here's mitt romney in ohio today. and chris, can president obama beat mitt romney in ohio? >> absolutely. and when willie cunningham and i are agreeing on something, you know we're right, ed. the fact of the matter is, i'm a proud democrat. i'm proud to be chairman of the democratic party in ohio. it's not about me, not about democrats. it's about democrats, republicans, moms and dads, your neighbors, people you sit next to at a basketball game. it's about the call that's made at 2:00 morning on a cold february night and the deputy that goes out in that car to make our neighborhoods safe. how much is that deputy worth? what is the salary we should pay that deputy? >> yeah. >> i expect my local elected officials to have a say when sitting at the table bargaining with that deputy, collectively, transparently, in front of the public. that's the law today, and under senate bill five, as you just heard from bill cunningham, those kinds of protections would be stripped away in lieu of backroom deals. it wouldn't be what you knew, it would be who you knew to get the job. that's no

the law of the land in ohio? text "a" for yes, text "b" for no to 62263622639. always go to our blog, ed.msnbc.com and we'll bring you the results later in the show. issue two crosses all party lines in ohio. cincinnati conservative radio and television talk show host bill cunningham produced a video supporting a no vote on issue two. let's take a look. >> many months ago right there sat the governor of ohio john kasich. john kasich told me the rock grove republican conservative governor of this state that he would not meet with the labor unions. he was wrong in not meeting with state employees, especially those in labor unions. from my perspective, those affected by governmental decisions need to have a place a the bargaining table to determine the outcome of what's being discussed. i urge you to vote no on state issue two. >> wow. joining me tonight, bill cunningham, the conservative radio and television talk show host. has a daytime tv syndicated program. congratulations. >> ed, how are you? >> i'm doing fine.

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and he's in ohio, a big swing state. he's talking about an issue that's very divisive and very unpopular in ohio and doesn't want to take a position and gets all cute. but then what happens? there's a torrent of abuse from all these vocal conservatives saying, he's selling us out, this is why we can't nominate him, and he starts thinking about those 70% of republicans that still won't come to his side in polls, so his imperative shifts and he's got to go back to the primary, so he goes back to, oh, i'm 110% for this. how could you ever think otherwise? that's what conservatives are wondering. he can say all the right things in the world right now and say them very persuasively, but the minute he gets the nomination, will he start acting like that guy who was in ohio on tuesday? >> thank you, susan page. so smart. coming up, could newt gingrich become the first openly mean president? it's a question posed by our own david corn. he's going to be right here. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] in bl

we're from the capitol building in columbus, ohio, and in just a moment i will be joined by republican presentation candidate herman cain. can tonight you'll hear from ohio governor and many more. first, there's new evidence that herman cain has indeed taken over the status of frontrunner for the republican nomination.fo now, according to a fox newsno poll released just a short time ago, herman cain now leads mitt romney by 4 points, newt poi gingrich tops out the top three followed by rick perry and ron paul. cain received only 6% of the vote when the survey was taken back in august. meanwhile right here in ohio, things are no different for cain. a poll reelsz released today han top with 28% of the vote, leading romney by 5 points, ron piewl ipaul in third. what's more interesting in a race between cain, romney, and perry in ohio. cain defeats ro romney by 7 pois and perry by 30. joining me to talk about his i rise to the top is businessman and republican presidential candidate, the one and only herman cain. those numbers have to make you feel pretty good. >> they make us feel pretty

it's not just john kasich in ohio. last month republicans in congress called in a snake breeder to testify against what they called the job killing regulations of the obama administration. this guy breeds exotic pythons and sells them by mail order as pets and does not want the u.s. fish and wildlife service to ban him from doing that. i'm sure he doesn't. we have government so guys like that aren't the final arbiter of whether or not it's in our national interest to have guys selling pythons as if they're widgets. hello, discarded python pets in the everglades. how is it going? this is how the republican led house spent its time on job creation last month, inveighing against the onerous regulation of pythons. because if we only stopped regulating pythons, that would fix unemployment. and in ohio, this is our regulation-free paradise today. it's astonishing the only human primate casualty was self-inflicted. jack hanna is director emeritus of the columbus zoo and aquarium. hanna and zoo members helped evacuate the handf

