. as always, thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you, ezra. what does it say about a candidate that's based his campaign about his opponent. plus, the ezra klein challenge number five, the hardest one of all. stick around. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'.

An msnbc contributor. jared, good to see you as always. >> great to see you and great to listen to you. >> tell me if i have it wrong. you're a smart guy. you know how to read this stuff. you know the obama administration's policies well. are -- and the bush administration's, for that matter. are there major differences between the bush agenda and philosophy and what mitt romney's proposed here? >> no, if anything, governor romney doubles down. you said one thing that's different is repealing dodd-frank. that's deregulation, right, that's the hair of the dog that bit you, and the amnesia that'...