Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich and former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell join Chris Matthews to discuss the May jobs report that showed dismal job creation and a higher unemployment rate than the previous month.
The jobs numbers are disappointing to most, but Republicans are reacting with glee. They know their all-out effort to slow the economy could pay off for Mitt Romney!
Tonight, Ed presents his commentary on the jobs situation and then turns to MSNBC Political Analyst Richard Wolffe for reaction.
Bill Clinton is fired up in Wisconsin. We're just a few days from the recall and there are new details in the “John Doe” investigation of Gov. Scott Walker’s former aides. John Nichols, Washington Correspondent of The Nation, was there with the former president today and has the latest.
The Department of Justice is looking into the Republican attempt to block the vote in Florida. Van Jones, President and Co-Founder of the Rebuild the Dream, joins Ed to discuss the Republican assault on democracy.
Mitt Romney gives Barack Obama an "F" on foreign policy just as the New York Times reveals the president ordered the Stuxnet cyberweapon be used to set back Iran's nuclear program. Our big panel of Mike Papantonio, Susan Del Percio and James Peterson weigh in on that.
And in the Big Finish, the Republican war on public education rages on in Philadelphia, where services are being cut and teachers and students are being left out in the cold.
Diane Ravitch, historian of education, an educational policy analyst, and a research professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, explains why teachers’ union get demonized.
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Liberals love to have it both ways. Hmmm, there's a story there. If the economy was doing well, Obama's a genius. If the economy is doing poor, it's the fault of the GOP. Same old song and dance from the left. HA
Occupy Wacko get a Clue its the GOP's Fault they won't pass anything
Wrong again little Liberal.
The GOP House PASSED over 18 Bills for a Senate vote.
The Democrat Senate FAILED to bring those Bills to a vote on the floor.
The Democrat President said he would VETO the House GOP Bills.
The Democrat Senate gave ZERO votes to Obama's federal budgets.
The Democrat Senate provided NO alternative Bills for the House GOP.
The "Do Nothing" Congress is Democratic - 1st TWO years of the Obama administration.
The "Do Nothing" Democrat Senate shoved Obamacare through a GOP Filibuster, but NO Jobs Bills.
Wrong again right wing GOP passed 18 stupid bills that won't created jobs
Again Wacko :
Pseudologia fantastica :
Pseudologia fantastica, mythomania, or pathological lying are three of several terms applied by psychiatrists to the behavior of habitual or compulsive lying.[1][2] It was first described in the medical literature in 1891 by Anton Delbrueck.[2] Although it is a controversial topic,[2] pathological lying has been defined as "falsification entirely disproportionate to any discernible end in view, may be extensive and very complicated, and may manifest over a period of years or even a lifetime."[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudologia_fantastica
I agree use this democratics to fight for your seats in the congress and senate and for the President, The GOP can't stand a black president, they are to bigot. They can't except change for the better.
You are an uneducated jerk. You wanna spew 'talking points'? Go over to Fox. No one cares or is persuaded by your nonsense.
The Democrats called Herman Cain nasty racist names just as you did of Obama when Hillary was still in the race in 2008. You can't hide your true colors. Democrats have always been racist.
Prevaricate :
pre·var·i·cate
Verb (used without object), pre·var·i·cat·ed, pre·var·i·cat·ing.
to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
Prevaricate :
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prevaricate
Verb (used without object), pre·var·i·cat·ed, pre·var·i·cat·ing.
to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
Hopeless4Obummer, she's so cute!
Mittens called its your turn to wash the stains out of his magic underpants.
@Occupy Wacko, RE: (Comment #1)
The Conservatives also love to have it both ways. After 3 consecutive months of 250K+ new jobs, the Conservatives were very quick to claim credit, saying that the uptick was in spite of Obama. Now they're laying all of the blame on Obama after three months of less than 100K per month job growth.
The real truth is that a significant percentage of the market forces affecting investor confidence have to do with the economic well-being of the Eurozone, as well as of China, India, Japan, Brazil, as well as that of other countries. The US market economy is intertwined with the markets of the countries that the US trades with and of the countries that our trading partners trade with. We essentially have a global economy.
Now, the US federal government could have done more to stoke the recovery from the Great Recession, but there is a very significant reason why that hasn't happened:
All of the above are reasons why the voters must remember, that as sluggish as the recovery has been, that the blame for that sluggish recovery lies with the strategy that the GOP adopted to fool We the People into blaming the President rather than the Obstructionist GOP members of Congress who have prevented the President from enacting legislation that would drive economic recovery as well as job creation. Otherwise, America is doomed to become largely a 3rd-world country: A very rich plutocratic class, something like 10% of the population with 90% of the wealth and 90% of the population with 10% of the wealth. That doomsday scenario is what we have to look forward to if Romney is elected. The Death of the American Dream.
