still, none of whom is taken seriously by serious people. our top story tonight, why the best thing president obama has going for him may be the republican opponents out there.ç plus game on. let s see republicans campaign on paul ryan s proposal to kill medicare, cut medicaid, make the old and poor pay more while giving trillions, that s trillions in tax breaks to the wealthy and to the big corporations. as one democrat put it, if the republicans campaign on this, democrats will beat them like a bad piece of meat. whoa. also frustration with president obama. democrats have claimed victory in last week s near shutdown, but the debate was, let s face it, driven entirely by the gop. they won cuts in domestic programs democrats care about. will the president finally take the lead on this this week and/or will he let the republican agenda drive the debate. and tonight ashley judd comes to the table and joins us tonight to talk about good things going on in the fight
12 years. domestic programs, cut $770 billion over 12 years. why 12 years? do the plans that have always been talked about are 10 years. is that to you make as look there s more savings because if you really look at 10 years, there wouldn t be as much savings. number two, how do you get around this whole tax battle? it was only four months ago that this president credited himself for extending the bush tax cuts and now he s right back on the campaign trail. i bet if you did soundbites from when he was running for president to yesterday, they would sound exactly the same about the people he wants to tax. i m stunned by the tone. and i think you re going to be hearing from some who are also stunned by the tone. it s not so much different proposals. it s who is looking to vilify. i m listening to it because i didn t get a chance to watch. kind vs. cruel. nice vs. mean. if you like paul ryan s plan, you re cruel. if you like paul ryan s plan, you re mean. if you agree with me, you re