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Know, couldn't identify they were going to give to congress. the only difference is this is a more extreme budget. this is the romney ryan budget we saw last november, but it is on steroids. he wants to get rid of obama care. he wants to get rid of dodd-frank. he wants to get rid of more of the spending programs that the middle class and lower middle class and poor depend on. this is not a budget that is designed for coherence or logic or even arithmetic. this is designed primarily to move the goalposts further to the right in anticipation of some sort of negotiating strategy down the road. >>...

Receive early boarding privileges. and finally, just in time for memorial day and all that barbecuing, your ketchup bottle frustrations could soon be over. thanks to something called liquiglide that lines the inside of the bottle and prevents it from sticking. it recently won an mit student $100,000. big sigh of relief. well, when it comes to business, republican mitt romney's current stump speech includes the accusation that president obama, quote, attacks success. and is anti-business. well, last night on "politics nation," jerod bernstein told al that he actually sees the exact opposite...

Would be different. number one, as jerod just said, we did do it their way and that's how we got into this mess. number two, there is no mythological parallel universe where we can say, gee, let's compare. the numbers are moving in the right direction. not as fast as we would like. not to the degree we would like but it's a movement in the right direction. so the question really to people is, we know people are hurting. but we're moving in the right direction. do you want to keep going in this direction with the ideas the president has put out. hey, how about the made in america agenda that de...

Spike in oil prices. but republicans are trying to gut regulations that would rein them in. joining me is jerod bernstein, an msnbc contributor. and karen finney, msnbc political analyst and columnist for the hill. thanks to both of you for joining me tonight on the show. >> sure. >> jerod, are republicans just ignoring the evidence about the growing economy? >> yeah. i think so. and they are also kind of scrambling around looking for something to get people upset about. and, of course, as you said, they landed on gas prices. on the supply and demand story if you actually wanted to grade this ...

Drilling. the american people aren't stupid. they know that's not a plan. especially since we're already drilling. that's a bumper sticker. it's not a strategy to solve our energy challenge. >> karen, they are using oil prices but their only recommendation is drill. as jerod just said, the president has raised the level of exporting gas higher than it's been. his energy policies here have improved this country's standing. how are they going to try to use this as an issue? >> you know, rev, when the president was talking about that last week you know what flashed in my head was another goper wh...