if i were in a car accident and was losing blood, you wouldn t manage how much blood i was losing, would you stop the bleeding and you would send a blood transfusion. we need reinvestment in michigan. reverend david bullock, michigan state director, senior pastor of st. matthew church in highland park, a pleasure to have you here. thank you so much. one group that republicans did not count on to be very, very angry with their union busting policies, was other republicans, unexpected intra-party push back, just ahead. [ male announcer ] what makes you trust a company?
citizens united and this overall trend about money and politics? the short answer is yes, i think it is changing. when the decision first came through, i think it was consensus thinking practically unanimous thinking about republicans self-described conservatives, this is great, a dream come true. but turns out the dream has nightmarish hues, the candidates don t necessarily control their own campaign, nor does the state republican party, nor does the national republican party. any big money super billionaire who chooses to do so can pour money in any campaign state-wide or national campaign, mind you much of the money is secret and hidden, the candidate may have one agenda, may see an ad up says i don t agree with that, too bad jack, they have the money. a second wave is wait a minute, maybe this is not such a good
us for the next hour. today is the federal holiday honoring the birth daday of dr. martin luther king jr. there is news ahead for why the occasion was occasion for annoy see protest outside the door of one red state governor today. also in one of the states where there is a huge fight over union rights right now, some republicans are now taking a side you wouldn t expect them to take in the fight. that is the subject of the interview tonight. also, there is ron paul s head randomly, news on all those things still to come this hour. i have to look at myself and it s reversed like a mirror image. there he is, ron paul. i have to tell you first, there has been totally unexpected and strange news in the 2012 race today. about the meeting of religious right leaders that took place over the weekend in texas. you may recall us talking about this on friday night s show the meeting got underway friday night at this ranch outside houston. the idea was that religious
the meeting. michigan republicans who support this emergency manager law say it has nothing to do with race, it s about competence and fiscal responsibility, which cannot be achieved through the democratic process and for the democratic process must be halted. whether or not the intention behind this law had anything to do with race, the implications very plainly are racially affected in michigan. on today s holiday honoring dr. king, the president of the naacp opined in the detroit free press, in king s day, intimidation were used to deny voters their rights. today our state government has its own tactic, expanded emergency manager law that lansing is using to dismantle democracy. it abolishes our right to run our communicates. when our government can do this, we no longer truly have the right to vote. the cities and school district under emergency manager rule are
tomorrow the indiana house will debate stripping union rights. we expect a vote on the measure later this week. joining us tonight for the interview is the chairman of the lunchpail republicans, david fagan, the international union of operating engineers, thank you for being with us tonight. thank you, a pleasure to be here. can you tell me why you decided to form the lunchpail republicans and what you re hoping to accomplish? well, i was totally shocked when the republican leadership in the state of indiana said this was going to be their 2012 number one legislative priority. that was very, very disappointing. when you look around and you see the american society of civil engineers rated the infrastructure of the state of indiana as approximately a d this was their number one priority, i couldn t believe