representative ryan put forward a plan to keep medicare solvent. and i ll note that while i haven t introduced today my own plan, will in the future, it s not going to be identical to the ryan plan. our proposal will have similarities overall to the ryan road map but our medicare plan will be somewhat different. our plan will include a series of options that people can choose from. one of which will be to stay in the current program. all right. chris cillizza, how about it? are presidential candidates trying to walk the line here? here s the problem. what we saw last week and joe biden mentioned it is when newt gingrich called the ryan plan, a medicare piece of it social engineering, people like rush limbaugh, nicky hailey said you can t do this. you are knee capping paul ryan. we need to support this plan. we had a special election on tuesday in which support for medicare by the republican candidate, if not doomed her, certainly made it a lot harder to win a seat republicans sho
democracy fellow. she s an expert on election reform. thanks for your time. appreciate it. no problem. good to be here, rachel. is the blue hole of doom here the risk that too many democratic leaning voters will find it too easy to vote? do these have a clear partisan intention as far as you are concerned? oh, absolutely. you know, what we re seeing right now across the country is really unprecedented in several generations. we are seeing these type of voter i.d. laws being introduced, processed and passed in a number of states. it s going to pass in wisconsin, probably this week and be signed by governor walker. as you said in texas. in tennessee. nicky hailey passed a bill signed the bill today with the backdrop of the black eyed peas in the backdrop playing. celebratory kind of atmosphere. the republicans know and now that they are dominating the state legislatures, they have been able to take certain actions that will disenfranchise people of color, low-income people, young
no problem. good to be here, rachel. is the blue hole of doom here the risk that too many democratic leaning voters will find it too easy to vote? do these have a clear partisan intention as far as you are concerned? oh, absolutely. you know, what we re seeing right now across the country is really unprecedented in several generations. we are seeing these type of voter i.d. laws being introduced, processed and passed in a number of states. it s going to pass in wisconsin, probably this week and be signed by governor walker. as you said in texas. in tennessee. nicky hailey passed a bill signed the bill today with the backdrop of the black eyed peas in the backdrop playing. celebratory kind of atmosphere. the republicans know and now that they are dominating the state legislatures, they have been able to take certain actions that will disenfranchise people of color, low-income people, young people who they believe are more likely to vote for democrats in 2012.
joining us is senior democracy fellow. she s an expert on election reform. thanks for your time. appreciate it. no problem. good to be here, rachel. is the blue hole of doom here the risk that too many democratic leaning voters will find it too easy to vote? do these have a clear partisan intention as far as you are concerned? oh, absolutely. you know, what we re seeing right now across the country is really unprecedented in several generations. we are seeing these type of voter i.d. laws being introduced, processed and passed in a number of states. it s going to pass in wisconsin, probably this week and be signed by governor walker. as you said in texas. in tennessee. nicky hailey passed a bill signed the bill today with the backdrop of the black eyed peas in the backdrop playing. celebratory kind of atmosphere. the republicans know and now that they are dominating the state legislatures, they have been able to take certain actions that will disenfranchise people of color, l
president obama s expected big speech tomorrow. mr. obama expected to address the arab spring just like the al qaeda tape addresses this evening. senior administration officials revealing tonight that the president s speech at the state department tomorrow will include comments both on the recent political change and the arab world but also on america s role in the middle east now. u.s. efforts to promote human rights and to promote democratic reform and also to promote economic development in the region. joining us now is nbc news terrorism analyst evan coleman. evan, thanks for being here and helping us understand the importance of this new tape. my pleasure. have you been able to cess out enough of this tape to know whether you think it s authentic, whether you have a general sense of what bin laden s point is in this tape? it s 100% authentic. the way it came out is through the electronic couriers that always release messages from bin laden, from al za waugh harry.