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. >> what reactions like that do to our democracy, with melissa harris lacewell. >>> president obama goes to iowa to explain the health reform law and tells the gop, go for it. take the side of the insurance companies. >> if they want to have that fight, we can have it. because i don't believe that the american people are going to putt the insurance industry back in the driver's seat. >> this, as the final votes are cast in the senate and the house. >>> a witness to history. 11-year-old marcelas owens by the president's side for the historic signing. >> he and i made sure to coordinate our ties. yeah, it looks good. >> marcelas joins us to talk about the day he saw history being written. >>> and a dark day for david frum. after saying this about his fellow republicans. >> we went the radical way looking for waterloo and it looks like we arrived at waterloo. >> his republican think tank has fired him. all that and more, now on "countdown." >> are they going to repeal this? >>> good evening from new york. i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann. it is a page straight out of the k

melissa harris-lacewell from princeton and msnbc, great thanks. you. >> good to see you. >>> now you know who's angry about the republicans who spent two grand at the lesbian strip club story. the owners of the club, we are not, they insist, a strip club. >>> she may not have brought back the fcino with her, but the woman behind the ad is back. the special tone deaf passover message. >>> and when rachel joins you at the top of the hour, problems for the c-street gang, a good old family. rachel will talk to a minister accusing that group of tax and ethics violations. >>> "worsts" and the state that accidentally authorized hate crimes against homophobes. you heard me. >>> first tonight's quick comment. here we go again, carly fiorina, the fired hewlett-packard ceo still running for the senate nomination in california has put another foot in another mouth. she sent this mass e-mail best wishes for a safe and happy passover. paragraph two -- this week, as we break bread and spend time with our families and friends i hope we take time to say a word of

. >> melissa harris-lacewell of princeton, thank you for your unique insights into this subject. that will do it for this tuesday edition of "countdown." i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann. our msnbc coverage continues now with "the rachel maddow show." good evening, rachel. >> good evening, lawrence. tonight the republican party tries some novel strategies to score political points on the issue of health reform. even as their opposition of the bill fails to stop it from becoming law. ed rendell of pennsylvania and amy klobuchar of minnesota join us. the congressman who admits to screaming baby killer on the floor of the house apologizes for having done it and immediately tries to fund raise off the fact that he did it. another texas congressman proposes ending your right to vote for your united states senate. senator scott brown's best available fund raising weapon turns out to be a big surprise. apparently senator scott brown best available fund-raising weapon, um, is me. he is trying to raise money using me. that very strange story tonight will make me a guest on my

and african-american studies at princeton university and columnist for the nation magazine, melissa harris-lacewellour. harold, welcome. >> good to see you. >> good to see you, honey. do i get a kiss this morning or have things changed? >> maybe with you, but not with me. >> we can't wait to hear your news and your decision. a lot going on. welcome back. it's so good to have you back. after months of speculation, it's over. >> so harold, what happened? why did you decide not to run? >> two reasons, one we would have won a primary, it would have been a close, tough, tough fight, brutal fight. the notion that liberals didn't accept me is just wrong. the problem is the fall is going to be a tough, tough fall for democrats across the nation. my belief is with a brutal primary campaign you emerge -- whoever emerges, whatever people's thoughts may be, you strengthen a republican in a general election. the feeling across the state, we could have raised a lot of money. money wasn't an issue. >> so it wasn't mort. >> mort's a millionaire. i wish that for all new york. >> make all new yorkers billionaires. >

. >> melissa harris-lacewell of princeton university, and a contributor to msnbc, thank you for your unique insights into this subject. >>> that will do it for this tuesday edition of "countdown." i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann. our msnbc coverage continues now with "the rachel maddow show." good evening, rachel. okay, class, our special guest is here -- ellen page. hi, ellen! hi, ellen! hi, ellen! hi, ellen! we're going on a field trip to china! wow. [ chuckles ] when i was a kid, we -- we would just go to the -- the farm. [ cow moos ] [ laughter ] no, seriously, where are you guys going? ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! [ female announcer ] the new classroom. see it. live it. share it. on the human network. cisco. it's your blades pal ah man, i should have known. even the best blades get worn down. when that happens, it's not as comfortable, see? when the strip turns white you should think about changing it... for a smoother ride. (announcer) gillette fusion. fresh blade. more comfortable shave. (announce