point moment in the civil rights movement where finally you get a majority of the country on the side of civil rights protesters because as they re coming across that bridge they re turned back by the violence of local police. now, in this case what s been happening is that the occupiers are connecting with these local municipalities, with the mayors or with the police officers. and as fraught as that has been, as much as that has energized the movement and i think gotten even more people on the side of occupiers, it doesn t address this, as you say, parallel track. those local officials are under some of the same constraints that the 99% are. they are trying to deliver more and more services with fewer and fewer resources. and so that battle is insufficient. the real fight is this fight that is about whether or not we re going to actually govern in this country on behalf of the majority. how does that happen, though? how does that happen historically? you re making the analogy with
tuberculosis like cats, right? occupy bridges is a great way to destroy bridges. maybe they ll have to build new ones then. in the occupy boston protesters will demonstrate at the charlestown bridge, but just right next to it. they re worried that the century-old rivets in the bridge will pop into the river and that will be it. that would certainly make a statement. that s what liberals do best. make great, beautiful, descriptive statements about things. you could have one person standing in there in perpetually in shifts. it s hard to say. i think they need someone to organize us a little bit. you think they need a leader? a ceo. maybe me, for example. are you available? well, sure. i don t know anything about running a business, but i don t have to. i m an art project, too. i m like herman cain, too. the thing is they re sitting they re practically millionaires themselves. they re sitting on half a
meanwhile, protesters in boston protesters in boston, massachusetts, claiming a temporary victory there this morning. a judge has ordered the city cannot remove protesters or their tents without court approval. at least for the next two weeks. meanwhile, protesters worship occupy boston movement plan to march today to the charlestown bridge. it was a much different story in dallas, texas, where police arrested up to 20 occupy prot t protesters there. at the same time, an attorney said an agreement with the city was reached wednesday allowing protesters to stay for four more weeks. there were also arrests made in south carolina and city officials have told them to leave. occupy indiana protesters have been given 24 hours to clear out their camp on state house
so says the great majority of all economists both bearish and even though bullish. so tonight in the united states senate, there was a test vote on the senate s version of president obama s jobs bill. for the $175 billion and that everybody agrees on it, infrastructure investment. not a single republican senator voted for the bill. not one. charlestown bridge, how you doing, scott brown? almost every single democrat and therefore a majority of the senate voted to move this bill forward, but the republicans filibustered it. they are unanimously opposed. joining us now is john stanton, reporter for the roll call newspaper. thanks very much for your time tonight. it s nice to have you here. goods to be here. let s start with the exception to the rule. which democrats did not vote for this version of the jobs bill tonight? jim webb and ben nelson from nebraska did not vote for the bill. okay. david axelrod has been arguing in a memo to democrats really to everybody today that the
senate, there was a test vote on the senate s version of president obama s jobs bill. for the $175 billion and that everybody agrees on it, infrastructure investment. not a single republican senator voted for the bill. not one. charlestown bridge, how you doing, scott brown? almost every single democrat and therefore a majority of the senate voted to move this bill forward, but the republicans filibustered it. they are unanimously opposed. joining us now is john stanton, reporter for the roll call newspaper. thanks very much for your time tonight. it s nice to have you here. goods to be here. let s start with the exception to the rule. which democrats did not vote for this version of the jobs bill tonight? jim webb and ben nelson from nebraska did not vote for the bill. okay. david axelrod has been arguing in a memo to democrats really to everybody today that the policies in the jobs act are really popular, the bill,