the steps of the supreme court and were met with the police presence and arrests congressman dennis kucinich meanwhile introduced an amendment yesterday to have the supreme court decision overturned saying that because of citizens united american democracy has been put up on the auction block so two years in public opinion soured and now for the overturning of citizens united to actually have a chance joining me from our studio in los angeles is john amano founder of crooks and liars john i want to thank you for joining me tonight and first of all let me just ask you know we have seen some effects obviously of citizens united especially in the midterm in two thousand and ten more money spent than ever before but do you think that we've seen the worst of it yet or is it just the tip of the iceberg. it's just the tip of the iceberg and thanks for having me on it's really it's really cool to be with you alone the amount of money that we're going to see coming in the general election is just going to be obscene you know what's been really good to me larry as and you've even seen it yourself is t

>> dennis kucinich. jerry springer will be in the special panel talking politics. >> jessica alba will be here and rick perry so let's get right to the other topics of the day. mitt romney who wants to be president on the republican side of things, yesterday, was this a gaffe or a good thing? he admits that he pays a tax closer to 15% instead of what you might expect for a wlty person. this is the whole warren buffet thing. when you make most of your income from investments you pay capital gains tax which is 15% thanks to george w. bush. instead of paying income tax, regular old income which will be taxed at a much higher level. is this a good thing now when mitt romney has also said at the same time he's not going to release his tax returns until april. >> well, it's a good thing, i guess, one thing, i do not think mitt romney can wait now until april. if you're going to give away the fact that you're paid 15% in your rate, that was the thing that everyone said that the governor politically said it's no

>> someone in the dennis kucinich wing on national security shouldn't call me a liberal. >> sean: doave a problem because you endorse specter? >> i endorse someone who i believed would ensure us we'd have two to three conservative u.s. supreme court justices. for me, having two supreme court justices that were robert and alito. if you go back and look, and senator specter said as chairman of the judiciary committee he made sure as chairman he'd push nomination through. and support the president if consulted. he did. alito on the court today because of that. i feel proud of the fact i was willing to stand up and fight for what i believed in. making sure that the court, which is unfortunately an important body in this country now would have those conservative justices and the 5-4 majority for at least several years to come. >> sean: senator, good to see you. congratulations. good luck in polls and caucus tomorrow. see you next week in new hampshire. >> my pleasure. >> sean: senator rick santorum. newt gingrich and michele bachmann join me later in the hour. but first, mitt romney. he h

>> someone in the dennis kucinich wing on national security shouldn't call me a liberal. >> sean: doave a problem because you endorse specter? >> i endorse someone who i believed would ensure us we'd have two to three conservative u.s. supreme court justices. for me, having two supreme court justices that were robert and alito. if you go back and look, and senator specter said as chairman of the judiciary committee he made sure as chairman he'd push nomination through. and support the president if consulted. he did. alito on the court today because of that. i feel proud of the fact i was willing to stand up and fight for what i believed in. making sure that the court, which is unfortunately an important body in this country now would have those conservative justices and the 5-4 majority for at least several years to come. >> sean: senator, good to see you. congratulations. good luck in polls and caucus tomorrow. see you next week in new hampshire. >> my pleasure. >> sean: senator rick santorum. newt gingrich and michele bachmann join me later in the hour. but first, mitt romney. he h

but on this one, i don't think they're there yet. >> congressman dennis kucinich, thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. >> thank you very much. >> when we come back, reality bites in the race for 2012. this is the true story. >> i'm pretty focused on south carolina, not disney world. >> of five republicans. >> we went for ron paul and we're pimping for paul. >> who want barack obama's job scenario let's get the map, all right? four companies created 120,000 jobs. it's very simple. >> and what happens when people stop being polite. >> i don't want to bloody his nose. i want to knock him out. >> and start getting real. >> this is one of the concerns people have about newt. is he has this is disconnection with reality. >> a real world republican primary 2012. ot better. now with even more of the vitamins your body needs. like vitamin d. plus omega 3's. there's one important ingredient that hasn't changed: better taste. [ female announcer ] eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. the better egg. the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citraca

