the dnc has not thrown in enough money as far as the unions are concerned. president obama has a not visited the state. he did endorse barrett after he won the nomination. he hasn't done anything beyond that. >> he is even going to fly over and go to minnesota here before the recall. >> and so the unions don't think that the dnc are throwing enough resources at the race. in fact, the head of afscme criticized the dnc for this very reason. >> a school of thought among democrats that this recall election was a mistake. that they lose, the loss will be catastrophic for them in terms of what it means for scott walker's reforms and what it means for the president's prospects in wisconsin. what it means for the political clout of the unions. if they lose membership their strength comes from putting people on the ground in elections. scott walker raised an enormous amount of money and this suggests that the republicans interest the upper hand at this moment. >> which is the school of thought on the implications for this for november? does it matter? >> i think it m

the dnc spent nearly $1.5 million to the state.e investments of staff offices, volunteers, we contributed to mayor barrett we had over 40 offices and 100 staff engaging volunteers and coordinating the get out the vote effort. we were on the ground. really contributing to this effort. but, as you know bill, this contest came down to scott walker outspent mayor barrett $31 million to $4 million spending gap. despite that, we are coming out of it with a stronger democratic organization, more engaged supporters and volunteers and we look forward to galvanizing that operation, heading into november. and continue to energize democrats across the state. i want to make clear that $31 million, that scott walker was able to raise, he had months to do it. he was able to raise unlimited funds. the koch brothers themselves donated more money to scott walker than tom barrett was able to raise even with dnc and other outside fund-raising efforts on mayor barrett's behalf. >> bill: right. one of the factors -- and the main factor, i agree with you

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dnc has not thrown in enough money as far as unions are considered. president obama has not visited. he did endorse barrett after barrett won the nomination he hasn't done anything beyond that >> he's going to fly over and go to minnesota before the recall. >> and the unions don't think the dna are -- the head of the union criticized the dnc for this reason. >> there's a school of thought among democrats this recall election was a mistake. that they lose the loss will be catastrophic inqpl táijt what it means for walker's reforms and the president's prospects in wisconsin. what it meansrfor the political clout of the unions. if they lose membership, their strength comes from puttingeád people on the ground in elections. walker has raised an enormous amount of money this suggests the republicans have the upper hand at this moment. >> what is the henninger school of thought for november, does it matter? >> i think it matters a lot. ita5 suggests the republican side has momentum for the reasons jason was just describing. the democratic side historical

heart of crazy town. 40 years ago this sunday, republican operatives were caught breaking in to the dncs at the watergate complexion and what came next forever changed the way we look at politics and the media our precedent his historian brett ehrlich is here to pay tribute to this proud day in our rest. so brett is talk knawing. >> 40 years ago this sunday, i can't believe it's been so long, republican operatives broke into the dnc headquarters at the watergate complexion and the ensuing covering up red to the resignation of president richard millhouse nixon to celebrate here are some of my favorite fun facts about watergate. the mastermind behind this botched plot is g. gordon liddi who looks like if mr. clean put on a mustache to hide his true identity. as if getting caught wasn't enough here is how nixon described him in the knowing gun tape. >> also, what is the first g stands for that you would rather go by gordon. the heart of the case against nixon are the watergate tapes. you are too can relive, not only nixon's role in the cover up but also his lazy musings on blacks and juice

. >> i happened to be chief of staff for mayor hickenlooper when the dnc came to town and that's one role you don't want to be in. what's so powerful of the dnc, it's so true, presenting your city to the world was a wonderful experience, but i think the most powerful thing that came out of it from my perspective we changed our own minds as what is possible. we as a region, as a community, began to see ourselves as being able to achieve things that we never thought we could have achieved before and that might be the mother powerful transformation that occurred from that experience because you sort of now believe that there's no limit in what we're capable of doing. >> so, another question from the audience. i'm going to direct this to chris and to greg. it's a question about quality of life issues and how much it matters in boosting growth in the city, but i want to direct it to chris and greg. chris, your company made a decision about where to locate. obviously you had a lot of options. talk a little bit about what sort of quality of life things mattered as you guys went to make that

