foundation in the strategy here. that always trips up people. >> states' rights. >> exactly. wave the flag. chef, thank you as always for your time. for more information and to sign the food policy action petition, go to stop the dark act.com. that is all for now. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. eastern. the ed show is up next. good evening, americans. welcome to the ed show live from miami, florida. i'm ready to go. let's get to work. >> voters going to the polls to pick their gop candidates to replace former congressmen trey radel. >> the 19th district. >> today republican voters will decide between these four candidates. after the fight over who is more conservative, all that money is spent and thoses thatinasty ads comes down to today. all hoping to pull off the

victory. >> so much money has been spent in a relatively short amount of time. >> a handful of billionaires pumping hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars in to the campaign. >> the most cash in the last final days leading up to the big election. >> working it hard. good to have you with us. some would call it a political dandy going on down here in florida. it's the new world. it's the new political world. it's the new america. but it's basically mixture of cocaine and massive amounts of cash. they are making up for a heated special election here in the state of florida. today primary voters will decide which republican will succeed the cocaine congressman trey radel. in case you missed it, the florida congressman resigned in january after pleading guilty to cocaine possession.

there are four republicans vying for the state. three of them are spending massive amounts of money for a chance to help john boehner do one thing and that is obstruct president obama's edagenda. florida's 19th congressional district votes republican. you can count on it. i mean it's more than an uphill battle for the democrats. and whoever wins today's primary will likely be the next congressional member from florida. hopefully they will have better luck than the last guy. but let's take a look at today's candidates and their bank accounts. because that is the new america. first up, we have former florida representative page griegel. he's krased $327,000. however he's had super pacs toss in support. up next, elizabeth benacquisto.

she has over $1 million and $700,000 in support from super pacs. and more importantly, she's endorsed by sarah palin, but it's not doing her much good. finally we have the front runner. and no surprise, he has the biggest bank account of them all. tea party candidate and i don't know if he's a millionaire, billionaire, businessman curt clawson. he's never held public officer. hold that thought. he's never had a desire to public service in his life until he got a fat bank account. and if you have millions of dollars, it's clear you can buy a congressional seat. it's the land of purchasing when it comes to public service. just like rick scott did it. now, this guy is leading in the polls with 38% of the vote. this guy has spent $3.4 million

of his own money on the race. he spent over $2.2 million on tv and internet ads alone. clawson has gotten what some might jokingly say prestigious endorsements from michele bachmann and senator rand paul. his youtube page boasts 19 commercials, including this ad clawson ran during this year's super bowl. ♪ >> i'm curt clawson. i'm challenging president obama to a three point contest. i want to take on obama in congress. so why not start on the court? in college, i hate game winning shots. and won a big ten championship. and obama has been missing a lot of shots lately. not just in basketball. i'm curt clawson and i approve this message. because i know, mr. president, you're going on say will this. my house or yours? >> it is the perfect commercial.

republicans think this is hog but a big game. there is enough obstruction going on already in washington. president obama is the most obstructed president in american history. now, hold it, we've been talking a lot about what are the democrats going to run on. they're not sure if they're going to run on health care or not, on the economy or not. you know what these guys are doing some they're spending a boat load of money and they're running against obama. it never changes. the total spending numbers in this race are absolutely staggering. there was over $2 million in outside spending and over $3.5 million in self funding. that has to make the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker feel like they're really part of the process. $5.5 million is being spent on one republican primary for a house seat? welcome to the golden age of citizens united. the bottom line here is this. we are witnessing the transformation of our government. this is a government for the wealthy, by the wealthy,

controlled by the wealthy, squashing voices. rich people fund rich people's campaigns who will only help will rich people in the long run when it comes to getting to washington. as vermont senator has warned, it's an al garky. >> a handful of billionaires having candidates come before them and getting the litmus test that they will support the billionaired a jen tod ed a jed today. that's where we are in america. i vote for democracy. >> the senator has been right on this issue for years. citizens united and since this law a shrinking number of super rich people have been buying elections around this country. and today's election, special election, here in florida is really a microcosm of a much bigger problem. because what does it say to the