. >> and sounding like dennis kucinich and jerry brown. >> in the process. >> we've had iowa and new hampshire, those races have been taking place in states doing economically well compared to the rest of the country. south carolina is not. the new republican party is not the old mainstream establishment, business friendly republican party. the composition of the party, you see that in south carolina, these kinds of economic appeals, populous economic appeals, on the positive sense and also the attacks on romney. this will be a different kind of electora electorate. perry is right in the objective sense. mitt romney will face these attacks in the fall. this will be our first chance to see how he does at fending them off. we'll see what this does to his prospects. >> do you agree that it's good for romney to get all this bane stuff out of the way now? >> he was hit on it early on, barely an issue late in the campaign. asked and answered. he has a chance to do that on bane. i think the democrats who are already riding the issue hard now might be making a mistake. they might say, why di

dismaying for me to say free market conservatives attack bain, the record of bain, sounding like dennis kucinich and if romney is the nominee it will hurt him. it's what bain did was not going around hurting companies, it went around trying to save companies that would have died entirely. was it better to have fewer benefits and fewer employees and a surviving company or a dead company. >> it has been characterized at vulture capitalism and there were instances where they went into companies and unleveraged and scrapped -- let go of a lot of people. they made a lot of money, they took it out and that company went under eventually. but this is business. we get that but it's a compelling story politically. >> shepard: i >> it has the potential to do a lot of damage but i find it dismaying that it's hard enough for conservatives to defend capitalism in this climate. you don't need newt gingerich, rick perry going out sounding like it's outrageous to fire people or streamline a company. >> what about the super pac candidate, the firewall. you heard newt gingerich talking about pretty extensively wha

there are the a number of amendments already introduced in congress congressman dennis because dennis kucinich has introduced a new one yesterday over fifty three councils across the u.s. have already passed their own resolution so he thinks that it's really possible of another and i meant the constitution here. well i mean it is possible it's not going to be easy but it least you know we can start with the occupy movement on the local level and then it percolates up. i born to a political pac or blue america pac and we raise most of our money online so basically all the candidates get almost one hundred percent of the money we don't really it's not like a packet you would say you know we pay each other it all goes to the candidates and alan grayson who's running for reelection you know when he was in car he authored a bill that basically said listen if you should be forced to disclose who your donors are and so that would be a great start we can get if we can get these little pieces of legislation passed in congress even if we don't overturn it entirely right away it starts chipping away at i

politicians like ron paul or dennis kucinich they say what you will about their policy is that it almost seems like anytime someone comes out and says something that goes against the the mainstream narrative they're exiled to some sort of a heretic yet i don't see that really changing do you i think well i think the way to change it is i mean in the back in the day if you did something like this i would have been hammered and buried but now there's enough other outlets out where you can actually who will defend you who put you on t.v. who put you on the radio show who will support you on twitter facebook and other social media so there is i think is open for the sort of gold needs to kind of resist against this but it's an uphill it's an uphill battle you know i mean the lesson the reason why the response was so severe in my case or in a case like the leaks we gradually manning and julian assange is being. the want to set an example they want to show oh no you can't do this you can't actually report what powerful people say you can't rip you can't try to write as accurately and as truthf

congressman dennis kucinich will give us best and worst moments of last night's speech. then, dick morris on who will win the florida primary. ro make sure that those who are making the most pay more. since the end of world war ii the wealthiest have paid lower taxes. >> bill: do you want to raise the cap gains to 30 or 40 or 50? >> no, i didn't say that. >> bill: i know. do you or do you not. >> i think the president's proposal is right. the focus of the president's proposal by the way wasn't simply about capital gains. it was about american manufacturing, about ending the outsourcing and insourcing. he talked about giving tax credits. >> bill: any congress person who wants to raise a cap gains to 30 and that's what president obama implied he was using that 30% number, okay? any millionaire -- anybody making over $1 million should pay 30%. that would be a cap gains because romney and buffet and a lot of these people make their money on interest payments and their taxed at 15. i'm going to ask you again, if you don't want to answer, tell me you don't want to answer and w

