most vulnerable americans with the farm bill. we won t turn to the corporations and wealthiest americans to do a little bit more. we re asking people on food stamps to serve it up. i think it s immoral. ed, to add insult to injury, we tried to offer an amendment in the house that said let s use the savings from the small cuts they did make to help the 1.7 million americans who have lost their unemployment benefits. the speaker didn t allow us the opportunity of a vote. thanks so much. i want to bring in bob schrum. what happens in the democrats cave on the debt limit? they want something for this.
liberal groups out there that want a more progressive conversation than what they think hillary would bring to the table. let s wait and ed, let s wait and see what she says. i mean, i think she is going to talk about economic growth and economic justice. i think she s very smart about this, and i think she s committed to those things. she s not going to rerun the 2008 campaign. and folks like elizabeth warren are for her. bob schrum, good to have you with us on the ed show. thanks, ed. you bet. coming up, seahawks defensive back richard sherman describes what he really feels when he hears the word thug. the rapid response panel weighs in. plus, the tpp is a ticking time bomb on american workers. congress needs to act soon to stop the momentum of this international community that is going to be real bad for american workers. it s a bad trade agreement. next, i m taking your questions live. so what s better, bigger or smaller?
is ready to back hillary. clinton s lead as hoped up. 2016! hilla hillary! it s such a difficult decision and it s one that i am not going to rush into. joining me tonight bob strum, democratic strategist and professor at new york university. bob, good to have you with us. well, this is a big step forward, is it not? what does this mean that priorities usa, action is out there this early? well, i think it reflects reality. the advantage to hillary clinton, and i believe she will run, is going to have money, machinery, organization, is a consequence and not a cause of her dominance in this race. it s unprecedented in modern politics for a nonincumbent to have this dominant a position. and there s no barack obama out there to challenge that. he was a unique figure and a uniquely powerful candidate. and, you know, he was introduced to the country actually before he ran in 2004 when john kerry made him the keynote speaker of
the senate, mitch mcconnell will forget word he s screaming in that closed chamber where the air conditioning is not going to lower the heat. he ll forget every word he utters and they will change the rules of the senate. they will do it will overnight. they don t care about consistency and shown it over and over again. nia-malika quinnipiac asked who is responsible. washington. half said republicans. only a third said the president. why does there never appear to be any concern for brand management on their part? it doesn t matter if it s immigration, same-sex marriage or gridlock, they seem quite comfortable in this role of being the person responsible for throwing spanners into the works on a daily basis. you have a republican party that is made up, certainly in the house, of freelancers, people thinking about the politics in their own backyard and not necessarily the party. in the senate, it s somewhat different. but you know, i think schrum is
henderson of the washington post and bob schrum from the daily beast. nia-malika, what are the repercussions if senator reid does take the nuclear option? i think one of the repercussions could be if the republicans take the house or take the senate in 2014 this could come back to bite democrats. but what they re wanting to do, democrats essentially seven positions that haven t been filled in the labor relations board, you ve got vacancies at labor and vacancies in other agencies. they want to push through the seven folks they re looking at. we have to remember that this happened before. progressives were very much pushing for real robust changes to reform and hairy reid cut a deal with mcconnell with very minor changes to filibuster reform. so this is a debate. what i wouldn t pay to be a fly on that wall tonight with those hundred senators. you know, the senate has always