Occupy Wacko red neck.
Git 'er done homey!
Wacko your are good for a good laugh only.
Palm actually he just shows how pathetic and hopeless desperate the GOP really is now that the GOP has been seeing their efforts to stop people from voting is going down in flames.
You probably get your info from FOX broadcasts, the least informed audience of all; or the "hate Obama group" over the internet. This is the "silly season," and it will be worse than ever this year.
I received approximately 3,000 right wing emails, and of that group, 100% of them have been verifiably wrong, and the majority of them end with, "Pass this on." That's the tip off. It's very rare that anyone ever verifies what they read.
Like listening to edited 9-1-1 audio from MSDNC? or when Ed Schultz had to apologize for some of his nonsense - taking information our of context or simply distorting the truth, or attacking women.
Or when Special Ed claimed, "growth in spending under President Obama is the slowest out of the last five presidents." Big LIE. Eddie forgot to mention to his 6 viewers that the "chart" he showed attributed all spending during Obama's entire first year, up to Oct. 1, to President Bush. That means, for example, the $825 billion stimulus bill, proposed, lobbied for, signed and spent by Obama, goes in ... Bush's column.
More lies from Ed Shultz...but that is to be expected from a lunatic liberal.
See posts 1.8 and 1.9
Obama has my vote and any other Democrat.
Stupid is, as stupid does.
Boy how you prove that, you have yet to post anything based in reality.
So...Susan Del Perchio thinks the President gets on 'F' on foreign policy because of CORY BOOKER??? Are you freakin' KIDDING me? This is CRAP. She and the REST of the media deliberately 'misunderstood' what the President was saying. They said it over and over and then blamed the President for telling BOOKER that he didn't understand what the President was saying. It's catch-22. We will set you up and knock you down.
As an independent this will be the first year I will be voting a straight ticket, democrat, it is so disheartening to see the republican coming on TV today gloating about the job rate when they are the blame. This is one sad country when you have to stand with your party against the American people. I can't believe these people sleep , they are so greedy. They are a bunch of blood suckers.
Going to enjoy watching Ed's neck bolts come loose next Tuesday.
Reich is an absolute idiot with economics only knowing liberals tax tax tax and more tax plans. It will be fun to see Big Eddy after next weeks blowout loss for the Unions - almost as much fun as November when his Messiah is retired by the voters. Liberals lose - the country wins.
I wish he would stand up during the interview.... I could barely see him. lol
A sock and his puppet.
loser,
perhaps you are not aware that when lenin and stalin got power, the first thing they did, like the communist party of today, is ABOLISH UNIONS. wow. what does the repub party have in common with lenin, stalin, and the communist party of today?
please respond with two words.
hint: abolish unions.
More uninformed speech from the peanut gallery. You can provide NO proof that the GOP wants to "abolish unions". What a stupid remark. This is the type of extremist rhetoric hype that removes any possible credibility from your positions. It's so easily debunked. Scott Walker had zero impact on private labor unions, the police and firemen unions, and only wanted to reform the 'public' union collective bargaining as they receive salary, pensions and benefits from who? the tax payers - since the Democrats left Walker with a significant state budget deficit. If only you people were educated and informed..... then again, it wouldn't be as much fun to beat you over the head with the truth.
Right just close your eyes and listen to how great right to work sounds and don't pay attention to what right to work really means because right to work sounds good. Boy what a sucker the GOP got for doing nothing but feeding into the tea bagged bigotry.
Federal government confirms Gov. Scott Walker's job-growth data
When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced job growth of over 23,000 jobs in 2011, recall challenger Tom Barrett accused him of lying and "cooking the books."
The Ap reports that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has confirmed Walker's numbers.
WHY DIDN'T ED SCHULZ REPORT THIS????
Because its a fraud like most things you post.
watson,
scott walker campaigned for his "job" as gov. to create 250,000 (minimum wage?) jobs, and 10,000 businesses.
he never mentioned abolishing unions, or making wisconsin a "right to work" state, which is what he really did as gov (divide and conquer).
scott walker fell short of his promise to create 250,000 jobs and 10,000 businesses, because he was TOO BUSY trying to build a "communist" state by abolishing unions.
Scott Walker said he supports private unions and had NO intention to make Wisconsin a Right to Work state during the debates. It's amazing how you people don't learn the truth and watch other media for your information besides MSDNC and the Ed Show. This is why you're all flunkies in life.
Then there is the real world and you don't live in it so you don't get to voice an opinion about it.
wacker,
you believe everything that scott walker says?
is it possible that you haven't seen the video where wisconsin billionaire diane hendricks asked scott walker what she could do to help make wisconsin a "right to work" state?
scott walker and diane hendricks want to get rid of ALL unions. public AND private.
how naive are you?
get a clue.
