reporter from mother jones andy crowell, and from politico sun dim kim. andy, i will begin with you, when you hear the president there, is this a side of the president that we haven t seen before? president obama has made no secret of how angry he can be, displeased with the obstruction in congress, but what you hear in the comments to the new york times is that there are republicans in congress now, and the obstruction, and just the sheer opposition is unlike we vefr seen, and president obama literally cannot do anything that involves getting through the house with the people that are there, and that is what you are seeing in the interview. and something if the president who spoke in three cities last week on the economy, and he heads to tennessee tuesday and why the big rollout right now, and what do you believe is behind the timing?
also put out another ad today putting pictures of real people over mitt romney s notorious comments to wealthy donors about americans who don t pay income tax. 47% of the people who are dependent on government. who believe they re victims. who believe government has responsibility to care for them. who believe they re entitled to healthcare and food, to housing, to you name it. eliot: while mitt romney and his super pac allies have raised more money than the president and his allies, the margin is surprisingly small. according to the washington post, the president has raised $779 million just $5 million less than the republicans. the democrats have spent more, $612 million. there is help on the way for the campaign. democratic super pacs have large donations. politico is also reporting today that financier joe is giving a million dollars to priorities u.s.a. action, a super pac supporting the obama campaign. federal lecture laws give the white house an advantage in th
foundation, straight from reagan. the left doesn t have an answer to this but as we re seeing might be wise to. andy crowell, mother jones great to have you with us tonight. appreciate your time. coming up, discrimination on the basis of hair color. that has my back up and hair i might add. my commentary on the best red headed quarterback since sonny jerg ensen. that is next. can t let it go. s it hit helps the lhe of companipanies like the she smallestt ofof startups.ups. th ththat lets yos your employeloy, pa and custcustomersvate and sharee so you can can unleash tsh the of your mor your peopleople. we re america s natural gas. and here s what we did today in homes all across america: we created the electricity that powered the alarm clocks and brewed the coffee. we heated the bathwater and gave kelly a cleaner ride to school. cooked the cube steaks and steamed the veggies. entertained dad, and mom, and a neighbor or two. kept watch on the house when they slept.
teeth of the middle class workers in this country when it comes to them having a voice, when it comes to them having the infrastructure, to go after collective bargaining and they have done that in these states. heck, in michigan they re overtaking city councils that can t run their budget and that s all about power. in ohio senate bill 5. in indiana mitch daniels is a wolf in sheep s clothing and we all know about that dude down there in florida, mr. scott. he s never seen a worker he liked. so this is the concentration of what s happening. the reporting on the state policy network comes from andy crowell of mother jones magazine. great to have you with us. the state policy network a pretty clear mission and what they want to do. just how are they doing it? they have a network, web of think tanks that are devoted to free market principles that were inspired by none other than ronald reagan himself spread throughout the country and their goal is to pass legislation that
it s there is not an election this year but this is when they really do the dirty work after the election. this is just a textbook classic example of how they operate. but are they making headway? are they making a difference? is it getting harder for wage earners? absolutely. with the wave of republican lawmakers swept into office, last fall, the setting was there for these think tanks to go after the new republicans to sway them to influence them to lobby them to pass these kinds of bills. that s why we re seeing dozens of collective bargaining bills out there today. i bet there are viewers out there tonight wondering do the liberals have anything like this cooking? i mean, there is move on.org, precripple c, organizing for america and all this stuff but they are not on this level are they? not at all. this is straight from the same conservative idiosyncrasy yo logs that founded the heritage foundation, straight from reagan. the left doesn t have an answer to this but as we r