>> i don't know, reverend al, but you said on your show that you were in ohio and people were saying,. i want you to know that. everyone is reminding me of that. let me say this. we're in the fight of our lives right now, november 2011 and then we'll have another big fight in ohio in 2012. we've got to re-elect the president and we've got to send sherrod brown back to the senate. the future will take care of itself, but i enjoy this fight because we're fighting for the right things, and the people of ohio are coming together. i care about my state. i care about the people in my state, and i'm glad they are standing up for themselves. >> well, i didn't mean to get you in trouble, but i had a little trouble, too, because i was in there twice, and a guy stopped me and said i was wrong to say they were saying run, ted, run, because he said ted could be anybody. they were saying run ted strickland, run. they were specific. thank you for your time. >> thank you, reverend al. >> ahead, 80% of republicans are having commitment issues. at some point they will have to set. [ male announcer ] to

. >>> you won't believe what they're trying to pull this time in ohio. >>> and new polling shows herman cain is the new republican front runner. even though he's pushing garbage like this. >> leftist folk in this country that are black, they're more racist than the white people. >> tonight michael eric dyson reacts to herman cain's attack on black liberals. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. senate republicans and two turned coat democrats are standing in the way of creating millions of americans' jobs. late tuesday night the senate stopped the american jobs bill dead in its tracks. the 99% i think have every reason in the world to be out on the streets after this vote. washington is completely dysfunctional because elected officials, they are brain dead to what the american people really want and need. it's no wonder that congress has a record low approval rating of 13%. not a single republican voted to fund schools, build roads, or give middle class americans a freaking tax break. just a little tax break. freshman democratic senator john tester along wit

that law to limit collective bargaining is up for a referendum on the ohio ballot in two weeks. but on tuesday romney visited the ohio gop phone bank, where callers were urging voters to back the law. and even on the way to the phone bank, where he was out to support it, he didn't sound very supportive of the cause he was going to support. it's very strange, this one. let's listen. >> i'm not speaking about the particular ballot issues. those are under the people of ohio, but i support the effort of the governor to rein in the scale of government. i'm not terribly familiar with the two ballot initiatives, but certainly supportive of the republican party's efforts. >> i'm not too supportive of ballot initiatives. yesterday romney tried to clean up the mess. let's listen to this version. >> i fully support governor kasich's, i think it's called question two in ohio, fully support that. what i was referring to, i know there are other ballot questions there in ohio, and i wasn't taking a position on those. one of them, for instance, relates to health care and mandates. with regard to

animals like the ones in ohio. where are you and what's going on? about 60 miles northwest of washington. take a look at this beauty behind me. this is phoenix, the 500-pound bengal tiger here. our journalist taking a nice shot of him as he sits there in his cage. this is an accredited facility, but the story in ohio raises a lot of questions about whether animals like this should be brought to places like this. we pass within ten feet of him in a golf cart. in a split second, phoenix springs to his feet and begins stalking us. he is similar to the one let out, then killed in ohio. >> wild animals conditioned fend for themselves in this environment. this is not their jungle. >> the director of the wildlife sprefr about 60 miles outside washington. he's been here 45 years and now oversees a compound covering 50 acres with some 600 animals. many of them exotics. he's got tigers, timber wolves, lion, mountain lions. many of the same breeds that were sprung in ohio. which of those animals is the most dangerous to the community and why? >> probably the bi

we are from the capitol building in columbus, ohio. in just a moment i will be joined by presidential candidate herman cain. also you will hear from ohio governor and michelle and many more. but first there's new evidence that herman cain has indeed taken over the status as frontrunner for the republican nomination. according to a fox news poll released a short time ago, herman cain now leads mitt romney 4 points, newt gingrich rounds out the top three with 12%, followed by rick perry and ron paul. to put in perspective, cain's epic surge, he received only six percent of the vote about the survey was taken in august. and things are no different for cain. one poll has him on top with 28% of the vote, leading romney by 5 points, and ron paul with 8% of the vote. what's interesting in a three-way primary race in ohio, cain defeats romney by 7 points and perry by 30. joining me to talk about his rise to the top is businessman, republican presidential candidate, the one and only herman cain. those numbers have to make you feel pretty good. >

