i'm joined by bill burr done of priorities, usa and joan walsh of salon.com. w in the world is mitt romney going to continue to massage, joan, his position on latino voters in the dream act and get away with it? i mean, can he win the presidency if he gets the nomination with such a low number of latino voters viewing him unfavorably? >> i think it's hard. bill knows better than i do in the key swing states the latino vote is a growing importance. the thing that is so tragic to me, ed, the dream act used to be the kind of no-brainer, everyone could agree and maybe people weren't sure about other pathways to citizenship and what to do about adults who came here illegally, but everybody for a while seemed to agree that we should educate people who lived here, the children who came here really it was no fault of their own, and we want the best and brightest and kids who have become american, to have a way to stay here that wasn't just about military service. that is one way. so the idea that this has become a divisive issue and they are demonnizing kids and saying

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i'll ask jonathan alter and joan walsh. when you think about it -- we're right back. >>> in psycho talk tonight, we have more evidence rick perry is just another younger, crazier version version george bush. 75% of americans agreed to withdraw the troops last month. of course almost all of the republican presidential candidates were among the 25% who opposed the withdrawal. during saturday night's debate, rick perry he took it a step further. >> i would send troops back in to iraq. the idea that we allow the iranians to come back in iraq and take over that country with all the treasure both in blood and money we have spent in iraq because this president wants to cow tow to his liberal leftist base and move out those men and women. we're going to see iran, in my opinion, move back in at literally the speed of light. >> if iranian troops can literally move at the speed of light, i would think the world has a held of a lot more problems than worrying about the future of iraq. but that aside the bottom line is rick perry wants

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we're joined tonight by joan walsh, editor at large ndlon.co dyson, msnbc political analy and georgetownniversity professor. great to have both of you with us. joan, are you buying his answer at this point? >> -- it sounds so clear and he didn't deny it. and you you know, ed, if i said to you, hey, ed, you know, what on your show last night it sounds like you might have said kind of racist about black people, you would say, joan, you must have misheard me because i would never say a thing like that, that's not in my thinking, it's not in my language. you wouldn't say, well, i don't know, maybe i did. so i mean, that's the first tell. and the second is that this really is the kind of dog whistle politics that the republican party has used to lure our people, the white working class, over to their party, to tell them over and over that money's being -- their money's being given to black people when in fact, as we all know, it's been given to rich people. so it's hard to take this seriously. >> michael, do you buy santorum's excuse? and is this going to be a problem for him? >> i don't buy

. >> msnbc political analyst michael eric dyson and salon's joan walsh are here with reaction. >>> a top aide to scott walker has been arrested as the recall plows ahead. you don't want to miss the report from john nichols of "the nation." >>> and the republican attack on workers' rights is blowing up in the hoosier state. democrats are fighting back. i'll talk to their leader in the state house. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. you can say at home, oh, there goes eddie playing class warfare again. no, i'm not. mitt romney hopes to win the new hampshire primary five days from now. establishment republicans, well, they're out and about saying that, well, he's probably the nominee in waiting. i don't think so. romney is going to have a real hard time selling himself to middle-class americans. the proof is in his bank account, my friends. a financial consulting firm figured out the net worth of presidential candidates from the past 20 years. pretty lofty numbers. billionaire ross perot is the richest. steve forbes comes in second, who by the way is endor

i'm joined by joan walsh, editor at large, jonathan alter, columnist for bloomberg view. who wrote about this in october? jonathan. >> i did. >> there is a freak of possibility of this happening? >> there is just a little tiny mathematical possibility. it's really -- it would be a hail mary pass, essentially, if president obama was behind in the polls, at the time of the democratic convention, and they only had a little more than eight weeks to go before the election, and he had a lot of ground to pick up, the reason they don't even consider it really in the white house is they believe it would look weak, that to throw joe biden under the bus would seem desperate, and that it would hurt on what they call the leadership score, it would make president obama craven and political. aside from the fact he has an outstanding relationship with joe biden and doesn't want to do it. >> joan, what do you think of the conversation, good, bad, whatever. >> gee, bill keller, come on, not like there is no political news, not like it's a slow news day. there is so much for us to talk abou

