Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130825:18:38:00
He had model cities, he had work studies, he had job corps, education. the war in vietnam cut it short. there were some flaws in it. he once said we're going to crawl, walk, and run, we'll get this thing. we need to recommit to that. it's not a zero-sum game. poverty for us as a classless supposed society is one of the scourges on our system. >> reverend, is that a blind spot for this president that he is focused maybe too much on the middle class, not large on poverty? >> i think it's a blind spot on the congress. when you can't pass a jobs bill, when you can't deal with any of the economic i...