reducing the corporate rate to 20%. allowing younger workers to opt out of social security and capping spending to 18%. for those at the top, it is hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars for them. but i don t care about that. something else perry claims not to care about, the so-called birther issue he helped revive. that s all a distraction. i get it. i am really not worried about the president s birth certificate. it is fun to poke at him a little bit. a good candidate who is trying to do a relaunch around an issue like taxes does not allow this thing to step on every headline. cnbc s chief washington correspondent and new york times political writer, john harwood, sat down with perry before today s news conference joins us live today. it is nice to see you. the headline is supposed to be the flat tax plan. instead, he is still talking about this birther issue. absolutely. i gave him several chances to put the issue to rest as he was preparing to un
rick perry is bringing birthers back and now he has a confederate flag controversy on his hands. salon s joan walsh is here with analysis. with the election around the corner, firefighter safety is on the ballot in ohio. i have a hard time believing that the gear needs replaced every five years. that s my personal opinion. we ll bring you the latest. and hasn t wisconsin been through enough? the runner did cross the line. tonight, my commentary on how the badgers got hosed. great to have you with us tonight, folks. thank for watching msnbc, the ed show in the 8:00 hour. our first show. hope to be here for a long time. if you ve never seen the ed show before, i just want to tell you a couple things off the top. i use this graph a lot on the ed show because this is where america is. this right here, the red line, is where the top 1% has gone over the last 30 years in income in this country. over 300%. this line, of course, has the republicans protecting th
birthers back and now he has a confederate flag controversy on his hands. salon s joan walsh is here with analysis. with the election around the corner, firefighter safety is on the ballot in ohio. i have a hard time believing that the gear needs replaced every five years. that s my personal opinion. we ll bring you the latest. and hasn t wisconsin been through enough? the runner did cross the line. tonight, my commentary on how the badgers got hosed. great to have you with us tonight, folks. thank for watching msnbc, the ed show in the 8:00 hour. our first show. hope to be here for a long time. if you ve never seen the ed show before, i just want to tell you a couple things off the top. i use this graph a lot on the ed show because this is where america is. this right here, the red line, is where the top 1% has gone over the last 30 years in income in this country. over 300%. this line, of course, has the republicans protecting them and fox news advocat
his hands. salon s joan walsh is here with analysis. with the election around the corner, firefighter safety is on the ballot in ohio. i have a hard time believing that the gear needs replaced every five years. that s my personal opinion. we ll bring you the latest. and hasn t wisconsin been through enough? the runner did cross the line. tonight, my commentary on how the badgers got hosed. great to have you with us tonight, folks. thank for watching msnbc, the ed show in the 8:00 hour. our first show. hope to be here for a long time. if you ve never seen the ed show before, i just want to tell you a couple things off the top. i use this graph a lot on the ed show because this is where america is. this right here, the red line, is where the top 1% has gone over the last 30 years in income in this country. over 300%. this line, of course, has the republicans protecting them and fox news advocating for them. down here is the blue liner. i want you to view m
and yet cain is eating his lunch. yeah. look, to be serious, it doesn t just drive rick perry crazy, it drives anita perry crazy, and she is the one person who can talk to the governor. i m serious. and she talked to the governor just recently, and said, you got to do something about this. she s very, very unhappy with the trajectory of the campaign, as anybody would be, and they are making changes. that s why we have seen nelson warfield and others being brought in. and as of today, rick perry has personally, after anita talked to him, anita perry, his wife, talked to him, called joe alba, who ran the operation, be sure the trains ran on time, the organization of george bush 11 years ago, in the 2000 presidential race, and asked alba to come on board and take over the campaign, which he is going to do. so they understand that they have a problem. he also he also ran fema during katrina, right, wayne? no, he ran katrina he ran fema right before katrina.