. >> as mardian resigned as the lawyer on the dnc civil case to go back into campaign work, mardian had been the goldwater 1964 western states campaign manager for barry goldwater from arizona, and in 1968 he was the western states campaign person for nixon in 1968, so he was more -- he wanted to get involved in the campaign. when he agreed -- mitchell agreed he could leave the case, that the dnc civil suit, and he hired an outside lawyer, ken parkinson, and the favor that mardian did for hiring to parkinson to hankdz the case, about $150 an hour, led to ken parkinson to also be indicted. although there are some overt acts in the indictment involving mardian that did not relate to as i lawyer, but i think that ken parkinson, who was not politically involved at all only, only dealt with his role as a lawyer. he was found not guilty at the trial. all right? he was found not guilty at the trial, so the one person who was solely involved as a lawyer was found not guilty. mardian's defense was i was solely involved as a lawyer and should not be convicted. obviously, the jury did not believe

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it is incredibly smart to do this by the dnc. and to be honest if you're the campaign, the romney campaign and you're focused on this great tour you think you're putting together and being driven crazy by the opponent that is just a bonus. >> ultimately this is about the substance. >> sure. >> it is really interesting you put together this sort of bizarre circus-like nature to it. but ultimately it's about the substance. one of the problems this president has got, one of the challenges to mitt romney is, so where do we go from here? the problem the president has is he's got 40 months of 8.1% unemployment and he doesn't have a clear change in direction. now having said that, the challenge to mitt romney is that's not necessarily enough to win. he's going to have to lay out as a challenger. >> the only thing he is running on right now is that he is not obama. >> well, is that enough? >> you begin to see yesterday where he was trying to take his 59-point plan and begin to sort of create a simple economic message out of it. >> 59 poi

although the dnc has poured millions into the race, president obama has largely stayeded out of the rate, with the exception of a tweet. it's election day in wisconsin tomorrow, and i'm standing by tom barrett. he'd make an outstanding governor. >> there's an endorsement. a tweet. >> that prompted rnc chair to respond, bold tweet from the president who wouldn't actually campaign with him or step foot in wisconsin. help me out here. >> that's what you do for a friend that wants you to support you. >> the latest marquette yuchlt poll shows governor walker with a seven-point lead over mayor barrett if walker prevails, he'll be the first governor to successfully fend off a recall challenge. implications cross across the board. >> i will start with you, and we'll pretend that we didn't talk half an hour ago on "way too early." >> people are talking about a potential recall recount. you know, huge implications, because for a lot of reasons. governor walker has ran regio l regionally and governed the way a lot of republicans want it to be done. try to balance budgets, part on the back of state

obama campaign, and this is coordinated because the dnc put it out.dispute the strong message sent to governor walker. are you kidding me? the strong message sent to governor walker is do as you please. we will bow our heads. we won't show up to fight you and you will win. that's the message that governor walker and all the republicans got when we lost-- >> we agree with that. that was a foolish argument. thank you, michael. we'll pick up this debate later in the program. are unions done? are progressives done? that's a tough question, but we got to ask it and answer it later in the program. when we come back i'm going to switch sides because liberals are in favor of fair pay for women act. i got my problems with it. we'll bring out a liberal to fight with me on that. you might switch sides too. you never know with "the young turks." come right back. >> they're doing the same jobs with the same qualifications, and they're being paid differently. the problem is employee employers are not treating women fairly. right back on the "stephanie miller show."

why don't we hear more from the dnc pushing back in these talking points? >> they want to take attention away from immigration. the president does feel embarrassed for that broken promise. candidate obama sat down and said i promise in my first year of my administration i will pass comprehensive immigration reform. that did not happen. on the contrary we saw deportation. the dnc does not want to push too hard because that will bring about the fact that the comprehensive piece was not done. they would rather put this forward, mobilize latinos, show there is a stepping stone for a larger program, and leave it there. they don't want to stir up bad feelings from the past. >> john: well, i want to thank both of you. i guess we can only look forward to the day when there is no more illegal i am dragees or exploited labor in this country and we can all pay $70 for a solid. victoria soto and joshua israel, thank you so much for joining us tonight. and coming up next, the courage to lead. we kick off a week of profiles on lgbt candidates by welcoming in the nation's