it used to be beyond comprehension in this country. ohioin the bottom five or six of the country. the question i'm getting asked from all over the world, australia, everywhere. the fact that -- how did this happen? the man was cited for many things. but it's amazing. there are no laws for all of this stuff. i'm sitting here going, i can't believe this happened. >> you actually heard from the man who killed himself and released the animals, you heard from his sister today, right? >> she called to explain that they loved animals, but you love animals yourself and this is carrying the extent that they loved them enough to know how to clean and then send another tiger and this is a problem tiger. by the way, i forgot to mention this. some of these animals could have been problem animals that people didn't want. now all of a sudden we have a problem animal mixed with all of these other animals. they have never been together before, throwing them out in the wild. this thing, anderson, could have had persons, not be with us today if this thing wen

what's this going to do to the vote in ohio? what's this going to do to the recall of walker in wisconsin? i think it's a domino effect. your thoughts. >> i mean, i hope it is. i mean, one thing that is clear is the force of money unleashed by the citizens united decision, which allowed corporate money to flow, and we've seen it in ohio, but there is a sense in this country finally of fairness. of taking back a government that stands for people and isn't rigged against their interests. so i think there could be a domino effect, and it's not just occupy wall street. it's the supercharging of what is going on in this country. the sense finally of accountability. and holding wall street accountable. and holding financial institutions and multinational corporations accountable and letting people finally have a fair shake. >> we haven't heard a congressman talk about a president the way paul ryan has talked about president obama in such accusatory -- in such an accusatory manner about the way he is operating in the white house and try

. >>> the mitt romney flip-flop on workers' rights in ohio is now a triple lindy. >> i'm sorry if i created confusion in that regard. i fully support governor kasich's -- i think it's called question two in ohio. >> i'll ask conservative icon richard vigory if romney can recover. >>> today, warrior for the 1%. paul ryan opened up on the president for dividing the country. >> social unrest and class resentment makes america weaker, not stronger. >> congressman alan grayson is here to set mr. ryan straight. >>> at 9% approval rating, congress is circling the drain. candidate joe the plumber says he can fix the pipes. he'll join me. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. we have entered a new stage in the occupy wall street movement. this was the scene last night in oakland, california. >> [ bleep ]. >> is this america? you better believe it is. we're witnessing 30 years of failed republican economic policies, all coming to a head. now, just two months after the movement began, patience is wearing thin. it was a violent night on the streets of oakland. police and protesters facing off fo

the president is ahead in ohio. a swing state like ohio. ce, the unemployment rate in pennsylvania was 7.4. lower than almost every industrial state. it's only under the republicans that it's gone up. >> we got to let that be the last word. great to see you gentlemen. thanks. >>> thanks, chris. >>> today's tweet of the day is like a series of tweets from billionaire -- shawn parker. in regard to the occupy movement, parker wrote you guys are attacking me for being the 1%. i was broke and couch surfing just a few years ago. he tipped: i have a whole new set of problems to deal with. extortion attempts, kidnapping threats, death threats, et cetera. life before or after. parker then responded to someone who tweeted him. working on a plan to give it all away over time. i'm not a number. i'm not a line item on a budget. and i'm definitely not a pushover. but i am a voter. so washington... before you even think about cutting my medicare and social security benefits... here's a number you should remember. 50 million. we are 50 million seniors who e

we begin with big cats on the loose in small town america. late tonight, ohio authorities called off a hunt for the last of dozens of potentially deadly animals, apparently set free yesterday by a preserve owner in a final desperate act before he took his own life. what followed was a tense, bloody and highly surreal s suburban safari, with police officers using 911 reports as a modern way of tracking their disoriented quarry all over the country. now, they leave the last animal unaccounted for, a monkey, was only missing because he had fallen prey to a now dead tiger. here's abc's david kerley.eport thought in zanesville, ohio, residents would see lions, tigers and bears wandering in the woods after escaping from a nearby property? >> 911. >> yeah, there's a lion on mt. perry road. >> i just saw a wolf. >> i think i just seen one. looked like a jaguar or a wolf or something. >> reporter: it was around 5:00 last night and the sheriff's department was launched on what became an unlikely big game hunt. >> i had to run through a field, it was in a hay field. >> re