to vote across the country on election day. these were the striking pictures. lines as long as seven hours. but voters made sure to have their voices heard. the resolve of the american people determined the direction we wanted this nation to go. not everyone had an easy time accepting the news though. do you believe that ohio has been settled? no, i don t. so you re not saying that obama isn t going to win. i think this is premature. we ve got a quarter of the vote. we won t forget carl roves epic on-air melt down. i guess that s what happens when you blow $300 million trying to winn win an election. the republicans money machine, 2012 was simply the year the rich couldn t buy. and it was a year full of wins, none bigger than this. the bottom line here is the
things, the tax cuts, the sequestration, et cetera. the president has been the most 079 mystic person. and if even he s describing himself as modestly optimistic, that s trouble. well, clarence, and ryan, thank you for your time tonight. and happy new year. you almost don t want to say happy, but have a healthy new year. given these circumstances. it s quite an end to a year. thank you. coming up, 2012 was a year full of wins for progressives. it was the year the rich couldn t buy. we re looking back on a year of progress. stay with us.
boots on the ground. that s the only way they were going to be able to fight the big money of citizens united. and last night the ground game did the job for the democrats and the president. this ground game was dominated by the wage earners of america. because they saw this election as a real threat to their livelihood. these workers were up against millionaires and billionaires, like the koch brothers and sheldon adelson spending millions on super pacs to defeat president obama. but what they couldn t buy was a ground game. the united steel workers, for example. them alone had 7,000 volunteers, who knocked on over 170,000 doors, just in the past two weeks. the boots on the ground proved it s possible to fight back against this wall of money that we re seeing. this corporate money, this influence, this effort to suppress the vote. for more, let s turn to leo gehrard, president of the united steelworkers international. mr. gehrard, you don t have to get your blood pressure up tonight.
tonight, this election was about boots on the ground. that s the only way they were going to be able to fight the big money of citizens united. and last night the ground game did the job for the democrats and the president. this ground game was dominated by the wage earners of america. because they saw this election as a real threat to their livelihood. these workers were up against millionaires and billionaires, like the koch brothers and sheldon adelson spending millions on super pacs to defeat president obama. but what they couldn t buy was a ground game. the united steel workers, for example. them alone had 7,000 volunteers, who knocked on over 170,000 doors, just in the past two weeks. the boots on the ground proved it s possible to fight back against this wall of money that we re seeing. this corporate money, this influence, this effort to suppress the vote. for more, let s turn to leo gehrard, president of the united steelworkers international. mr. gehrard, you don t have to
that s the only way they were going to be able to fight the big money of citizens united. and last night the ground game did the job for the democrats and the president. this ground game was dominated by the wage earners of america. because they saw this election as a real threat to their livelihood. these workers were up against millionaires and billionaires, like the koch brothers and sheldon adelson spending millions on super pacs to defeat president obama. but what they couldn t buy was a ground game. the united steel workers, for example. them alone had 7,000 volunteers, who knocked on over 170,000 doors, just in the past two weeks. the boots on the ground proved it s possible to fight back against this wall of money that we re seeing. this corporate money, this influence, this effort to suppress the vote. for more, let s turn to leo gehrard, president of the united steelworkers international. mr. gehrard, you don t have to get your blood pressure up tonight. this is what winning