Brand new income inequality numbers are out and they’re really ugly for middle classers. But Wall Street bankers are still whining about class warfare. Tonight, Ed will ask Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) whether the middle class can survive a President Mitt Romney.
While the country was facing economic crisis, Republicans were more concerned about obstructing President Obama. Robert Draper, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and author (“Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives”) has the details about the GOP's plot to stop the president.
Republican homophobes claim victory after a gay Romney aid quits, but why is Romney himself silent on this issue? Ed will ask Karen Finney, MSNBC Political Analyst and Former DNC Communications Director, and Chris Kofinis, Democratic Strategist.
The Republican assault on public education continues in Pennsylvania and poor school districts are hurting the most. Two people who are battling against Governor Tom Corbett's cuts, Rep. Matt Bradford (D-PA) and Kim Schwarz, President of the York Education System, Fifth Grade teacher, will talk about the fight to save public schools.
You might've forgotten he was still running, but Newt Gingrich finally said goodbye to the campaign trail today. Ed will have Newt's greatest hits.
Newt Gingrich, who cast himself as the 'true Republican conservative,' was not always embraced by Republican voters despite several memorable debate performances. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
And new polling in Wisconsin shows Gov. Scott Walker in deep trouble. Ed will ask Robert Greenwald, documentary filmmaker and the director of the Brave New Foundation, whether the Koch brothers can bail him out.
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Embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is locked in a dead heat with Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett ahead of the state's June 5 recall election, according to a new poll from Marquette University Law School.
The poll shows Barrett leading Walker among registered voters by one percentage point, 47 percent to 46 percent. Among likely voters Walker bests Barrett 48 percent to 47 percent. Both leads are the within the margin of error.
And the rightie melinda strikes again. Anything to stir up her aruements. Not worth a comment, she won't listen or read.
Thankful~Did you go on down the page after the article, to the comments and click on the YOUTUBE video? Ha! Ha! Walker got his! It was a fancy dinner where Scotty was the speaker and a couple of tables of Occupiers started in reading their speech and nobody could shut them up. Go down to Nadine Lumley's comment and click on the pic! It's the one from talking points memo.
Melinda you do know he's the sitting incumbent governor with the money advantage he should be winning. The fact that a challenger has sprung out of no where and is tying him aint good news for Walker. The fact he is having recall election is a victory itself these things very rarely happen and you could count the number of recalls of sitting governors practically on one hand. The fact that he could lose is even worse.
This is a victory against the tea party fold because they for months have declared that they alone are doing the public's bidding. The special elections in the states where Kasich's union bill was nullified, Mississippi's personhood bill was crushed and Maine voters demanded same day voter registration back from the Republican legislature and Walker's recall fight are signs that this is not true.
They are seeing america is not happy with all their decisions
ya know if you even read this you might want to think about it
"Melinda you do know he's the sitting incumbent governor with the money advantage he should be winning"
Then why are President Obama and Governor Romney tied???
"The fact that a challenger has sprung out of no where and is tying him aint good news for Walker."
Then is being tied good for President Obama?
Without the Tea Party and the Republicans HOLDING Obama in check the National debt would be over 20 TRILLION!!!!
Melinda do you realize you were talking about Scott Walker not Obama? I guess you should try to stick to the same election you mentioned earlier since that's what folks are responding to.
But Obama is in for a tough election because the economy is far from great but he doesn't have the money advantage, keep in mind Romney has a massive deluge of superpac dollars. A tie isn't good for anyone that why it's called a tie....especially when you're the incumbent
The tea party has cut zero spending. The only thing they've accomplished is adding tremendous grid lock, disgrace the once great republican party, and given John Boehner a lot of trouble as he tries to actually govern. They are interested in posturing not governing and by the way congress controls the nation's money not the executive. Whether they choose to excercise that power of not is irrelavent.
I doubt the middle-class can survive a romney administration. Even if President Obama wins, without gains in congress we're still in trouble. As if that isn't a tall enough order look at the consequences of republican controlled states. The republican, ALEC, wealthy/corporate led coup has already started. Democracy is at stake.
fore,
You are so right. The down ticket races are the whole ball game. That's where the superpacs will try to crush us in Nov. They will come in at the end with huge ad money and hit all the low info voters. There is never enough focus among voters on the downticket.
Gingrich is the most arrogant @$$ on the planet. He thinks he and Grover are going to be telling Mitty what bills to sign. Both of those guys need to take a long walk off a short pier.
