is it simply class warfare to give tens of thousands in tax cuts to the top having to pay $2,000 for those in the middle. the middle class faces a tough enough burden these days. do we want to weigh them down further with this still heavy burden of this $2,000 in new taxes, romney taxes, so the better off get the best deal of their lives. that s the new state of play. to assess the politics tonight, bob shrum. gentlemen, i m talking about this decision. the obama campaign is taking this new study that s just come out showing a romney style plan. helps the rich at the expense of the poor. and they re running with it. this bar graph you re looking at right now shows how various income bracts are affected. and clearly the poor get hurt and the rich get helped. today the obama campaign made this. the center piece of a new ad that will air in eight swing states. let s watch it. you work hard. stretch ever penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him. mitt romney mad
he was awful overseas. he comes back to this. unlike the recommendation michael steele made on this network last night, he s not going to release his tax plan. he s not going to release his tax returns. and i think he s eroding his standing. right now on the new pew poll, he s ten points behind and has a 37 favorable and a 52 unfavorable. this is hurting romney badly. let s go to this question with steve. what do you make of this report? the assumptions here are romney has laid out what he believes he can do which is cut corporate rates, maintain the bush tax cuts up to the top of the income levels, and at the same time keep the total number of revenue equal. my question is if you do that, keep the neutrality there, also get rid of the make sure you ve got the minimum tax removed and all the sin incentives are maintained. how do you all that and not reduce revenues or lay the new revenue responsibilities on to the middle class? well, let me just respond to one thing tha
john payton s victory was in sustaining this core provision of the voting rights act. . did so and won a great victory for civil rights. he was lead counsel in a case that is still very much discussed, a case which has a new case, a case going before the supreme court this year. i m speaking of the university of michigan case where the plaintiffs sought to eliminate affirmative action in higher education in both and law and undergraduate schools and much of the progress that had been made over 25 years would go prematurely. john handled these cases and in the lower courts and argued the case at the supreme court as well. and as we know, the court found that the law school that upheld, upheld the use of race as a factor, one factor, not the factor. and affirmative in higher education was saved. i would like to submit for the record a piece written by a colleague and friend of john payton. joshua weiner. he wrote a short piece after john payton died, which, in a real sense, det
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pride in his legacy, which has been continued by president obama who has released the first national hiv/aids strategy. the understanding of the need to defeat the epidemic often crosses party lines and brings many sides together for a common cause. agreeing on any other common cause in washington these days is just about impossible. i woke up this morning thinking the republicans and the democrats, the president, and his partisan rivals in town had it figured out. it s the first test of their leader s pledge to try to seek common ground. pledged to work together, but that was yesterday. today well, i delivered a letter to senator reid signed by all 42 senate republicans. this is where the rubber meets the road. it says that every republican will vote against proceeding to any legislative matter. nothing happens until they get what they want, tax cuts for the wealthy. that s a $700 billion price tag. obstruct, delay, actions of critical matters and then pl