loud voices are former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, now an nbc news political analyst, and joan walsh, editor at large for salon.com. thank you both for being on the show tonight. >> our pleasure. >> thanks, reverend. >> governor rendell, is this a conversation mitt willard romney and the republicans are hoping not to have this year about income equality? >> sure, but that's a false hope. there's no way we can't discuss that issue when more americans than ever are in poverty, when in my home state, 1 out of every 10 people is on food stamps. i never thought i'd tloif see that. with statistics like that, with hurt and pain like that, it's got to be the number one discussion during this entire election year. and if mitt romney believes he's got a way to put people back to work and to raise incomes, then let's hear it. but don't say we're going to talk about it in quiet rooms. you know what that means. we'll talk about it after the election is over. >> that's exactly right. >> joan, when you -- today, mitt romney went even further. he started trying to show a different, soft, kinder, gen

let's turn to joy ann reid, and man joan walsh, let's start with you, first, it would seem to me this is the only chance that the social evangelical conservatives have at knocking off mitt romney and here they are fighting. is it going to be romney or do they have a chance to salvage a different candidate, what do you think? >> i think it will be romney, ed. what is so funny about this is, it's so late, it's too late to make a difference. the thing we have to remember is rick perry was really supposed to be their guy. he had that prayerapalooza back in august, included only evangelical ministers. even catholics weren't invited. it's ironic to see the two catholics are the ones fighting over this evangelical endorsement. but then even in the end, they can't get the story straight and clearly, there is a split. so the failure to coalesce is great news for romney, he has to be enjoying these. >> crystal, krromney is getting out there, now there is fighting going on doesn't look like it will happen. where does this leave santorum and gingrich? >> it's funny, when they are having a meeting

joan walsh is the editor at large at salon.com and david corn an msnbc political analyst and d.c.eau chief for "mother jones." our producers have thought this through ahead of me. this is fantastic thinking on their part. suppose romney is endangered right now, he's scared. he sees the 25% not getting bigger than 26, even nationwide. it's not growing. he's not catching on among the republicans. in order to catch on and beat the people leading the forces against him, santorum and gingrich and the rest of them, and perry, too, he will sort of have to become one of them. move to the right, say i'm one of you. me, too, those guys. if he does that, he puts himself into a boxed canyon where the democrats can close the traps on him, say oh, yeah, you right wing s.o.b., we've shown who you really are, we're going to nail you in november. is it that sophisticated as our producers are? >> no one is as sophisticated as your producers are. the white house is pretty smart. i'm sure that's what they were thinking and i'm sure they were eating popcorn and drinking beer last night and saying this

joan walsh, richard wolffe, the gop race in the long run.next. >>> "psycho talk" coming up next. donald trump says his ducks are in line for a presidential run. >>> faced with facts. eric cantor and his press secretary choose to believe the fancy about ronald reagan on taxes. follow us on twitter usi using #edshow. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." ron paul is in the republican race for the long haul. how do we know? well, he's not going to fade away after iowa. win, lose or draw. he has a strategy to be a thorn in the side of the republican party establishment right through to the convention. here it is. a map put together by buzzfeed.com showing 12 states holding caucuses instead of primaries. as republicans try to choose their nominee. it gives paul a path to racking up delegates with strong organization and careful planning. this is what he's doing. in ten of these caucus states, paul could rack up more than 400 delegates out of the 2,300 needed for the gop nomination. so if he can't actually win the gop nomination, at least he could th

joan walsh, richard wolffe, the gop race in the long run.t's next. >>> "psycho talk" coming up next. donald trump says his ducks are in line for a presidential run. >>> faced with facts. eric cantor and his press secretary choose to believe the fancy about ronald reagan on taxes. follow us on twitter using #edshow. we're right back. [ female announcer ] this is not a prescription. this is mary... who has a million things to pick up each month on top of her prescriptions. so she was thrilled that her walgreens pharmacist recommended a 3-month supply and would always be there to answer questions about her health. now mary gets 3 refills in one and for 3 months, she's done. more or less. ask your pharmacist about a 90 day supply today. walgreens. there's a way to stay well. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." ron paul is in the republican race for the long haul. how do we know? well, he's not going to fade away after iowa. win, lose or draw. he has a strategy to be a thorn in the side of the republican party establishment right through to the co

joan walsh, richard wolffe, the gop race in the long run. that's next. >>> "psycho talk" coming up next. donald trump says his ducks are in line for a presidential run. >>> faced with facts. eric cantor and his press secretary choose to believe the fancy about ronald reagan on taxes. follow us on twitter using using #edshow. attention - americans living with limited mobility. what do you do when you can no longer get around like you used to? when you fear losing your independence? who do you call? call hoveround now, to see if you qualify for america's premier power chair. hi, i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. now you can do more, see more, enjoy life more. here's why hoveround makes it easier than any other power chair. hoveround is more maneuverable to get you through the tightest doors and hallways. more reliable. hoveround employees build your chair, deliver your chair, and will service your chair for as long as you own your chair. and most importantly, 9 out of 10 people got their hoveround for little or no cost. call no

