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You should have just ended it there. >> the buffett rule will be forgotten before the first jimmy buffet song is played memorial day weekend. >> the whole concept of people paying their share and putting something on the table, they have always gotten in the way of it, said no, said no to everything, and then they put out a budget which guts some of these entitlements that are important to people. they don't look good. it doesn't work. >> two things, and joe knows i'm -- >> you know that. >> two things. the president himself, he and the first lady, two years ago according to the news reports, ...

Time i opened my mouth. >> come on, michel. show us the "newsweek" face. >> all right, fine. >> yay! >> in the beginning, i was all convinced this economy was 9-9-9. by the end, i had 999 problems and the [ bleep ] was all of them. >> i love. it it's a rapster reference. all right. >> gingrich is here. >> oh. >> uh-oh. >> i can't believe you are still in the race. i heard his campaign is completely out of money. >> ah, man, look, he is stealing nuts. >> i can't believe none of us could beat you. >> and i can't believe it took so long to win. hey, one more time. ♪ this campaign was the time o...

Fairne fairness. i don't think anyone is arguing that raising taxes on a small percentage of the population will fix the problems. >> then why won't it pass? >> i think people want a bigger answer. >> chuck todd, what is the white house strategy behind the buffett rule? >> the buffett rule is about two things. i don't think you'd see this big push by the white house if mitt romney weren't the nominee. they want to highlight romney's personal wealth, personal income, and all of those things as a way of trying to create the disconnect that we have already seen in some polling that he has with wo...

Symbols that just don't really make any sense in the real political world. but it resonates with voters. and the white house must know, this is bad news for democrats. >> it is amazing -- >> if they don't handle it correctly. >> in this news cycle, this 24-hour news cycle we live in, how quickly the script flips. two weeks ago, mitt romney had no chance because he had no chance with women. now hilary rosen who is tangentially linked to the obama administration swung it back the other way. we'll see how long this sticks. >> i'm glad you said it, but listen -- and chuck todd said this last week ...

>> give us a history of populism in politics. al gore tried it briefly in 2000 and he was hammered. it's great on the congressional level. it does not usually work, though, on a presidential level in a campaign. >> it's a good starter but not a good finisher. whether it's william jennings brian or ed truman in '48. the only modern presidential example where it worked, where he actually won. >> and why is that? >> i think because it's part of what harold was saying. i think that people -- even if they have some class envy, they don't really want to act on it because they want -- everybody wants...