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I want to bring in jerod bernstein. thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> my pleasure, reverend al. >> let me ask you as an economist. in your view, how strong is the economic recovery? >> the economic recovery has something it hasn't had before and that's a little bit of momentum. some of the problems that were holding the economy back have gotten better. they're not all better by any stretch of the imagination. housing appears to have carved out a bottom. it's not getting better. it's not getting a lot worse. the job market now, remember, the unemployment rate peaked at 10% back in late ...

Let us know the rate you are paying. let us know the offshore stuff you are doing. let us know the bases in your life that you make these economic policy position decisions. i think the american people need to know the numbers are not as important as what you believe and what you do shows us what you believe. jerod bernstein and karnacki, thank you. president obama delivers a big and surprising win to the progressive community. we'll have the story. plus -- newt gingrich racially charged campaign. it's not what he was saying a few years ago. and wisconsin governor scott walker, a media b...

Given contracts new hope in the congressional elections. the editor of the right wing breitbart news was not happy that paul ryan decided to introduce a new budget. he tweeted, so paul ryan plays charlie brown to the media's lucy by providing yet another comprehensive budget for dems to savage. joining me now, jerod bernstein, an msnbc analyst. jerod, here you have republicans no longer so sure they should run on a repeal obama care platform and now the democrats suddenly have a document they do want to use in their campaigns, and that is the paul ryan budget. >> exactly. you had a good discus...

Million more. as we have reported here again and again on this show, the rich in this country have seen their income skyrocket over the past 30 years. but the income for the poor has remained stagnant. should we really be looking to elect the poster child for unfairness? if you don't want to ask me, ask newt. >> i fully expect the romney campaign to be unendingly dirty and dishonest for the next four days because they are desperate. they thought they could buy this. they are discovering they can't buy this. i think they are now going to -- i think they have internal polls that show them losing...

Show. >> thank you. >> sure. >> jerod, before we do anything, can you explain romney's 15% tax problem? because when i say unfairness, i want people to understand the 15% and why many of us think that's unfair. >> sure. it has to do with the source of his income. now we don't know this, but presumably and i'm sure we're right based on his statements, the fact is that the vast majority of his income must come from what economists call assets or unearned income. not from the kind of wages, the paycheck, that warren buffett's secretary makes. and we have a tax system that is hugely tilted to the ...