. >> kaine, virginia's former governor and dnc chairman. a victory for democrats out west. ron barber beat jesse kelly to fill gabrielle giffords' seat. she retired in january. barber was one of giffords' aides. he will have to hit the campaign trail, again, soon, because he will have to run for re-election in november. >>> the ongoing middle east peace process and he'll meet with shimon perez at the white house. the president will later present the president with the medal of freedom at a white house dinner. secretary of state hillary clinton will be among the dignitaries on hand for the freedom of medal ceremony. >>> speak to the business roundtable atilities quarterly meeting at the museum. the nominee will address more than 100 ceos. president obama spoke at the group's meeting in march. >>> today d.c. council will vote on making phil pendalson the interim chairman. this comes after last week's resonatire resignation of kwame brown. he has the votes to become interim chairman and plans to run in a special election this year to serve the remainder of brown's term, but no

that was forminger dnc chairman howard dean, attacking republicans at the conference.here. mike gallagher, what do you say to that? >> lyou say it's going to be the meanest campaign season in american history. that is sick. and so when you call the other party racist, when you say that they're against homosexuals, when you say they are against jews and catholics, that they are nativists and harken to the worst in our history? that's sick. >> it's a call to violence. >> that's just it. there is more than just rhetoric. there have been conservative bloggers who have had this whole spoofing of phone numbers, calling 911, their lives are put in jeopardy by liberal activists-- >>> saying they have guns. >> i just killed my wife, the spoofer says and gives his number to 911. and three prominent conservative bloggers have been targeted? >> what did you say, this would spark violence? >> this was a call to violence, implicitly, when you engage in that kind of divisive language that sets people at each and other falsely accuses an entire party of the worst aspects, the most bas

the executive director of the dnc the deputy -- >> actually the chief of staff, i think. >> greta: ilgar reference on a tweet. >> a couple of them. >> a couple of them. >> sure. >> greta: and no one is speaking up within the democratic party and they do talk about the war on women and this would be a good time to speak up. not fire them but at least take them to the wood shed. >> and we tried to call them out ton and it didn't matter. i think what it also illustrates is not just the callousness of almost $300 billion tax increase or raid of half a trillion dollars on medicare all of the things that they say they are against but certainly now they are for, it also shows you that the level of celebration shoulded illustrate to everybody that they didn't think that this piece of legislation was going to survive the constitutional test here. and it did. and the celebration was off the charts. we will be celebrating in november because this is energizing our base beyond belief. >> greta: i hear from karl rove and joe trippi that the hispanic vote is critical come november and i'm curious

in contrast to that, the dnc was in a bit of a wrangle with state democrats about whether they would give $500,000 for some get out the vote efforts. president obama meticulously avoided visiting the state and made his final contribution to the campaign, which was a tweet monday night. the comparison between tens of millions of dollars and the ever by rnc and the national republicans and a tweet from president obama, i think it sums it up a little painfully. >> what you think the significance is of the democrats having regained control of the state senate? >> it has some significance. we're in the midst of an election year, so there will be amazingly enough more states and contest, november brent is a brief period for democrats have controlled the senate, but there is significance. first off, governor walker is an incredibly ambitious person. he has a lot of ideas, things he would like to do. because democrats control one chamber of the state legislature, it will be very hard for them to launch special sessions of the legislature on issues he wants to work on. he is interested in tak

let's turn to brad woodhouse, communications director of the dnc. brad, good to have you with us tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> you bet. it's about the money at this point. it's ground game versus the money. on the basis of money alone, isn't the democratic party outmatched after citizens united? >> well, look, citizens united is a big deal. and thank god you've been talking about it. and we really need to talk about in the aftermath of wisconsin. i mean, look, tom barrett was outspent 7 to 1. the koch brothers gave more money to scott walker, twice as much money to scott walker, than tom barrett ever even raised. so this is a critical, critical issue. and look, i think one thing it says is that people need to help us out. i mean, they need to go to barackobama.com and democrats.org and we've got to get the money and we can't be outspent in the fall the way tom barrett was outspent in wisconsin. we can't have -- >> well, what if you were outspent like that? what if you're outspent four to one or five to one? what's the game plan? do you hav

