Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120112:12:29:00
Poor, the new poor, and the near poor, you've got to speak to their angst right now. and joe said it earlier, that is the left, those left of center are too often spineless. and on the right, if what mr. santorum has been saying and mr. paul and my friend newt gingrich, the stuff he's been saying and even romney on occasion, if we're supposed to take from their words on the campaign trail what they would do not for but to the poor, we're in a world of trouble here. >> world of trouble. >> jon meacham? >> it's been 50 years or so since poverty was in any way a central issue for elected official...