this is republican governor rick snyder's radically expanded law under which he can decide, the stateide, that your town is too broken for elected representation anymore and instead they can appoint a single emergency manager with near unilateral control. that state-appointed overseer can fire your elected officials, can cancel contracts, can sell off the assets. they can even unilaterally decide it's best to dissolve the town, get rid of it, no matter what you the voters wanted or what you wanted when you voted for your local elected officials. democracy is not part of your deal anymore. democracy is not the means by which michigan solves its problems anymore. with the radical emergency manager law the state of michigan decided that democracy is part of the problem. democracy needs to be put on hold, maybe you're just not fit for it. republican governor rick snyder signed the law as public act number four, as in one, two, three, four. as in as soon as he was governor and republicans had control of the legislature, they got right to this thing, it was way up there on their priority li

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. >> michigan governor rick snyder spoke to them and they wouldn't comment on the case.ing we have done and are doing is to ensure that the kids of highland park schools get the education they need and deserve. based on the statistics, steve, that you heard here, do you think they are getting the education they deserve? >> nope. how on earth can anyone, i don't care what their job see a 90% fail rate? that's absolute failure and say anything other than this is a catastrophic failure and these children need to be put in a situation where they can go to good schools now. not education reform and not gove categorically moving these children out of the failed schools tomorrow. >> i want you to listen to what one mother had to say about this. >> i have an 11th grade daughter in highland park reading on a third and 5th great math level assessment test. the district is not where it needs to be. >> for really is shocking that this is going on there. there is a line between parents's responsibilities and school. what should the parent be doing? they must see their child is at thi

managers law will be put on the ballot for repeal this november and that law gives republican governor rick snyder the unprecedented powers to take over cities that he deems are in financial crisis and then appoint a crony to fire all the elected officials all the local elected officials and then get to work breaking union contracts slashing public spending and selling off parts of the commons to corporate interests already sever. cities including flint benton harbor and pontiac are under the control of these so-called financial managers and there these people are living in cities that have reduced police forces street lights gone dark and brand new corporate factories that were once public parks and despite getting more than enough signatures to put public act four on the ballot the effort to repeal the law hit a snag earlier this year when the state canvassing board on which lobbyists supporting the law sat rejected the ballot petition over the font size that's right they tried to void tens of thousands of signatures to protect the law by arguing the font size on the petition was incorrect even

the republican led legislature required voters to affirm citizenship, but rick snyder vetoed it. a rare good thing for him, citing potential confusion among voters. that was everyday at the polls. as poll workers argued with voters who refused to check a box that they are not legally required to do. all these efforts are aimed at awe pressing the vote to stop the so-called voter fraught. the problem is voter fraught doesn't exist. republicans can't get elected on slashing medicare, medicate and social security and get elected on advocating for tax cuts at the expense of the middle class. what do they do? they resort to voter suppression through the process at the state level. the romney campaign signed on to the strategy as we told you. they have been spreading the lie that the obama campaign is trying to deny the right of active military service men and women in ohio from early voting. the exactpposite is the truth. the obama campaign is trying to expand early voting for all registered voter, including military personnel. i am joined by the former ohio kkman, lieutenant colonel

the law was signed by republican governor rick snyder in 2011.the state take over financially cities and giving control to a single individual and emergency manager. that one person has the power to throw out elected officials and cancel public employee union contracts. under this law the state has already taken over school districts in flint, pontiac, benton harbor, and ecorse. he told what his o role really is. >> it's being portrayed as an act that takes the election -- the right to a ballot away from the people. that it takes power away from elected officials and hands it over to a tyrant, if you will, a dictator. how is that wrong? where do people get it wrong? >> well, i don't know. i guess i'm the tyrant in pontiac then, if that's the way it is. >> hey, i'm the tyrant. too bad for you. opponents of the law organized a petition drive to put the law on the november ballot for citizens repeal. their petitions were rejected because the papers didn't have the right font size. yep. you heard that right. rejected over font size. but today the sta

but governor rick snyder, he vetoed it. a rare good thing for him.sion was evident at the polls last night. during the michigan primary. as poll workers argued with voters who refused to check a box that they are not legally required to do. all these efforts are aimed at suppressing the vote in order to stop the so-called voter fraud. the problem is voter fraud doesn't exist. republicans can't get elected on their agenda of slagging medicare, medicaid and social security. they can't get elected on advocating for tax cuts for the wealthiest americans at the expense of the middle class. so what do they do? they resort to voter suppression at the state level. the romney campaign has signed on to the strategy as we have told you. they have been spreading the lie that the obama campaign is trying to deny the right of active military service men and women in ohio from early voting. the exact opposite is the truth. the obama campaign is trying to expand early voting for all registered voters, including military personnel. i'm joined tonight by john boccieri

tomorrow, governor rick snyder, for forum santorum aid alice stewart. .arrett, susan page, mike kranish and jim vandehei also. >>> we are following breaking news, tropical storm isaac. in the next hour we will get the latery advisory on the storms. also joined by new orleans mayor. also jefferson parish, many of you will recognize the names, devastated by hurricane katrina. how are they preparing this time around? also, breaking news, republican convention in tampa where the gavel is set to come down to open the convention at the top of the hour and we know that isaac has already had an impact on that convention. all of that coming up for you in just three minutes. the blissful pause just before that rich sweetness touches your lips. the delightful discovery, the mid-sweetening realization that you have the house all to yourself. well, almost. the sweet reward, making a delicious choice that's also a smart choice. splenda no-calorie sweetener. with the original sugar-like taste you love and trust. splenda makes the moment yours. watd anc ]relib f sugar-li