bob shrum is a democratic warrior and joan walsh is editor at large from salon. you've been through these wars before with romney and had a good candidate ted kennedy and walloped the guy in the end. let's talk about the facts. what do you think bugs the average voter who is going to vote next november most? the fact the guy is simply worth so much money? that bothers some people. not everybody. he is worth about a quarter billion it looks like. the fact that he's paid somewhere around 15 perhaps less he says closer could be closer from below than you think than he is willing to suggest or that he's for a tax break that's even greater for the rich. put all three together. what individually bugs people the most? >> i don't think the first thing particularly bugs people. the kennedys were rich. the roosevelts were rich. people had the sense they cared about them. that they fought for the middle class. that they tried to create a society of greater economic justice. what you get with mitt romney is not only someone who pays close to 15%, and by the way i'll bet that

governor, thank you and joan walsh.hen we return, we'll finish whether what is good for the romneys is actually good for america, that is the question. you're watching hard ball, on msnbc. having triplets is such a blessing. not financially. so we switched to the bargain detergent but i found myself using three times more than you're supposed to and the clothes still weren't as clean as with tide. so we're back to tide. they're cuter in clean clothes. thanks, honey. yeah. you suck at folding. [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] just one dose of tide original liquid helps remove food stains better than an entire 40 load bottle of the leading liquid bargain brand. that's my tide. what's yours? >>> let me finish with this. there was something startling about romney's appearance last night. it was less a victory speech on a primary night, more a restoration. in presenting himself and his family the former governor of massachusetts seemed to be confronting the american people with a fait accompli, we're here to take the country

democratic strategist tad devine, senior adviser for the kerry and gore and many other campaigns and joan walsh, editor at large for salon.com. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. tad, let me start with you. when you faced the fact that romney may be the nominee and he is going to run all the way and many feel he is, when you look at where the american people are on the president's job proposals, 68% support raising taxes on millionaires, 75% support hiring teachers and first responders, 72% infrastructure spending, 60% extension of unemployment, 59% extension, of the payroll tax, on and on, it seems that most of the american people are in step with the policies being proposed by president obama. politically, won't this help him, tad? >> yes, reverend, it will. i mean, i think the president is on the side of people. i think he has put out an americans job act which speaks directly to the problem that people are facing in their lives today, a real proposal to try to generate real jobs. romney, on the other hand, wants to bring back the policies that almost led this nation into a secon

also an expert on all things political joan walsh, editor at large for salon. thank you, dear. rick, you maintain the fact that you don't talk to newt gingrich. you are an independent person in this society. you don't work with him. you are not coordinating right? >> no, sir. >> how do you know what to put in these ads? >> we make an assessment on where we think this race is going and things work out pretty well. it was interesting to me. i said that all we have to do is remind people that mitt romney was charlie crist. then i learned newt said that a week before. i didn't know that. i've been with newt a long time and i can dance with this campaign and not coordinate. so i'm not worried about it. >> let's look at a new poll out there today on the race in florida. between sunday and tuesday mitt romney led gingrich by two percentage points, 36-34. however, when you break those numbers down by day there is some difference that newt gingrich's surge might have peaked. on sunday newt gingrich led mitt romney by six points. on monday and tuesday mitt romney was up by nine. do you s

and to cover the politics of the all this, joan walsh, editor at large for salon.com. thank you all for coming on the show tonight. >> thanks. >> let me start with you, david, mitt romney made 42 million over the last two years but paid taxes at lower rate than many middle class americans. is that the headline to you out of this story? >> oh, absolutely. a school teacher, a police officer, a nurse who made $54,000 in 2010 paid the same tax rate. if you made $60,000, you were more heavily taxed than mitt romney. and the -- the system that allows this is based on this idea that businesses are double taxed and that the rich will not invest and they will not create jobs unless we lower their taxes. well, we have got years and years of evidence now that that's just not how it works. >> now, let me ask you, rebecca, he put some money in the caymans and in the -- in switzerland and in other places, we are showing money all over the world, bermuda, ireland, luxembourg. i mean, what is the tax benefits of that? i know it is not illegal but what is the strategy and why do super

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