democratic congressional candidate congressman alan grayson.y thanks. >> thank you. >> eliot: a new approach for the federal reserve. massive buying without end. that's coming up. welcome to the possibilities of membership. welcome in. american express. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >> eliot: the new cycle of this campaign seems to be jobs, deficit taxes repeat over again. what is missing from this endless loop? any conversation about poverty which brings us to our number of the day. 0.2%. the media watchdog from january to june, only 17 campaign stories out of more than 10,000 talked about poverty in a really substantive way one-fifth of 1% of election coverage. why does the issue get so little coverage? mainly because the c

. >> cenk: i had an interesting conversation with alan grayson about this. now out, going to come back in. there's so much you can do. are you sure you want to go back into congress? he said cenk you don't understand, when we pass a bill he said we're helping people. that makes a difference. there's nowhere else i would rather be. that was an interesting comment. >> al: it used to happen a lot more than it does now. and remember joe biden was in the senate since 1972. he became chairman of the judiciary committee where he did this wonderful work on law enforcement, public safety and lots of other issues. then chairman of the foreign relations committee -- he knew jim there. he's passed lots of legislation. yes, that's very satisfying and in the days when they really did a lot in the senate, it was particularly gratifying. >> cenk: all right. now we're going to hear from joe biden himself in just a little bit. we're going to take a quick break here and come back and listen to the vice president. think he is? (vo) this is joy on current tv. >>if mitt romney tr

alan grayson had a better line. he said their plan is die now. the president actually repeated that in his speech. >> john: you get a lot of credit here. thank you for calling into us. congressman with guts.com. people of earth, get this man back in the house! what a pleasure, sir. always a thrill to talk to you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> john: boosler great to have you here. >> i'll bet you're going to commercial. >> john: we'll be back with the one and only elayne boosler. >> a beautifully wrapped glossy, sweet smelling show. >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." barack was having to work out the fact that people react to him based on his racial make-up. we go back to see the poeple and events that would become president. ♪ joan this is "the stephanie miller show" -- >> john: this is "the stephanie miller show." this is bee gees with pink floyd. i'm john fuglesang filling in for steph all week. thrilled to have you here with us. one of the great things about the month of august for me, as a new hire at current tv was i got to do

we are former and future congressman alan grayson coming right up.here in america our grandparents should be able to afford their medicine. our kids should be able to see a doctor when they're sick. and no one in this country should ever go broke because of an accident or an illness. [ cheers & applause ] and he believes that women are more than capable of making other own choices about our bodies and our healthcare. [ cheers & applause ] that's what my husband stands for. >> stephanie: yea! by the way if you were just watching us all if you're wondering what it is like to be live at a national convention. everyone is on their mobile devices looking at each other. we were at lunch yesterday and every single person -- assuming there was a much bigger name trying to contact them on their mobile device. wait a minute. oh i'm sorry. jan cichowski is calling. we have a big show. jan cichowski alan grayson. mike joins us. one of our favorites from wisconsin. we love us our madison folk. wisconsin democratic chairman. good morning mike. >> happy to be here.

future alan grayson on "the stephanie miller show." [ ♪ music ♪ ] i'm going to be on with the governormeone returned other stray newswoman. >> i was running errands. >> it is a good thing we chipped her. >> stephanie: jacki sends a story of tuxedo stan. a candidate for mayor in halifax, canada. that's silly. everybody knows cats make better governors. is your cat running? >> she's running for president of my house. >> stephanie: his platform is actually to raise awareness about the stray cat problem in halifax which that's not a good political strategy because strays probably aren't registered. >> hard to corral. >> there you go. >> stephanie: stray catsupression going on, i'm guessing. >> herding cats. >> stephanie: jacki schechner. now there is nothing left for you but to do the news. >> come on. >> stephanie: jacki schechner. >> you wish you had thought of it first. good morning everyone. paul ryan's campaigning in virginia today. while he's got his eyes on the v.p. spot, his congressional campaign is making sure that he is still a contender in wisconsin. he's got a new ad that's go