julian epstein . it an economy that is slowly growing and we are constantly spending taxpayer money to buy economic activity? >> i think the record of the stim tim program is at its work. we have gone from nine economic growth, too. with respect to the specific question. there is no difference between a city providing tax incentives for businesses to come there and get italent creatative labor market. that is allowing businesses and individuals to keep their more money . what this city is doing, using taxpayer money for people who paid their taxs and putting it to student loans. >> i don't see the difference. in one case you are using taxpayer to attract the business. >> and the difference is the creation versus wealth redistribution. you are talking about taxings. niagara has the scond highest property taxes and home value than any place in the corruption and a history of high crime. maybe address some of those issues. >> why not educated to do that. >> go ahead. every econmist tl you it is the same.

joining us now is democratic strategist julian epstein. commentators long discarded sarah palin's contribution to the dust bin of republican history, yet the gop still seems to struggle with extricating itself from people like her. why is that? >> well, her popularity is declining inside the gop, and i think even for the gop, on a very clear day -- >> julian, she had the longest speech allocation at cpac. you're saying she's declining? she was given more time than anyone else to speak at cpac. >> but her popularity is declining in most polls including in republican circles. and i think most republicans, martin, would tell you on a clear day in alaska you can see her greed and her lust for celebrity very clearly in a way she could see russia from alaska on a clear day. look, i think at the bottom of the day, this is a roman candle receding. in large part because i think she's increasingly seen, includes in republican circles as an empty suit. this phony populism, let's put the consultants on four lourlou spent 95% of her $5 million as you po

joining us, julian epstein, a democratic strategist. of the brady bill which took seven year, three presidents before it was passed. it was introduced on february the 4th 1987, where it failed numerous times in the house and faced filibuster in the senate. it was finally signed by president clinton, as you know, on november the 30th, 1993. the lesson is, if you're invested in the long game, and senator manchin may be, he could be proved right, couldn't he? >> that is the lesson. that's exactly the lesson. remember, that law was charged in the supreme court in the prince case and the law was upheld. look, there's lots of reason for optimism. sometimes you win by losing, martin. the most important thing for the advocates of these measures is to realize they have won the hearts and hinminds of the amern people. that's the most important thing. secondly, look at the poll members of the senators, senators like senator ayotte, jeff flake and others, their numbers -- >> julian, i can help you with that. one of the things that may help manchin i

jonathan capehart opinion writer for the "washington post" and julian epstein a democratic strategistia defrances coe soto a contributor to msnbc and nbc latino. john, if i can start with you from north carolina to virginia to arkansas republican officials are taking up the cause of voter fraud and trying to pass voter id legislation. clearly, someone is not reading reince priebus's gop autopsy report. >> no. it's sort of mind boggling that we've just gone through this presidential election where there was basically no voter fraud at all. and they're still trying to do these voter id laws. maybe they think that by doing this, they can slow the role of people who want to register who they feel will probably vote democratic. but whatever their reasons, it's undemocratic and it's un-american to prevent people or make it more difficult for people to exercise a franchise. >> john, they were exposed the last election. they've just been exposed for what they tried to do. >> right. and they are shameless. >> they're saying in our autopsy we shouldn't be doing this. lo and behold, in states, h

and democratic strategist, julian epstein, former counsel for the house judiciary committee.en, it's certainly reassuring as kristen just said we had 68 votes to allow debate on gun legislation. >> right. >> but how much of a bellwether is that vote when it comes to the vote ahead on the actual legislation? >> well, i think as was saying, it shows how tough it's going to be. we know they have called for weeks of debate. that is what i was hearing earlier today. part of the strategy on that, and julian knows this process better than i, will be to attach amendments that could ultimately kill the overall bill but also to try to wear down the folks, like the folks from sandy hook, to try to, you know, wear down the sort of attention that's being paid to the issue. pew has a study just out today that shows a majority of americans really are paying attention to this issue. but i think, you know, the longer the debate goes on, i think some are hoping the less focus and attention it will get from the public. >> right. and julian, compromise aside, this is far from a kumbaya moment fo

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democratic strategist julian epstein. and david seroto, author of "back to our future."l. larry, i'm sure you're aware of a texas congressman named steve stockman. he's republican lawmakerses who unerring sense of decorum allowed him to invite ted nugent to his address. today he tweeted out this bumper sticker for his campaign next year. it said "if babies had gun, they wouldn't be aborted." so is that the new slogan, larry? a chicken in every pot? a bushmaster for every baby? >> hello? >> hello, larry. i'm sorry. >> i lost audio. >> did you hear what i said? i quoted the great steve stockman and his magnificent new bumper sticker that said the "if babies had guns, they wouldn't be aborted." oh, dear. okay. don't worry. mr. ward, are you still with us? okay. david, what's your reaction to that kind of a statement by steve stockman? >> well, look, i think what it actually shows is that our politics are becoming more polarized and you see now politicians are essentially echoing what they hear in some of the most polarized right wing political media. that essentially -- >>

to sandra smith and gretchen hamel and julian epstein. sandra, that is what worries me. i'm not fan of going into grocery stores outside the bakery products section but i could seen see prices going up rather markedly but not showing up at the fed or the fed view of inflation and that worries me. should it be? >> well, absolutely. and evidence of that is seen every single trading day day on the down here at the chicago board of trade. every day we're seeing historic price levels for wheat and corn and soybeans. while you might not think that affects every day. that goes into pretty much everything we eat all the way down to coca-cola we enjoy at night. corn syrup prices skyrocketing. you're looking corn prices above $7 a bushel. it used to be a big thing to say beans were in the teens. soybeans were in the teens a long time now. they're above $13 a bushel. this is skyrocketing prices at grocery store. it doesn't look like there is an end to this anytime soon. you have a growing population. you have the fed printing money, weakening the u.s. dollar and that is spiking dem

julian epstein, former chief counsel for the house judiciary committee and former staff director forment reform committee. and jay sekulow, chief counsel for the american center for law and justice. he we know on to say -- went on to say -- he didn't mention the fact that these two are muslim that have been killed or arrested in con boston. but he went on to talk about in the dozen years since 9-11, they've investigated more than 800 incidents involving threats, assaults and acts of vandalism against muslims and others who are members of these groups. as americans, we must not allow any group to be stigma advertised or tolerate acts of hatred. then he goes on to say, let us resolve once more to help our fellow citizens meet fear with reason. this is how we will honor the victims of the boston marathon bombings. let us confront ignorance with information. divert suspicious or prejudice gazes with outstretched hands. jay, if you take those remarks and put them on paper and just disconnect them to the boston marathon bombings, they're not controversial at all. but to have the attorney g