nina turner and also ari berman, contributor for the nation magazine and rolling stone magazine and author of the book herding donkeys. great to have both of you with us. first of all, senator, i want to ask you, are people in ohio, are they on this, and what s their reaction? people are outraged, ed. i mean, no one should have to beg to vote, and that is exactly what is happening in ohio in the predominantly urban areas, as you have laid out, ed. and it is absolutely shameful that jim crow has been resurrected in this country and particularly in the state of ohio. he s packed his bags and he s moved north. he s in ohio, he s in pennsylvania, he s making repeat performances in florida. and we have to stand up and speak out against this, but it is absolutely shameful, and as you pointed out, that working folks, some people were piecing together two and three jobs. early voting from 8:00 to 5:00 does not make sense for them. we should be expanding the franchise and not trying to
the word s hout he hasn t paid any taxes for ten years. let hem prove that he has paid taxes because he hasn t. we already know from one partial tax return that he gave us he has money hidden in bermuda, the cayman islands, and a swiss bank account. harry reid getting after it. welcome back to the ed show. harry reid, he says he s got a guy who tells him that mitt romney didn t pay any taxes for the last ten years. meanwhile, republicans are calling senator reid a dirty liar. for more, let s turn to our panic, lizz winstead with us, contributing writer for the nation, ari berman, who is the author of herding donkeys and susan del percio. is harry reid a dirty liar? i don t know, but harry reid is playing old school dirty
contributing writer for the nation, ari berman, who is the author of herding donkeys and republican strategist susan del percio. is harry reid a dirty liar? i don t know, but harry reid is playing old school dirty politics by doing this. his story has been changing, which is amazing. first he said, i can t say for certain. then he gets up on the floor of the united states senate and then makes a claim. then he comes back with another interview and says, oh, well, lots of people are saying that. what is it? this guy, he can t get his story straight, and frankly, it s inappropriate. it goes beyond the pale, especially on the floor of the u.s. senate. lizz? if we didn t hear throughout the course of this past couple years, ellen west saying, oh, there s 80 communists in the house of representatives. michele bachmann accusing keith ellison and hillary clinton s aide they re part of the muslim brotherhood, i often wonder if
by the koch brothers machine. joining me now, ari berman, author of the gop war on voting and rolling stone. author of herding donkeys: the fight to rebuild the democratic party and reshape american politics. thanks for joining me. look, it s very simple. if you want people to vote, if you want 100% turnout, we make it easier for them. we don t want that. the media doesn t want it. nobody wants it. they want it contained in one little day where they can report it. they don t like this early voting. you know, why don t we just make it a national holiday? if we really want to make it easy for people to vote? what i found when i did my story, lawrence, is republicans really didn t want people who might vote for barack obama to vote in 2012. that s why we saw 38 states primarily controlled by republicans introduce legislation and more than a dozen states pass legislation designed to impede voters at every step of the process.
by the koch brothers machine. joining me now, ari berman, author of the gop war on voting and rolling stone. author of herding donkeys: the fight to rebuild the democratic party and american politics. if you want people to vote, if you want 100% turnout, we make it easier for them. we don t want that. the media doesn t want it. they want it contained in one little day where they can report it. they don t like this early voting. make it one national holiday if we want to make it easier for people to vote. republicans really didn t want people who might vote for barack obama to vote in 2012. that s why we saw 38 states primarily controlled by republicans introduce legislation and more than a dozen states pass legislation designed to impede voters at