we ll bring you more updates on msnbc as events develop. and now for today s other news. you know this picture, don t you? this is martin luther king jr. standing on the steps of the lincoln memorial in our nation s capitol, august 28th, 1963. his most famous speech, the one we call i have a dream. you probably, however, don t know this guy standing beside dr. king that day. that s walter reuther, in some ways the inventor of the modern lane american labor movement. here he is again marching that day. he became a union organizer in michigan in the sometimes difficult and sometimes violent strikes of 1936 and 37. at the time workers in the big auto plants were coming home sick and injured and exhausted. and no matter how long or how hard they worked, they were coming home broke too. the auto companies didn t want unions, but the workers struck and they struck hard, and the workers eventually won. on february 11th, 1937, gm signed its first contract with
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the appeal that so many in indiana have for the republican party. and a big portion of the republican party has moved away from that. and here in indiana, you know, as a democrat, we ve tried to fill that void. and what we ve tried to say is, look, we want to focus on common sense, on getting things done, and focus like a laser on jobs. i was one of the folks who led on the auto fight, along with sherrod brown and so many others and obviously president obama. and that made a big difference in this race too, chris, is across that whole middle section of our state, where we have a lot of auto plants and such, we did really, really well in that area. you know, it sounds that s the reason why ted kennedy got elected all those years in massachusetts, which is not as liberal a state as everybody says it is. home state, delivering for the home state, focusing on the state, and what it needs. we ll be right back with more from senator-elect, joe donnelly. you re watching hardball, the pl
over. when you meet the people you like and they say, i m voting for the other guy, and you say, why, what is the best case they make? sure. you know, the kind of republican senator lugar has been for years is making sure that we keep our financial house in order, working hard for farmers and for agricultural community and for our rural towns, and so, that s the appeal that so many in indiana have for the republican party. and a big portion of the republican party has moved away from that. and here in indiana, you know, as a democrat, we ve tried to fill that void. and what we ve tried to say is, look, we want to focus on common sense, on getting things done, and focus like a laser on jobs. i was one of the folks who led on the auto fight, along with sherrod brown and so many others and obviously president obama. and that made a big difference in this race too, chris, is across that whole middle section of our state, where we have a lot of auto plants and such, we did really, really