kurt andersen, what do you make of that? we have talked a lot about this being a high stakes election, a fundamental argument about the american social compact. do you think the candidates we have are living up to the nature of that argument? >> not yet. it's still june. the thing doesn't really go into, you know, advanced gears until august, september, october. for now i think that's a fair statement. i was in egypt a couple months ago and similarly, it was the highest possible stakes and everybody was eh, i'm not interested, i don't like it. i think -- >> that sentiment obviously has changed. >> but i think that's definitely true this time, that the concept partly because neither candidate is willing to address the nature, the precise and particular nature of the stakes directly. >> let me take a different cut at it. i agree and disagree, because i think we're living at a time where the movements of our time are driving a different kind of politics and i think the movements are driving issues into this election that aren't

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." >> joining me today, radio host kurt andersen who is author of true believers, forth coming in julyyst richard wolffe, "the new york times" jodi kantor and msnbc contributor jonathan capehart of the "washington post." if you're president obama or mitt romney, there are five dates to circle on your calendar. july 6th, august 3rd, september 7th, october 5th and november 2nd. those are the five remaining monthly jobs reports from the department of labor. and if they're anything like today's assessment which found that just 69,000 jobs were created and the unemployment

." >> joining me today, radio host kurt andersen who is author of true believers, forth coming in julyyst richard wolffe, "the new york times" jodi kantor and msnbc contributor jonathan capehart of the "washington post." if you're president obama or mitt romney, there are five dates to circle on your calendar. july 6th, august 3rd, september 7th, october 5th and november 2nd. those are the five remaining monthly jobs reports from the department of labor. and if they're anything like today's assessment which found that just 69,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate increased it could be a tough road for president obama. for republicans, the script writes itself. >> this is terrible. i mean these job numbers are pathetic. i think it just really cries out for us to actually try something new now. >> i'm not going to go down the path of i'm not an economist. all i can say is that they would have taken our advice and worked with us, the economy would be better. more americans would have better jobs, more americans would have better incomes. that's clear to us. >> i guess the only n

joining me today, radio host, kurt andersen, and author of "true believers," msnbc political analyst,c political analyst and former rnc chair, now without a mustache, the notorious michael steele. we are not letting that go throughout the entire show. d katrina vanden heuvel, editor and publisher of the nation. >> without a mustache. >> there will be a third party in the general election race this year and its name is the u.s. supreme court. thursday's decision on health care and the latest rulings on immigration and campaign finance laws present a clear opportunity for the president and governor romney to define themselves. yesterday, romney's spokesperson gave an exhaustive nonanswer. >> what does he think about the policy in arizona? is it fair to say he has no opinion? or that you are refusing to give us an answer? >> arizona, like many other states in this nation, take it upon themselves to craft policies for their own specific states. >> does he have a reaction as to whether he agrees with this decision? >> the states have the right to craft their immigration policy and the fede