was a serious movement. ever. it still isn t. we have occasionally protests on the left and we will in the future now. a name occupy. it doesn t mean a thing. it isn t a movement. that s a slogan. john: that s it, as far as it goes? end of story now. let s talk about algae. john: you were very good on algae yesterday. talk 2012 politics and start off byin by showing you what happened on the campaign trail. i m afterring more than a change of policy. i am offering dramatic and fundamental change in perspective and philosophy from washington, and for the nation. i have a track record of being a strong consistent conservative. for mitt romney to attack me as not being conservative laughable. we could go in the caucuses next saturday and everybody in the caucus is like at n $2.50 as were for newt gingrich we d sweep caucuses. john: before that, there are contests in michigan and arizona, contests that can either clear the air a little bit or muddy the waters more.
the a substance i think the substance and procedure that s going to matter the most? yes, absolutely. pat n the end they ll debate the substance of this bill and not the procedure. exactly. but i do think if you ve done a deem thing or something like that, it won t help you. i think it adds maybe to this a disheartened feeling. yes. the behind closed doors feel. you weren t honest by-b it. why didn t you just go down and vote? this is lawrence o donnell. lawrence, a self-proposed euro socialists and very proud of it. he took great pride in helping bill clinton pass the largest tax increase ever in his words. this is lawrence yesterday on the joe scarborough. you were part of the biggest tax increase with bill clinton, $250 billion. you say barack obama s health care bill will double that. almost.
progress? and failure to launch. what if someone threw a campaign and no one came? republican candidates still are going out of their way not to get in this 2012 race. we ve even postponed a debate. what s going on? finally a word to the wise. if you re a member to congress and make $174,000 a year, dn cola autt ou cotien. at n aoo thg. e onesanwhoidhead it into the side did show. let s begin with labor under siege. senator sherrod brown and john nichols having covering the fights for the union magazine. john, this is basically a fight in the industrial midwest, newly elected republican govern os believe they have a mandate and if they don t do it now, they ll never be able to do it. it s politically been painful it looks like. today is the center is ohio. messagingwise, as you heard in