folks that really have public service in their heart and want to do something? you better get connected early in your career. and that would be not only connected to some people, just the wealthy. because as i said, the butcher, baker and candlestick maker, their voices are being squashed. the only thing they have left is unions that can socially put pressure to get candidates to run and also support them. that's the only infrastructure the democrats have left right now. obama for america, that was an anomaly. who will be able to do that. the bottom line here, folks, is that what does it say to young people across america. what does it say to people that, hey, my vote counts. it really makes i think people think i don't know if my vote counts. look at all these wealthy people making all these decisions. if i don't have money, i can't be part of the process.

this is the danger to democracy. the political landscape, the political process is being purchased. and it's mentally disenfranchising a lot of people thinking that they can't make a difference. so it's happened with rick scott. he purchased the governor's chair. now we're seeing the purchasing of a primary seat which of course is probably going to go to the republicans and the democrats are just going to say this is one we're not going to compete in. this will slowly knock down the dominos. what stops it? what stops it? i don't have that answer. 2014 is a transformational year in american politics because we are going to see money in the midterm like we've never seen before. and it is cut throat. these republicans down here are at each other's throats and whoever has the biggest bank accounts is raising their hand saying i can obstruct better than any of the rest of you, y

boehner, i'm ready to work for you. because the only thing they care about is something the democrats have never you said stood. it's about power, it's about political power. and you can't fight for the middle class anymore unless you have the power. get your cell phones out. tonight's question, what is getting modern day politicians elected? their bank accounts or their ideas? text a for bank accounts, b for ideas. 67622. ed.msnbc.com. we appreciate you leaving a comment there. for more, i want to bring in a political writer for the miami "herald" oig, mi "herald", mike caputo. appreciate your time. is this something we haven't seen in a primary in florida before and is this really the template of the way it's going to be? >> i don't remember seeing a gop primary like this in florida before. but this district hasn't been like any other district. you had an incumbent congressman

that got busted for cocaine and resigned. the idea that lots of money is new to politics was not quite the case. we're certainly seeing more and more cash coming in. incidentally, you did reference rick scott this is his congressman, trey radel, and depending on how the vote breaks out, likely his congress person in 2014. >> as an objective reporter covering the political scene here, what credentials does mr. clawson have when it comes to the public arena and public service? >> clawson's basically running the rick scott campaign. rick scott came out of nowhere. used lots of money, good team, and a good message. and rode his business credentials as well as a very hefty advertising campaign to the governor's office.

curt clawson is doing the same thing. he came out of nowhere parlaying his business experience and producing a very good ads for the district. and it seems to be paying off. the polls do show him leading. in the end, though, he has stumbled along the way. his business record shows that as the business did worse and worse, clawson kept making lots of money. there was even a worker who died in a factory fire. or there was a man who died in a factory fire and his sister is now safety advocate. doesn't quite like curt clawson. and the fox affiliate said there was a tie between him and a pedophile. he dcht knidn't know he was a pedophile. it caused a measure of embarrassment. an interesting case where the three other candidates got up to denounce him and he hijacked their press conference.

to certainly made for good tv. >> so my impression of this basketball ad is this guy has confrontation with the president. so he wants to challenge the president to basketball. it's a different way of showing i'm going to be in competition with the president. but it also -- everybody loves basketball. heck will, florida had a pretty good basketball team. what kind of response has he gotten from running an ad like this and also playing on his experience as a former athlete? >> he's ahead in the polls. it was eye catching. his media consultant worked on the infamous one in michigan. but no gaffes this time. certainly you look at both polls, public polls that were taken, it's benefited claw cson

quite well. it's home to a lot of wintering business ceos. so it goes a long way there. i wouldn't count out elizabeth. probably 60% of the vote has already happened. there has been almost 40,000 absentee ballots returned. there is an interesting thing, about 74% of those ballots cast already were cast within her state senate district. so possibility that her team might pull out a miracle here. but we'll wait until after 7:00 p.m. to really know. >> great information. mark caputo, reporter from miami "herald," great to have you with us tonight. let me bring in mitch caesar. what does this say to the democrats, stay out of this district and is this the way it's going to be over all florida? whoever has the money is the guy that it has to be doesn't matter about experience?