. >> romney went after teachers and cops and firefighters which led to this response from the dnc. ♪n, more policemen, more teachers. did he not get the message of wisconsin? the american people did. it's time for us to cut back on government and help the american people! >> the executive director at the democratic national committee is here. >> thank you. >> the president corrected himself within minutes of making that comment on friday. romney has offered up plentiful gaffes. should we treat these as mistakes by both sides? or do they tell us something genuine about both candidates? >> well, i think that there's a clear distinction to be made here, martin. the president, obviously, was laying out an argument for why republican leadership in congress needed to, right now, pass a jobs bill that will put construction workers back to work and repairing our infrastructure and put teachers in the classroom and educate our children and reduce the class size and more first responds back on the streets and in firehouses to keep the public safe. >> moody says that american jobs act would rai

me today, radio host, kurt andersen, and author of "true believers," msnbc political analyst, former dnc communications director and columnist for the hill, karen finney. msnbc political analyst and former rnc chair, now without a mustache, the notorious michael steele. we are not letting that go throughout the entire show. and 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? >>

rnc raising $78 million outdistancing $60 million raised by president obama and dnc. jeb bush predicts it could be a game-changer in this presidential race. >> i think it's a leading indicator of one thing which is that the intensity of the conservative side of politics is now stronger than the liberal side. >> joining me this morning to talk more about this is florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, chair of the democratic national committee. good to see you. raek to the may numbers. there's a big disparity there, $17 million bundler gap, so to speak, when it comes to the fund-raising financials. what do you say about that? >> we're very pleased with our fund-raising numbers. we're on track to raise the necessary resources to run what will be the most significant grassroots presidential campaign in history. it's not really surprising the republicans were able to

the thing to note is that we're just talking about the rnc, dnc campaign money. we're not even talking about the outside groups where republicans probably have a very, very big advantage. >> and you're talking about of course the super pac money and debbie wasserman schultz regarded them as truly disturbing. in her words you have a handful of billionaires who are gearing up to buy the white house and that's what we're up against. a direct quote from debbie wasserman schultz regarding the super pac money coming in. >> right now republicans have the very big super pac advantage. there are some democratic super pacs out there but republicans are hoping these outside groups are able to almost bury the obama campaign with the romney rnc money that's out there. the other thing to look at all this money, we're talking about maybe billions of dollars that are being spent on tv ads. so all that money could get canceled out at the end of the day. >> thank you. let me bring in executive director of the national committee. thank you for joining me again. the press secretary

congratulations, dnc had a very good month fund-raising, sure you were happy about that >> thank you. yes, we are. >> there are still concerns that all the romney entities are not just competing with but beating your side and part of the reason the "new york times" writes, i'm quoting michael barberio, the president's discomfort with stroking donors is well known, prompting some to complain that he can be chilly and inattentive. is that a problem? >> i think it is no real surprise in the conversation you were just having that mitt romney is the most comfortable with millionaires and billionaires and the corporate elite. except he is running for president and he want to make sure that we have a president in the white house like barack obama who is fighting for the middle class and working families, who understands the plight of working families and who makes it a priority every single day to go to bat for them. that's why he has made sure that we cut taxes 18 different times for small businesses and for the middle class and made sure that when it comes to our tax policy and to our spen

