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Have suggested in the past that there's been a revolving door that goes from the treasury to wall street and back again. is this man part of that coterie or is he very much and firmly in the public service camp? >> it's much more in the public service camp. i read this morning a critique of the choice of jack for treasury secretary by some financial markets guy who is saying, i don't know, he's not one of us. >> right. >> now, when i hear him say he's not one of us, i sort of think the same thing i think john alter said when he heard john boehner say, i don't want to negotiate with him. that's...

Republican party for their wealthy supporters to be despising and blaming people who earn less than $30,000 describing them as grifters and parasites? how is that helpful as john alter just said to their political prospects into the future? >> it's not helpful at all. to bring an analysis you gave and jonathan alter laid it out very clearly before us, the reality is these people are kvetching, they're belly aching -- >> i like the yiddish. >> they're incapable of understanding what's going on with the broader agenda of america democracy and here is the real deal. people with far less do far be...

Things. to its detriment sometimes. they have votes on it. and it does start to divide people. i think a lot of the republicans are starting to look at that, those issues and even if we believe in them, even if we believe, we're not for guy marriage or we want to talk about abortion, first we need to talk about the things that both sides can at least have some agreement on. and i think you're going to start to see more and more of that, even from very conservative members of the house and senate. i think you're going to start seeing them do that more. >> one thing is for sure, four years from ...

Politics. >> james peterson, john alter, and karen finney, thank you all. as we go to break a note on one of our favorite romney sound bites, mitt romney made this one on may the 17th, hours before his appear raps at a now infamous florida fund-raiser. i wonder if he can recall exactly what he said. >> i'm not familiar precisely with exactly what i said but i stand by what i said whatever it was. ♪ [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar, on december 21st polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space. which would render retirement planning...

Point, john, we have heard a lot from mr. romney about the evils of divisive rhetoric. let's take a listen. here he comes. >> i will not divide america as i have seen the president do over these pastself months. i will stop this divisiveness and i will do everything in my power to unite the american people. this is a time for us to come together as a nation. we do not have to have the kind of divisiveness and bitterness and recriminations we have seen over the last four years. >> it's laughable. this is the same man who condemned occupy wall street because he said the people were dividing the ...