>> obviously florida democrats don't believe that because otherwise we wouldn't be fighting against rick scott who self funded his campaign to some $73 million of his own money last time. but i see this congressional race actually as a democratic opportunity because untold millions have been spent on tv alone and they're chopping each up really, really well. yes, it's a democratic seat as you said, mitt romney won with over 60%. democrats will have a tough time in this district. there are other ways to spend their money. but because it's so divisive and it's a fight for the soul of the republican party. this is the establishment. versus the tea party favorite, the self funllelf funder. i think it will be so horrible with all those candidates spending millions of dollars that you are going to have folks i predict sit home in november.

remember, only one person can win and then run for re-election. that means all the other big funded folks that are running are out. they're gone. they lost. they won't be motivated as much. and i think that will help us defeat rick scott the because turnout in this republican congressional district will be lower than it should be. >> who is this curt clawson and what makes him fit for public office other than his money? >> well, he's a perfect fit with michele bachmann supporting him. he went in saying i'm an outsider. as you correctly pointed out, he's very, very rich. he fits the play book of the tea party. that's why it's a fight for the soul of the tea party. and i smell a whiff of boehner in this. he has a majority in the house, but it's not a working majority. if he can pull this off with the establishment republican who is

not favored to win, he makes his point. he doesn't have to win every race. he just has to win one or two to make his point to try to pull people in away from the tea party. but they seem to be doing just fine on their own in obstructing everything. >> so the liberals, progressives, democrats in the state of florida here are going to have to be somewhat angered that their government is being stolen and directed by only the wealthy, quarterbacked by the wealthy, directed by the wealthy, wealthy issues. middle class being squeezed again. all of this. and the question is that going to motivate people in the very important state of florida. by the way, if you haven't noticed, the ed team will be camping out a lot in florida because this is where the action is. i mean, it's got everything. it has diversity, it's got money, the middle class. i mean this is the political hot bed for 2014 as i see it. and this gubernatorial race.

but this is the tea leaves. this is the way it's going to be. how will people respond to this kind of government being purchased? your take on that. >> i think specifically this race has national important to democrats. because as i've said, i think it will be so over the top after tonight that you'll have incidents, republicans that might lean republican from that congressional oig up sitting home. this will help us run for governor. it is out of the rick scott playbook. be wealthy, do nothing for government in the past, do nothing for society in the past, other than make money. which is fine. but you're supposed to throw a little bit on to the water once in a while. >> all right. mitch caesar, great to have you with us. we'll certainly do it again. remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of

the screen. share your thoughts. we want to know what you think. coming up, republicans are celebrating earth day by ramping up a tax on the state department over delaying the decision on the keystone xl. and of course the cowboy and indian alliance is fighting back. this week of action, that's what it is, against the pipeline kicks off today in washington, d.c.. but first, president obama heads to asia to revive the tpp negotiations. trenders next. ♪ i know a thing about an ira

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wallock, global trade watch. great to have you with us tonight. the president is going overseas, he doesn't have his party's support on this. does this put him in a tight spot? i mean how much push back is there from congress and does it matter at this point? >> i just got back from japan last mignight and one of the ths i was telling the parliamentarians whether is that the u.s. congress has not given president obama trade authority for the tpp. because in japan, the public just like here as they have learned what that agreement really is about and what it could do, all the new corporate powers, opposition is growing. so it seemed important that people there knew that here, as well, even if president obama is trying to push it, that congress hasn't given them the authority to actually make a deal. >> so how critical is this trip for the president to close this deal? could he close this deal and do

