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concerned with higher taxes, the size of government. reaction from former g.o.p. presidential candidate mike huckabee and host of huckabee on fox. when we heard this, he were like did he really just compare tea partiers to the oklahoma city terrorist bomber? >> i hope not. what timothy mcvay was about was a separatist group that wanted to disengage from government and wanted to overthrow it. what the tea party is saying is we're engaged with the government, we're paying all the taxes. we want the government to be engaged with us. >> let's hear that again. another bite from the same c...

will gain broad support. >> max backus is joining it now. and kelly o'donnell, nbc's capitol hill correspondent and steve covering business for the economy in the "washington post." let's take a look at the big picture numbers. today's new jobless claims and what we might expect tomorrow in the unemployment figures. how much of a setback is this to white house hopes to turn this thing around? >> well, andrea, i think we all have to sort of take a deep breath and understand something, which is that government can't fix this. it's not something -- there's no dials here in washington. i...

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think something will stick. well, i think it's catching up with them. >> finally, congressman blum blumenauer. i'm just curious, are you so hot under the collar about this, after being so mall lined, if you bumped into charles grassley in the hallway of the congress, would you tell him to his face that you're not telling the truth to the american people? >> absolutely. this -- i find this deeply offensive and frankly there are a number of friends of mine that i plan on following up with to try to understand what's in your head. this is stuff that you supported last month. why aren't ...

intercepted it, telling the rightees to delay, to defeat, to do all you can in any means necessary. now health care is at de f com 4. i have add mirt you for a long time trying to go to washington and change what's going on with all these lobbyists. but part of this fight now is turning into you taking down some of your own democrats to get their attention. 40 republicans are now threatening to tour peto, what the american people voted for back in november. mr. president, don't leave your base. identify the democrats who are not with you, and call them out. the people are with you. t...