Once again Mitt Romney shows HE HAS NO CORE OR SPINE by caving to the right wing party crazies against his ultra conservative gay foreign policy adviser. So there you have it America the extremist dominionist right like the American Family Association, a hate group by the way, own Mitt Romney in addition to all his corporate masters. Romney has said many times he has no problem with gay employees and would be willing to have one in his cabinet, he took that stance, he took that position and stood out from the rest of the party. Now he has taken that back so one of the only instances of Mitt having a spine now no longer exists for him.
So now you know that Romney is more than willing to cave anti-constitutionalist dominionists can you imagine what they could do with him as a puppet if he was president? Can you?
Mitt buddy I'm trying to think you're a real boy with opinions of your own and that you can't possibly be as politically cowardly as you appear but man.....you making that very difficult to believe. Please take one side of just one issue and show us your not a complete wimp on something you're a major party candidate for president for god's sake..............
We can ill afford to allow the far right religious(christian only, all other faiths are devil worshippers in their opinion) minority, that's right they are not a most people to do to America what similar factions have done to nations in the middle east. We can't have that here in this great nation, we can not stand for that. Romney apparently has no problem with it and that is a huge problem for me.
I swear Ann and Mitt Romney remind me of Ken and the Barby, you know the dolls. Ann is a lovely blonde with a variety of luxurious houses and cars that she likes to frequent all amazing destinations. Mitt like Ken has no balls.
I think they also had a car elevator
cynicalcitizen....your post is difficult to comprehend. There are too many grammatical errors and your sentences ramble. What thoughts, exactly, are you trying to convey ?........oh well, never mind.
Romney is a coward what's so hard to understand there cowboy..........if you're GW Bush intellectual I can see how this could be confusing after all there were some big words
....is eddy schulzzz hog-jowels gettin' fatter....?
Better head back to the 'ol barn cowyboy, your goats need more lov'in.
Governor Tom Corbett is showing his true colors. I saw his intellectual limits during the debates he had against Dan Onorato 2 years ago, during the competition for this job. I'm glad that I did not vote for him; unfortunately, that wasn't enough to prevent him from getting elected.
Sorry Ed I can't feel bad for Grenald. After his nasty twits about Michelle Obama, Hilary Clinton and other women I can't get it in my heart to have any feelings for this guy. Another old saying "people in glass houses". He should also known Romney was not going to stand up for him because Romney is such a wimp so once again I don't care that Grenald quit after the Right Wing went after him the same way he went after the First Lady, the Secretary of State and other women. If there is next time do not do any twits. He can probably go a long way because what goes around comes around and when you are digging a hole for someone else, dig one for yourself.
No one said anything about liking him or feeling sorry for him, that is not what this about. This is about the fact that Mitt Romney hired this openly gay man, in line with his previous statements that he has no problem with gays in his staff or work place because he doesn't care about sexual orientation. Now he has let that guy go because of pressure from the far right loon toons. Romney has been silent on this whole thing, why does he all of a sudden become a bad choice....clearly for being gay. This is about how Mitt is a unwilling to stand by one of his staffers for fear of losing the american taliban's vote
Romney has chosen to appease the far right and not stand up for this staffer, he thus is a coward. If he won't even defend this guy how will he keep america safe?
can you imagine what this country would look like if Romney became president and remained a puppet for these people
he can't stand up to the wackos so how can he stand up for the economy or american interests aboard....... that requires courage
In short Mitt Romney once again shows us that he is a no balls zone
I have always thought there was a conspiracy against the President. Just look at all the things that has happened. No matter how many times he tells the US troops he is proud of them there are those who is willing to go to extremes to make him look bad. Urinating on dead Taliban, taking pictures of soldiers holding insurgents body parts, a soldier goes out twice to kill villagers, then says he does not remember and a soldier saying he will not take orders from the President. At home the Congress can't pass any bills to help the people of the United States such as providing jobs, wanting to pass bills that will destroy the middle and low income Americans. The list goes on and on. Bush with all of his failures never had it this hard. And yes there are some Democrats that is helping the cause to ruin the first African American President and yes it is because he is an African American. Racism has never died in America. It is alive and strongly kicking. Yes all of this confirms there is a conspiracy.
Wonderong why no coverage of the Wall Street Alien Sleep-in or as you left wingers call it OSW>
The new Left wing battle cry, "We don't care who the people ellect if not one of our's out they go."
HEEEHAAHAAAaaaa So long Newt, I Love it, he get's Snared and Whacked in the Very Trap he Created !