dennis kucinich join message now. good morning. >> it's got to be with you. good morning. >> the president hopes to appease the left about washington's crackdown on spending by promising he's going to focus on job creation this year rather than deficit cutting. but do you think that will work? are you worried? >> well, look, the main thing is to get people back to work, we should be focusing on job creation. what kind of jobs? i hope it's jobs that result in bridges being built and water systems being built, suer systems being built. if the president starts to focus on that and is able to get the resources from congress to put america back to work, that will be good for the american people, the economy, for president obama as well. >> everybody thinks that putting people back to work is a good idea and obviously, it will be helpful, the kinds of changes that need to be made though, they're not going to happen overnight and that's why ths going to be so much push to slash things out of the budget. what are you worried most about? >> you know, there's, there's

we have -- dennis kucinich. outstanding members of congress. the right thing every day, so we thank them all for being here. now, i understand the folks here at this school have a pretty good basketball team. boys and girls. unfortunately i have no eligibility left. so i can't play with you. i want to wish everybody a happy new year. 2012 is going to be a good year. it's going to be a good year. and one of my new year's resolutions is to make sure that i get out of washington and spend time with folks like you. because folks here in ohio and all across the country, i want you to know you're the reason why i ran for this office in the first place. you you remind me what we are still fighting for. you inspire me. okay. you do. now, you remind me that this country is all about folks who work hard and where responsibility pays off. an america where anybody who puts in the effort and plays by the rules can get ahead. that's the america you deserve. that's the america we're working to build. that's what i told congress before the new year they couldn

i would expect it from dennis kucinich.but this is coming from behind the lines. >> as you know, for mitt romney, this is an important time. he's got to get the messaging right. he has to figure out how to talk like a politician and not a ceoç >> is he a natural? >> of course, he's not. but people don't love natural politicians, but if you're -- hang on. >> if bill clinton were running this time, he would beat everybody on both sides. >> here's pro-gingrich super pac. these are all ads written by the candidates, but they say they are not. this is basically an an ad put together by newt gingrich. it's up on south carolina going after romney's record at bain. taken from the movie that went after th him. let's watch this negative ad out today in south carolina. >> a group of corporate raiders led by mitt romney. the company was bain capital. more ruthless than wall street. >> pulled the rug out from under our plant. >> everybody was fired. >> they fire people. they cut benefits. they sell assets. >> mitt romney? they don't car

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. >> dennis kucinich slept in his car before he was mayor.but i think this focus on that takes away the focus on what people are going through on a daily basis. yeah, you want to identify with the candidate, but what people are going through every day, if you have a job, you're doing everything, again, to keep it. because you fear the future, and by the way, michael, i disagree, good news for obama. may be bad news for the republican party, but really good news for the democratic party. this bloodletting going on, this level and type of discussion can only help the democrats. >> what mitt romney seems to be struggling with. he's trying to relate to what's going on. income, another example. this is not the pink slip comment. something else he said yesterday. take a listen. >> i think people imagined that i came in at the top of bain and company, the consulting firm or the boston consulting group. i started at the bottom. i came out of school and got an entry level position like the other people that were freshly minted mbas and it brabs yobrea

just on the issue of commander in chief, he comes from the dennis kucinich wing of the democratic partys not a place where i would want my commander in chief to be. the problem is, barack obama in his second term i fear would not be much better. >> fighting words from rick santorum about both ron paul and president obama. the president has been hammered by the here in iowa by all of the republican candidates. he'll be defending himself to iowa democrats by video on caucus night. jen saki is former white house communications director now vice president of the global strategy group and doug high from the rnc, now a consultant for the iowa republican party. welcome both. jen, first to you. how is the president going to address the iowa democratic caucuses tomorrow night? obviously no contest. but you want to energize the troops? >> absolutely. >> and respond to some of these attacks. iowa is a battleground state. >> of course. iowa has such a special place to the president. it's where he launched his historic campaign four years ago. i was thinking today just about the difference between t

