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Nordquist was going to stand up and say they raised taxes on the wealthy. at this point, they've got the situation so backwards, that they're going to have to let the cliff kick in. >> let me ask you this quickly. we've got some good economic news yesterday. weekly unemployment claims have fallen to the lowest since march, 2008. we've seen some kind of recovery. >> well, we talk about it as a fiscal slope or what have jou. you talked before about unemployment insurance. on january 1, there will be millions of people that will be hurt. that i had're never going to get it back. >> and some of th...

I think everybody can see that you're black. >> one of the ironies, i think, of my dear brother, barack obama, now president obama's victory, was that we have a relative moratorium on serious discussions of race. and that's partly because his strategy -- his strategy was to evade issues of race. >> but in march 2008, explosive videos of obama's pastor, jeremiah wright, hit the airwaves. >> no, no, no. not god bless america, god [ muted ] america! >> the reaction was damning. reverend wright had officiated at obama's wedding and baptized his children. their connection might have tagged obama as...

Discussing his race during the campaign. his strong candidacy was the historic statement. >> race was very, very complicated. barack obama wanted to make a race speech as early as the iowa caucuses and his campaign said, you know what, let's not do that. i think everybody can see that you're black. >> one of the ironies, i think, of my dear brother, barack obama, now president obama's victory, was that we have a relative moratorium on serious discussions of race. and that's partly because his strategy -- his strategy was to evade issues of race. >> but in march 2008, explosive videos of obama'...

>> despite his visit to selma, obama didn't spend much time discussing his race during the campaign. his strong candidacy was the historic statement. >> race was very, very complicated. barack obama wanted to make a race speech as early as the iowa caucuses and his campaign said, you know what, let's not do that. i think everybody can see that you're black. >> one of the ironies, i think, of my dear brother, barack obama, now president obama's victory, was that we have a relative moratorium on serious discussions of race. and that's partly because his strategy -- his strategy was to evade issu...

Selma helped make his possible, but don't confuse those that paid the price with those that are supposed to take that price and govern. >> despite his visit to selma, obama didn't spend much time discussing his race during the campaign. his strong candidacy was the historic statement. >> race was very, very complicated. barack obama wanted to make race speech as early as the iowa caucuses and his campaign said, you know what, let's not do that. i think everybody can see that you're black. >> one of the ironies, i think, of my dear brother, barack obama, now president obama's victory, was that ...