jobs program like wpa, you know, works progress authority, or cpc camp to get americans back working again just like generations ago the government responded to put americans working again during the roosevelt era. >> congressman keith ellison, thank you, sir, we're going to let you get back to work. and i want to give everybody a programming note of obama's address to congress begins right here on msnbc at 7:00 p.m. eastern. so the stars were out for the gop last night in the top contenders in the 2012 field. they took the gloves off in front of a national audience. the stage was set for an exciting debate. rick perry going toe-to-toe with a sharp mitt romney. >> states are different. texas is a great state. texas has zero income tax. texas has a right to work state, a republican legislature, a republican supreme court. texas has a lot of oil and gas in the ground. those are wonderful things, but governor perry doesn't believe