I clicked that I approve Wacko 's comment re: his litany of "Democrat" comments - I apologize. These are the facts:
The GOP House PASSED over 18 Bills for a Senate vote.
On what ...? Abortion. Oh no that's not correct because the House voted/passed over 100 bills regarding abortion. Most of the bill came within the first 2 months -- so much for "we'll create jobs ..."
The Democrat Senate FAILED to bring those Bills to a vote on the floor.
U mean the Democratic Senate - u must b a ditto head. Anyway -- there was no jobs bill put forward by the GOP -- if that's what ur talking about.
The Democrat President said he would VETO the House GOP Bills.
Okay - u got something correct. I said he would veto fanatic based bills that were based on the Paul Ryan bill - thank god ...
The Democrat Senate gave ZERO votes to Obama's federal budgets.
Technically - ur correct. But the vote was intended to fail because of proposed cuts in order to give cover for Senators and Representatives .... it's a congressional trick that the GOP has used for over 40 years.
The Democrat Senate provided NO alternative Bills for the House GOP.
Again - Democratic Senate ... You must be ignorant. Three and a half years of bills. This is called compromise regardless of ur beliefs. And BTW: compromise isn't about one side totally agreeing and/or submitting to the other.
The "Do Nothing" Congress is Democratic - 1st TWO years of the Obama administration.
Sorry - your wrong. 1st two years accomplished more than any administration for the past 50 years.
The "Do Nothing" Democrat Senate shoved Obamacare through a GOP Filibuster, but NO Jobs Bills.
NO - wrong again. The Affordable Healthcare Act - a bill based on conservative ideas from the Heritage Foundation included 147 amendments (unprecedented) by the GOP House and Senate members does include jobs.
Anyway - there's the "Recovery Act" - which could have been larger if it weren't for the fact that O agreed to make 1/3 of the bill tax cuts. Then there have been a dozen or so jobs bills over the past 3 years that have been filibustered by Republican's. These are job initiatives that Senate and House GOP members always agreed upon.
Including -- support for Policeman, firefighters, teachers ... etc .... FYI: The unemployment # would be below 7% if GOP Governors accepted federal money to keep those jobs and create new ones. Florida Governor refused $5B to create Hight Speed Rail. Rick Perry used 19B to fill a gap in a budget that he created rather than creating new private sector, public sector jobs. Fmr. gov Arnold S. used a few billion to close a gap he created as well.
Then there's Bobby Jindal who swore not to accept Obama money but there's a picture of him cutting a few ribbons per the recovery act and then there's Christie who refused money for his state to build an addition to the Mid-Town tunnel - costing a 100K jobs.
Then there's the help to Detroit. If ur thinking - well - it only did very little for detroit ur wrong again. The car industry affects Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, Wisconsin and all the ancillary jobs i.e. steele, plastics, restaurants, home ownership etc in towns, communities, cities regions and states.
In Addition, the GOP has voted against or upheld Veteran's Jobs Bills, retraining, and medical support.
So much for the GOP's "We support our troops ..."
I could go on and on ... One last thing --- more private sector jobs have been created in 3 years than during the eight years of the W administration.
What a bunch of leftist nonsense that is unsupported by government sources. You obviously have no clue what Bills were advanced by the GOP House in Congress, which is no surprise given you reside on the Ed Schultz blog. Obama/Biden have done more to weaken our economy, lose jobs, reduce our military, waste money on 'green' initiatives that resulted in few jobs, reduced oil drilling on federal lands, etc. etc. Unemployment is higher under Obama along with higher energy prices. He has a failed record and no amount of repeating lies from the left will make it any better. Obama = Failure. The California High Speed Rail project was recently exposed for the failure it is; another half @zzed pipe dream of the left, aka 'bridge to no where". highspeedboondoggle.com/
Ah no that would be every post you have made wacko. You are the least informed poster since capt entitled got himself banned.
wacker,
according to the # of blogs from you, you live here more than anyone else.
If our president cant lead then we dont need to vote him back in. We need a leader who can compromise with both parties. Saying that the repuks kept Obama from suceeding is not acceptable to me. Regardless of what they did if he was a leader he would have been able to compromise. Just like in private business if the company is losing money guess who im going to fire 1st? The ceo or president, its just not acceptable to blame your failure on the people under you. Just dont work like that, so its time for Barry to go. Unless you put Hillary Clinton on the ticket, put her on the ticket and the dems win by a mile.
It's very simple. The Republicans want to go back to Bush policies on steroids. For the slow who don't get what I am saying, that would be by electing Romney.
The Democrats don't.
All other talk is merely fluff. The differences between the two candidates are very stark.