the final round of negotiations as opposed to his trade negotiators, is president obama going overseas thinking that this is it? >> well, here is the story if you ask me. folks like you and the other countries and you have gotten the word out on tpp and it's got be very controversial. a lot of people are against it. it's gotten stuck. and a lot of the issues you've raised, rolling back financial regulation, unsafe food imports, bans on buy america, the corporate tribunal that can attack our law, offshoring job, all of that stuff has got the tpp in a knot. so president obama, yes, he intends to go to japan and try to break what is now really a jam between the u.s. and japan which he thinks will then smooth the way for the rest of the deal. and the thing is, it's dangerous because we can see the kabuki dance deal between the u.s. and japan is that not really a deal but kind of changes the

psychology and then we slide into this god awful deal. >> well, i think the white house has failed to make the case as to how this is going to help rebuild the american middle class. and they're just not going to pull the wool over our eyes on this. i'm going to do the story again tomorrow. we were in of course lorain, ohio at a steel mill. and the president on this trip is going to be going to south korea. the korean trade agreement and they're dumping steel on our market, now, the question is, do you think the president is going over to korea to say knock off the dumping or keep bringing it on? this is a major problem. these are the very people that put president obama in office, this is the very economic class that he says has to drive our economic engine in this country, the american middle class. and yet he's going on an asian trip and what is he going to say to the south koreans when it comes to their dumping steel on this market? your call on that. >> well, this is going to make

you unhappy, but one of the things he's doing is inviting them to join tpp. and now china is indicating interest in joining tp pfp. but the data in what's happened is cat trofrastrophic. not only did our imports increase, but exports declined 11%. so the trade deficit has increased 47% which equates to about 60,000 more u.s. jobs gone. and the notion now that the president would be trying to do more of the same with tpp is so outrageous. so the good news, the public basically in the u.s. has woken up and are saying no. you don't want to have a tpp, make sure your member of congress says no trade authority. but the president's new employ, and this might be something to check in on tomorrow, is, well, whatever you think about the economics, this is really important for national security. that's always the last resort

when the jobs arguments fail, we better do it for national security. and ladies and gentlemen, this is about our jobs. it has nothing to do with national security. do not take the bait. >> this is all about jobs. lori, great to have you with us tonight. appreciate your time. thank you. we'll have more on this tomorrow. still ahead, native americans, ranchers and environmentalists are banding together in washington today to oppose the keystone xl pipeline. the cowboy and indian alliance is what they call it. they join us live from the national mall next. and later, the senate race in michigan is heating up. terry lynn lance latest ad mocks politics. but next, your questions. ask ed live coming up.

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welcome back. love hearing from our viewers. appreciate the questions. our first question comes from brian keith. he wants to know have you ever thought of running for a senate seat in minnesota. state office? no. federal office? it's a nonissue. the united states senate is in good hands with senator amy and al franken. but if they ever stepped out, 6 ever -- our next question from alan. wouldn't today earth day be the perfect day for president obama to say no to the keystone xl pipeline? theoretical theoretically, yeah. but i want the president to be consistent as he has been throughout this entire process and he's getting no credit for it whatsoever. the constitutional lawyer who sits in the oval office, knows

that the legal process can't be circumvented by the executive. this is a state's rights issue. it's in the state constitution of nebraska. it's about imminent domain. it's about property rights. and it's going to the state supreme court for it to get permitted. and what the republicans don't get about that is amazing. i saw karl rove again today. i mean, i think karl rove got his legal knowledge out of a cracker jack box. dude, the president isn't going to speed this up by saying yes tonight to the keystone xl pipeline. there still has to be a state permitting process if this is going to work. but they're using it to beat up the president and that's how clever they can get and that is the end of the road for them. this is playing out to be great for both sides. debate is wonderful, isn't it? let's keep debating the issues and the risk that it poses our aquifer and then the public will

