james peterson, and joe watkins. tonight the senate voted to kill the jobs bill that economists say could save us from another recession. bernie sanders joins us with reaction. and the 99% movement is growing and republicans are beginning to change their tune. >> i for one am increasingly concerned about the growing mobs. >> ring of fire radio host mike papantonio is here with us. great to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. i don't think anybody got any smarter watching this crowd. moments ago eight republican hopefuls just wrapped up a debate at dartmouth college. it was boring. but i have to say it was the most detailed republican debate so far. the economy, jobs, and bailouts were the highlights. tonight mitt romney who clearly leads the field in recent polling made several statements this evening that just don't coordinate with past comments. >> would you or would you not be open to another wall street bailout? >> well, no one likes the idea of a wall street bailout. i certainly don't. >> you s

james peterson and republican strategist joe watkins weigh in. >>> right wing hate was on full display on fox news this morning. >> that would be like hitler playing golf with netanyahu. they're the enemy. >> tonight, late breaking news on the future of hank williams jr. on monday night football. we'll play you the full remarks and get reaction from "ring of fire" radio host mike papantonio. >>> the occupy wall street protesters are getting a major shot in the arm from big labor. an exclusive announcement on "the ed show" tonight. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. rick perry is doing major damage control one day after the "washington post" reported on an ugly racial slur painted on a rock at his west texas hunting ranch. this headline sent shockwaves through the perry campaign early sunday morning. "the post" reported in the early days of his political career, rick perry began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at his family's secluded west texas hunting camp. a place known by the name painted in block letters across a large flat rock standing

joining me now, director and msnbc political analyst and joe watkins, good day to you both. karen, i want to note here you and hillary go way back, you worked for the senate campaign as well, we want to make sure we get that out there. but i want to start with you, let's continue our conversation with hillary clinton. is she the most popular democrat in america right now? >> certainly one of the most popular democrats in america, but here's the thing, when i look at these stories, it makes me smile and feel good for her, what i can tell you, time and again people have miscalculated and counted her out. i remember when she ran for the senate the first time, people were shocked to see how hard she was working, and to those of us who worked with her, that's who she is. she actually really cares about issues. she will read those briefings books. >> do you think she runs in '16? >> i don't know. my sense from hillary has been, when i've seen her, she seems she's ready for whatever that next chapter may be. who knows if that's going to be coming back in 2016, but whatever she does

steve kernaki and joe watkins are here. before there was wall street, there were the protests in madison. is scott walker the man who started the 99% movement? we'll ask the head of the wisconsin professional firefighters, maylon mitchell. hope you had a great weekend, folks. great to have you with us. the occupy wall street movement captured the attention of america one month ago tonight. now the global movement for economic justice has washington's full attention, i'd say. this weekend the 99% protesters filled the streets in over 800 american cities and over 82 different countries. the obama campaign says it will make the 99% platform a central tenant of this re-election strategy. and republicans are running scared. for the last month republicans have vilified the 99% movement. exactly ten days ago house majority leader eric cantor sounded the alarm at the value voters conference. >> i, for one, am increasingly concerned about the growing mobs occupying wall street and the other cities across the country. >> now is that

. >>> to our strategist, analyst joe watkins, former aid to george hw bush white house. bill, what needs to come out of the debate for mitt romney and rick perry? >> i think this will be the most exciting debate of all the republican debates so far. i expect to see some fireworks tonight. you can't just limit it to those two. rick santorum is going to try to get in the game, michele bachmann will try to get back in the game, and herman cain has to stay in the game and keep the momentum going. for rick perry, i heard the announce error maybe you earlier, i do think it is do or die. everybody is looking. he had a nap. they have given him time to get some rest. he has been practicing. he needs a good performance tonight. all mitt romney needs to do is survive. >> just show up. >> joe, you said not quite. does he have to do that much more? you look at the poll numbers, you look at the history of the nominating contests for the republican party. mitt romney is the guy. >> yeah. mitt romney has strong numbers, especially in new hampshire, that will be a friendly audience. he w

joining us is joe watkins, as well as democratic strategist david goodfriend. good day to both of you. >> thank you. >> let's start with this, joe. cnn has a new poll out. you've seen the data on it. herman cain and mitt romney in a statistical tie. when you look at the numbers here, who do you think is in the hot seat at the moment? with cain's comments about the electrified border fence, and 9-9-9 which received more scrutiny as of late, is he the one in the hot seat tonight. >> of course people will be shooting at herman cain, he did so well in the polls. that's but he's laser focused on who the audience is. he is tailoring his comments to a republican primary audience. he's getting great marks. that's why he shot ahead of the others, even though he has less money. >> is that who everyone will be shooting at. >> most of them will be shooting at herman cain, though mitt romney remains the front-runner. if he is smart, what he does is stick to his game plan of talking about how he puts 14 million unemployed americans back to work and not giving the opposition a