However voting for Obama would be 4 more years of non leadership. He has already proven he cant lead. All you here from Ed and the rest of the dems is how Obama cant get anything done because of the repuks. No need to think its going to be differnt this time. Everytime you say its the repuks blocking it thats saying Obama is not a leader. Just a fact if he was a leader he would be able to compromise.
Obama cannot pass bills all by himself. Saying he isn't compromising is just promoting the phony right-wing narrative of lies. He has backed down numerous times to try and appease Republicans. The Bush tax cuts and the public option in health reform, both of which were HUGE compromises, are just two examples out of many.
You cannot explain away the fact that since he was elected, the GOP holds the record for the largest number of filibusters in the history of Congress. They have even voted against their own bills.
“Just because this is good legislation for Republicans, and written by Republicans, that doesn’t mean Republicans are going to vote for it. I think the Democrats learned that lesson today" - Mitch McConnell
Might want to read this for further proof that this has been their plan since he was elected.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_10/mcconnell_takes_chutpah_to_new032698.php
I blame that on the lack of leadership from Barry. See the fact is if you blame it on the repuks your sayin Barry isnt a leader. The buck stops at the top and if you cant lead then you have to go. If the republicans have had that many filibusters its Barrys fault for not being able to lead. So remember next time you blame it on the repuks that is a strike against Barry for his lack of leadership.
Ed
Why does'nt Mitt Romney go on MSNBC or CNN and talk about the issues. I never here you tell your listners that you have asked Mitt to come on your Show. If you would mention this everyday people might realize that Mitt is afraid to be asked question on the issues. All I see is NSNBC showing Mitt on FOX NEWS, which tells me I should be watching FOX NEWS to see what Mitt has to say and what Question are being asked. I for one will not vote for ETCH-A-SKETCH MITT this Nov.
For the same reason Democrats do not go on Fox. Why would Mitt Romney go on a show that calls him a liar, criminal, ridicules his religion, that he favors the rich, questions his integrity and insults his wife. Last time a Republican Congressman (Utah) went on O'Donnell he was called a criminal tax fraud. MSNBC, O'Donnell, Schultz, Bashir and Matthews are as biased as some of the personalities at Fox. You are entitled to vote for whomever you want. Did you have the same problem when Valerie Jarred told democrats not to go on Fox. Take Ed on Wisconsin as an example. His shows has done interviews against Walker 237 to 1. Ed is entitled to so, since his show is opinion, but would you expect Walker to appear on his show.
Most politicians appear on the Sunday shows, regardless of party. They do so because they are treated with respect and not insulted 99% of the time. Ed's entire show is an attack on Republicans and he can do so, but do not expect them to come and appear on his show. Obama never appeared on Fox when he ran for President, Hillary did.
ED and his pals claim that Romney is for the rich only. Yesterday Glenn Hubbard appeared on CNN GPS, a very liberal show and here are the comments:
Romney Economic Adviser Says Reforms Must Target the Wealthy
By Alexandra Jaffe | National Journal – 5 hrs agoEmail
Glenn Hubbard, an economic adviser to Mitt Romney, clarified some of the details of Romney’s plan to improve the economy on Sunday, insisting that all options were on the table when it comestax reform, but also asserting that such reform would have to focus on wealthier Americans.
Speaking on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, Hubbard said that Romney wants to get marginal tax rates to the same levels as proposed in the Bowles-Simpson deficit reduction plan, but to pay for such cuts, Romney has proposed broadening the tax base.
“The bulk of the adjustment [must] be borne by upper income households,” Hubbard said of Romney’s tax reform plan. “Everything has to be on the table, and again, the adjustment really has to focus on upper income households.”
On welfare reform, Hubbard said that Romney’s plan would also focus on the rich, as his proposed reforms would “limit Medicare support, particularly for more affluent seniors,” and Romney would “slow the rate of growth of [Social Security] benefits for upper-income people.”
This assertion may placate some critics concerned that Romney is inclined to favor the rich in his policy proposals. But Hubbard’s explanation of Romney’s long-term outlook on the deficit may irritate more fiscally conservative Republicans, particularly the tea party, which is notoriously averse to any national deficit whatsoever. Hubbard indicated that it’s “the very big deficits that the country should be afraid of,” whereas small deficits are alright.
“If we can get federal spending to 20 percent of GDP by 2016, the deficit will be very small. A healthy tax system and a healthy economy would produce 18 percent, 19 percent of GDP in revenue. So those won't be large deficits,” he said.
With a fierce debate over expiring tax cuts and pending budget sequesters looming, Hubbard said that the best option for Congress might be to kick the can down the road if Romney is elected. “If we get to a situation where Governor Romney becomes the president, then the lame-duck congress ought to simply shift things down the road a few months to the enactment of Governor Romney's tax plan,” he said.
“If the president wins re-election, that's a different negotiation," he said.