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welcome back. thanks for watching us tonight. conservatives are attacking the state department's delayed decision on the keystone xl pipeline. now, they are playing up the union reaction by one leader. one labor leader reduced to a cheap shot on the president of the united states and of course karl rove jumped in. >> the leader of the labors international union terry sullivan has got it best which is this is a question of jobs and progression parosperity for america. >> he called it gutless and a low blow and you're talking about a labor supporter of the administration. here's what else he said. it's not the oil that's dirty. its eye the politics. once again, the administration

is making a political cass out of it. do you think he's got it right or is he off base? >> i think he's absolutely right. >> he is way off base. terry o'sullivan, that's embarrassing. maybe you can tell us what the republican party or any republican representative has done for jobs in this country. if you buy in to this narrative that it will create millions of jobs, it's simply not true. go green, dude. it won't help create sustainable jobs. there will be short term job, short term return. it will have major impacts on the land, on water, on people's livelihoods. all these folks across the midwest. irreversible damage. what union member would be in favor of that? family farmers and native americans have traveled from the bread basket of america to the nation's capital to express their concerns.

they're calling themselves indi. they are holding events all week. just a short time ago, they held their opening ceremony. joining me tonight, aldo from the rosebud sioux tribe. and also julia crawford, a rancher from texas. ms. crawford, you first. why are you in this fight? is there an environmental impact that could adversely affect texas in this? >> well, i hope you you know this pipeline has already been built across texas. so, yes, we're just waiting for the environmental catastrophe to happen. and the oil is dirty. so i'm here to support those whose land has not yet been taken because those of us in texas and oklahoma fell prey to imminent domain gone bad. >> so this pipeline i know has been built a majority of it,

there is a 75 mile run in nebraska that the big fight is all over and also the permitting in south dakota. but julia, your land has this pipeline on it. what happened? >> well, we told transcanada in 2008 we didn't want them coming across our place and ultimately in 2011, they said if you don't take this final offer of $21,000, we'll take your land anyway. so we stood up and we said we don't want to hand over our land no matter what price. and i'm currently at the texas supreme court and, yes, it is a states' rights issue and we're saying a foreign corporation building a for-profit pipeline doesn't have imminent right. >> are you satisfied with the way the president has handled this? >> i'm not happy when someone doesn't own up to promises he made. so, no, i'm not happy about it. and a delay is a salt tactic.

>> although we got the a labor leader out there in terry o'sullivan, he is saying that this is going to create all kinds of jobs and he said some pretty derogatory things about the president. what kind of jobs will it create for mats tinative americans in g haul? >> none. that's just the honest truth, ed. they came on our reservation about four years ago and it wasn't through official channels. we had some guy come in and he said, hey, we want to go ahead and offer you jobs. there might be 30, there w ther be 40. we looked at them and we said no, we don't want anything to do with that. it's bad for us. we don't want you on our land. and there is no economic benefit. and might be who is saying that they are trying to create jobs, it's just not true. >> well, at this point, what are the treaty violations? you and i have visited about this in the past.

what is your message there in this teepee camp at the national mall? what are you trying to getting across to the american people? >> as you said that, i got emotional. and the reason why i'm getting emotional is because when you say what is that, i ask you what is it like to be a second class citizen in this country when all you did was open your home to people that needed a place to stay, that needed food. we did that for this nation. we created an opportunity for people to thrive and survive. and we gave rights to this country about how they would use this land. and this is what they do with it. they turn their backs on us. and they have time and time again. and in 1851, 1868, we came to in some agreements. we came with an understanding of peace because we didn't want war. and then the government turned

their back and broke all of those treaties. even the presidential policy was broken, even the national historic for reservation act section 106 was violated. we talk about this pipeline. we're not just fighting for our water or our land. we're fighting for our children. we're fighting for their futures. ed, this is really hard. because a farmer and rancher, god love them, they made this country great. they provide food on the table. and they come and they say make sure you take as much money as you can because when something happens, you might need to move. ed, i ask you, where do we go? mr. president, where do we go? this has been our land since time and memorial. so where do we go when something happens? >> let me ask you this about the permitting process in south

