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And it is about a tactical kneecapping of the political force that might resist that, that might resist what the republicans are doing, a tactical kneecapping of the democratic party and its union base. the policies that republicans in these states are pursuing right now are not popular. they attack people who work for a living. and most people work for a living. they attack the middle class. and they attack the institutions that make the middle class possible and that defend the middle class. the only problem the republicans have got, the only roadblock in their way, the central weakness of t...

Kneecapping of the political force that might resist that, that might resist what the republicans are doing, a tactical kneecapping of the democratic party and its union base. the policies that republicans in these states are pursuing right now are not popular. they attack people who work for a living. and most people work for a living. they attack the middle class. and they attack the institutions that make the middle class possible and that defend the middle class. the only problem the republicans have got, the only roadblock in their way, the central weakness of their position is that whole...

Walker's plan quote, an assault on unions while the democratic national committee has deployed the president's political arm, the group organizing for america, to madison. how unusual is it for a president to wade in on a state budget battle? what will all this mean for the upcoming presidential election. for a fair and balanced debate, let's go to martin frost of texas and former republican congressman bob mcewen of ohio. bob, let me start with you first. is the president playing to his union base? >> he certainly is, and it's up precedented. he may not know how to balance a budget or what to...

Aids package and house package. nancy pelosi is back from recess to prepare a bill to prevent thousands of teachers from being laid off. luke russert is in washington. luke, bring them back, get it done. >> bring them back, get it done indeed, tamron. last week speaker pelosi announcing from a tweet the house would be? a special session, the first since the summer of 2005, to pass this $26 billion jobs bill that was just passed in the senate last week. within the bill there are $10 billion specifically allocated to help states pay the salaries of teachers as well as $16 billion to help their b...