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On the -- among the presidential candidates who believes that somehow or other only wealthy people get to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, as though that's a reality, and they don't live the lives we do. they don't go out and buy gas and know how much it costs, go to the grocery store and understand what it takes to put a mealç on the table for a family. the president asked people to tell him, what does $40 mean to you when the republicans were considering not renews and extending the tax cuts, and i'll bet you those republicans candidates couldn't tell you, but $40 is a lot of money ...

Doing for people what they can and should do for themselves. self-reliance means if anyone will not work, neither should he eat. >> joining me now is congresswoman donna edwards, democrat for maryland. thank you for joining me tonight, congresswoman.w[/=á >> it's good to be with you. >> i can hardly wait to ask the question. if you went to your district this weekend and said to them i've got a jobs plan for you -- get married and show me your high school diploma, what would be the reaction? >> the lunacy continues. it's actually shocking. santorum also tried to blame the president for the de...

President. >> he evened the score my problem is they're all singing the same song. i mean, they all are saying the same basic thinks about how to govern and set up an economic structure, as a guy that grew up in church, if you sing soprano, al alto or baritone, or bass, you just decide what key you're singing in. that's all they care about. thank you all, and happy new year. andrea mitchell will interview mitt romney tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. right here on msnbc. ahead, republicans claim to be terrified of voter fraud. >> i believe in one person/one vote, but if other people are fraudulently c...

Marriage rates. the reality is that decline started 40 years ago when the president was 10 years old. i don't think you can brame him for the decline in marriage. >> so is this cynical or no clue, as krugman wrote. it's hard for me to believe that they are this clueless, but also just as hard to believe that someone with a straight face would say this unless they really were clueless. i mean, i'm torn between which one it is. >> well, i mean, let's look at the reality over they last several months, what we have seen is a republican party that refuses to do anything to work with the president a...

>> you said some despicable and ugly things, but we'll do it on "politics nation" one night. >> i'm not saying we need a federal system of education, in fact just the opposite. >> how do you do it? >> we ed a president who can talk about those things. >> but when you get through talking, how do you do it if the federal government is not going to do it? i might remind you you're running to be the head of the federal government, so how are you against somebody you're running to be in charge of, isn't that a little schizo? >> that's the difference between you and me. >> go ahead. >> there are a l...