dakota. the permit expires on june 20th. have people changed their attitudes in south dakota, is the permitting process going to be harder this time around? >> you know what, with all the misinformation that is being pumped out by transcanada, a lot of people aren't aware of what is going on. everybody thinks, oh, we'll make gasoline. we'll get secure. no, it's not. you can't make gasoline from it. people don't know what the facts are. they don't realize that putting the pipeline so close to our production wells for water, for agriculture to make the food that we all eat, there is a depression. it will draw a spill towards it. because that saturated soil creates a vacuum. so i don't think people understand that. they really don't know the facts. >> that's why we'll keep covering the story. thank you both for joining us. we will do this again.

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>> welcome back to "the ed show." this is a story for the folks who take a shower after work. earlier this year, the republican party began holding some much needed training sessions on how to speak to women. they discussed what not to say and how not to say it. it wasn't just republican men who needed a refresher course. a leading republican candidate for the senate seat in michigan was among those urged by officials to attend the sessions. and it might have something to do with some of the statements like this that she made back in

2010. >> we would all like to be paid more, that's great. but the reality is women have a different lifestyle. they have kids, they take them to get dentist appointments, doctor appointments, all those kinds of things. they're more interested in in flexibility in a job than pay. >> those comments went viral on this year's equal payday. land is currently locked in a height race against congress and gary peters in michigan in the swing state that is so important to the democrats. so terri lynn land. released this ad. >> they want you to believe i'm wanl waging a war on women. really? think about that for a moment. >> i'm terri lynn land.

i approve this message. because as a woman, i know more about women than gary peters. >> mock the issue, do everything you can to be negative. i guess the saying goes as it is, if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. >> what is your response as one of the leading activists in this country? and a professional woman to land's latest add? >> you know, ed, i just think it's so telling that she says nothing. nothing to women about the issues that women really care about. that is exactly why she's the wrong person to serve in the united states senate. she also has a record of supporting some of the most extremist anti-woman policies that the extremists in this country have ever come up with.

it seems to me supports a person hood amendment that would declare a fertilized egg to be a human being. and that would prevent women from some of the most common and effective forms of birth control. and may i say, if you're opposed to giving women access to birth control you don't get to call yourself pro life. no birth control, you're not pro life. >> she is making the case that she would be a better candidate and a better united states senator because she's a woman. i want your response to that. >> that's just completely wrong. in fact, the national organization for women has historically supported those candidates, male or female that support our issues. i have gone connecticut to support chris murphy who was running against a female

candidate wrong on our issues. if a woman is not for women's rights, then our job sz n.o.w. leader, my job as the n.o.w. president is to defeat her. that's what i'm going to be working to do. she's wrong for women. and for her to suggest that just because she's a woman, she's somehow therefore exempt from examination of her record and what she actually stands for is prepostero preposterous. >> well, her thoughts on equal pay are rather strange, as i see it. she says women have a different lifestyle. wait a minute, in the work place, women and men produce. why should men get paid more than women? i think it's that cut and dry. your thoughts? >> i agree with you, ed. it's completely that cut and dried. and frankly she's speaking like a millionaire who inherited her wealth and inherited corporate, really, anti-worker corporate values along with the millions that she inherited. the reality is that women who

work are entitled to both flexibility and fair pay. it's not either or, it's both. >> she sounded like she didn't work for it. it sounded like she did inherit it. terry o'neill, good to have you with us tonight. i'm ed shultz, politics nation with reverend al sharp ton right now. >> thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, a devastating blow for equal opportunity. today, the supreme court upheld michigan's ban on affirmative action on public colleges. the 6-2 decision sets a dangerous precedent on protecting minorities, and it has wide reaching implications for race in america. the court ruled that michigan did not violate the constitution when its voters banned affirmative action back in 2006. e