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leader eric cantor, virginia governor bob mcdonnell, iowa senator chuck grassley, michigan governor rick snyderve democratic leaders coming on to present their points of view as well. tonight, right here on msnbc, you can see mitt romney, the making of a candidate, a documentary hosted by our own nbc political director and colleague and friend, chuck todd. it includes answers to a lot of the questions that have been raised about bain capital. >> after a few years, the company's ceo and founder, bill bain, asked romney to head up a spinoff, bain capital. >> mitt was hesitant. he was making a good salary, he had a growing family and he essentially said no. bill bain said run this new company called bain capital and if it fails, i'll bring you back to bain and company so you sort of can't lose. >> bain capital initially invests in startup companies. in 1986, after a tough two years, bain strikes it big. >> we invested in staples early in the year, and staples in pretty short order started doing well. we also helped start sports authority, bright horizons, all within a six or nine-month period. >>

governor rick snyder is our guest from michigan. he may not be called this yet in michigan, but it might be fair to call him among other things, governor hang out, google-plus hang out. i want to talk about some things with how you use the hang out, how they have allowed you to digitize town hall meetings and what that has meant for the way you communicate to constituents or they give feedback to you as governor. >> it has been a great success. it is my favorite forum to communicate with the citizens of michigan. i did 82100 town halls. i have done dozens and dozens of town halls. google-plus hang out has been a huge benefit and i think it is a great experience. what we do is on a monthly basis on a regular schedule -- i just did what a couple weeks ago where we had a white -- a wide audience in lansing, the state capital. we had state legislators at four locations across michigan. the experience is great. we have displays up so people can see one another. you literally get the impression of people being there, and the feedback has

went to a meeting with of guy i haven't met yet but i had been hired to his campaign a guy named rick snyder is the governor of michigan, and i remember i always knew everything before i got there i got hired the day before and he said you're in. just go in there you're going to have dinner with him tuesday night. i don't know anything about him. no choice. i'm on the plane. i go up there and i take this book with me. i go to the restaurant and the round table in the corner he's a good-looking guy looks like a governor with a good sign. >> he said high and he had this unbelievable the unique voice. usually i take pages of notes. at the end of the dinner first of all i love things. just a great genius. he kind of helped save gateway computers and make tons of money and all this stuff, just adored him and envisioned him as the next governor of michigan. and so, at the end of dinner he said do you have any great ideas because the next morning and i opened my non-genetic book and i've written one were down in my book. i opened it up and the word was honored and that is the one word i had written

rick: thanks so much. >> heather: republican campaign officials also reacting to governor's choice. joining us on the phone is keith snyderchairman of virginia victory 2012 which is the campaign between the rnc and g.o.p. of virginia. he is also a fox news contributor. thanks for joining us? >> thanks for having me heather. it's an amazing day in virginia with the unveiling of our vice president and our ticket coming out here in the number one battleground state in the country. we are excited and we're pretty fired on up. >> heather: what strengths specifically do you think congressman ryan brings to the table? >> paul ryan brings ideas, energy and real intellectual firepower to take on the issues that are facing our country right now. these are tough times in america. tough times around the world. he needs serious sober leaders who can help put a real plan together to guide our nation out of this economic morass. >> heather: he is the money man for republicans. what about foreign policy, is that considered a weakness by the campaign and how do you overcome that? >> he has been in the arena in washington 14 years. he had

hands and have elected a republican governor, rick snider, who campaigned like romney on his experience in the private sector. since taking office, snyder a $1.5 billion budget deficit. >> this isn't going to happen. do we have to read the rest of it? >> no. >> okay. good. >> i've always said, michael steele, that pennsylvania is republican fool's gold. >> yep. >> we always spend a lot of money. >> lot of money. >> send people there. >> disappointed -- >> waiting for that story the third week of october to say they've pulled the money out. same thing with michigan. not waste money on pennsylvania and michigan. >> play where you can get some traction and ground game. these two states michigan and pennsylvania make it difficult for the gop. you saw what happened in 2008 with mccain campaign, wait up until the last minute and pulled it out of michigan. this time around i don't know what the calculation is but -- >> mark halperin, is mitt romney going to waste a lot of money in pennsylvania and michigan again, only to pull out the third week of october? >> i've been surprised in my conversation since i got here with romney folks. they say t

went to a meeting with of guy i haven't met yet but i had been hired to his campaign a guy named rick snyder is the governor of michigan, and i remember i always knew everything before i got there i got hired the day before and he said you're in. just go in there you're going to have dinner with him tuesday night. i don't know anything about him. no choice. i'm on the plane. i go up there and i take this book with me. i go to the restaurant and the round table in the corner he's a good-looking guy looks like a governor with a good sign. >> he said high and he had this unbelievable the unique voice. usually i take pages of notes. at the end of the dinner first of all i love things. just a great genius. he kind of helped save gateway computers and make tons of money and all this stuff, just adored him and envisioned him as the next governor of michigan. and so, at the end of dinner he said do you have any great ideas because the next morning and i opened my non-genetic book and i've written one were down in my book. i opened it up and the word was honored and that is the one word i had written