. >> although the dnc has poured millions into this race, president obama has stayed out of the fray for the most part opting not to stump on behalf of his party's candidate. governor walker says that is a sign the white house is worried. >> it's kind of confusing i think to voters here because they wonder why wouldn't you come in? two years ago the same person was hi opponent back then and he campaigned for the mayor at that point. i think there's a sign there's concern, what i've seen over the weekend, voters tell me they voted for my opponent or they tell me they're democrats, but in each case they tell me they're voting for me now because they like the courage to take on the tough problems, or a number of democrats tell me they don't like the recall process. my guess is the president and his folks want to shy away from that. >> the president did send bill clinton to campaign in the state of wisconsin last week. the latest marquette university polls show governor walker with a 7-point lead over mayor barrett. if walker wins he'll be the for more on this story we turn to msnbc and

turned gw dormitory, all to make sure nobody was coming on the sixth floor of the watergate where the dnc had its headquarters. democratic operative r. spencer oliver's phone was the only one the burglars successfully tapped. oliver says nixon's men used information from the tap to sabotage the democratic primary and ensure george mcgovern's nomination. >> it was a major coup by nixon within the democratic party to destroy it and divide it and to nominate the weakest candidate. >> reporter: at the time the white house tried to dismiss the break-in as a third-rate burglary but "the washington post" reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein began to tie top nixon aides to a massive coverup that had begun before the burglary. as senate hearings began in 1973 white house counsel john dean said nixon knew about the coverup. then another bombshell the revelation of a secret white house taping system. after a long battle the supreme court ordered nixon to turn over the tapes. one crucial tape had an 18 1/2-minute audio gap. what nixon actually said on that tape is the last remaining secret of wa

the labels look like in popular culture is like, i'm not that. >> we even did polling when i was at dnclanguage democrats were saying and didn't say it was a democrat and people were like yeah i agree. people were like i didn't know that was what democrats were for. there are broader cultural changes going on, the demographics of the country are dramatically changing and shifting a lot of things around for people. >> you're on the road a lot. >> yes. >> so you must see the culture just in the way the media -- to me i see it in the way the media is treated. automatically people split. they have oh, this is this and this is this. >> for sure. i was at that speech tuesday in baltimore. the biggest point i want to make is the independents who are going to decide in election need to decide whether they'll accept the idea barack obama inherited so much of this mess. are they going to accept that over the long run and whether or not they're going to say, okay. it's time. >> the walmart mom earlier this week where they fear the idea of starting all over again. that to me is an interesting dynam

. >> the dnc is not put in as much money as you would have expected. very put out, democrats and wisconsin. i am not sure what the effect will be beyond wisconsin. gov. kasich took a similar shop to his stimulus proposal and it went to referendum and he lost. >> ohio has a straight up or down vote on the referendum. this is recalling the governor b. it is about six-one, the walker folks ooutspending democrats. colby, the intensity and passion in wisconsin is like nothing people of scene. -- have seen. >> when you come down to the question of recalling a prominent politician, sure, it is going to strike home, but this is a very peculiar wisconsin issue. it is not a national issue. passions are inflamed over something very personal. also, the impact of this governor has had on the lives of people in this state because of his policies. very much wisconsin-centered, not national. >> but there is a huge national issue, public employee pensions. over the decades, because of uneven bargaining power, the republican employee unions, which have been growing whil

and former dnc deputy finance director david mercer. welcome to everybody. jim, bad and getting worse? >> i think it is getting worse. you have got consumer incomes that have flat lined over the last several months. consumer spending flat lined and then we look at manufacturing reports out of dallas, out of chicago and the esm number on friday all suggests that the economy that was firing on maybe five cylinders is now only firing on two or three cylinders. beyond that we have political uncertainty and the fiscal cliff that leaves a lot of employers worried about what is ahead and when you are wore relationshipped about what is ahead that means no jobs. >> david, we are seeing private sector is hiring and government is bullin pulling back. that is a good trend, isn't it? >> a very good trend. and i'm glad you pointed out and having 25 months of private sector job growth and creation why is why we should not let one month while disappointing albeit. >> more than one month. >> more than one month. >> teak it as a warning rather than letting the 25 months be ov