. >> and dennis kucinich, and congresswoman kap, ttur, and gr members of congress. we are happy to have them here. i understand that the folks here at the school have a pretty good basketball team -- [ applause ] -- boys and girls. unfortunately, i have no eligibility left. so i can't play with you. i want to wish everybody a happy new year. [ cheers ] >> 2012 is going to be a good year. it is going to be a good year. and one of my new year's resolutions is to make sure that i get out of washington and spend time with folks like you. [ applause ] because folks here in ohio and folks across the country, i want you to know, you are the reason why i ran for this office in the first place. you remind me what we are still fighting for. you inspire me. [ laughter ] okay. you do. no, you remind me that this country is all about folks who work hard and where responsibility pays off. an america where anybody who puts in the effort and plays by the rules can get ahead. that's the america that you deserve. that's the america we are working to build. that's why i told congress

. >>> and country singer willie nelson, performing to support congressman dennis kucinich in his bidting is bidding kucinich against a fellow democrat in a primary battle there. jenna: you know the saying you are what you eat? if jon was what he eats on set he would be a snicker bar. jon: a gigantic snicker bar. jenna: me, it too be chocolate almonds. for candidates on the campaign trail they're more strategic than we might be. shopping for food is not just about eat, it's also a political strategy and steve harrigan has a tough job of figuring this out. >> reporter: we're trying to answer one simple question with this story. out of all the chicken wings in southern florida, why is it the presidential candidates stop at the same one? >> 6.95, all you can eat? >> not too much. >> legendary eateries are must stops for presidential candidates and have common features. >> they want to be seen ago mingling with the middle working class. that's the market they're aiming at. but they also want to pick a place that the media will cover, that's successful. >> reporter: south florida, wings pl

spec congress, marcy kaptur knorr next political battle is going to be against the democrats dennis kucinich is also buying for the nomination in your district, correct? >> that is correct. the ninth district remains the ninth district for the five counties i've represented and carried the state legislature drew about 320,000 people in cuyahoga county on the western and like what rocky river based village. half of brooklyn and work park. 13 to 19 in cleveland and you know what, we intend to carry the ninth district. >> when is the primary? >> that primary will be march 6th and early voting starts january 31st. there is very little time as we just ask the people north coast from toledo to sandusky to lorain and sheffield lake, rocky river, lakewood, pay attention. we are coming your way. >> maza captor is the longest serving democratic woman in the u.s. house history. she has been talking with us here in statuary hall following the president's address. we continue our live coverage with another midwestern are. this is jeff fortenberry who is a republican from alaska nebraska. congressman fort

. >> congresswoman, year net political battle is going to be against dennis kucinich. he is also vying for the nomination in a desperate. >> that is correct. the ninth district remains the ninth district. four of the five countries. is the legislature drew in people on the western end, brooklyn, maria, wards 13 through 19. we intend to carry the ninth district. >> when is that? >> that will be march 6. early voting starts january 26. we asked people on the north coast from toledo through sandusky, sheffield, pay attention, we are coming your way. >> the longest serving democratic woman in u.s. history. she had been talking with us here in statuary hall. we continue our live coverage with another midwest and there. this is jeff fortenberry, a republican from nebraska. congressman, one of if elena baskin's was sitting with mrs. obama -- one of your fellow the baskins was sitting with mrs. obama. >> i did not see her. i did not know her personally. i ask the democrat senator from nebraska who she was. he did not know her either. >> we talked with a lot of democrats who fo