in, saying more or less the opposite of what mitt romney accused him of having said. the first time this happened, you could maybe imagine it was a fluke. the second time, perhaps a coincidence. at this point, it s looking like creative editing is a core strategy for the republican campaign this cycle. steve bennan writes for the maddow blog, a producer for the show and msnbc contributor and an all-around terrific guy. steve, thank you for being here. thank you, ezra. it s good to be here. look, politics ain t beanbag, as they say. it s not like the obama campaign has never been generous with mitt romney s words, but lately, it seems to be the whole campaign, it s all misunderstandings and you didn t build that and our plan worked. that doesn t seem like the strategy you choose when you ve actually got a good argument that s resonating with the american people. exactly. that s the thing about this that strikes me the most interesting, that in theory, it shouldn t be necessary.
they would be hard pressed to run into somebody that would be affected by this. of course unless they all hang out at the country club. then they might run into them. congressman steve israel, great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much for joining you. now let s turn to steve bennan. he is a blogger for the washington monthly. steve, good to have you with us tonight. you have been covering this sabotage story for weeks. are democrats and the president finally catching on to this? i think that s right. i think that you look back over the last year, it s been a very provocative question. and understandably so. i mean, it speaks to motivation. it speaks to patriotism. and in general a lot of media outlets and a lot of democrats have been reluctant to go there. but i think in recent weeks we ve seen that change. we ve seen several members of the president s re-election team address the subject. we ve seen several members of congress including harry reid and dick durbin raise the
second term. tonight dccc chairman steve israel. and washington monthly s steve bennan on republican sabotage. herman cain is soaring in the polls and rake in money as his scandal continues to grow. eugene robinson of the washington post is here with the latest. in ohio it s the fourth quarter, and governor john kasich is fumbling his cleveland brown references. tonight, van jones is in ohio, where it s ground zero for workers rights. and in massachusetts tea party hatred is on full display. we ll show you the nasty exchange between an angry righty and senate candidate elizabeth warren. good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watching. republicans calculated campaign to sabotage president obama, well, it hit a new low today. a few hours ago the senate democrats came up nine votes short of passing the rebuild
to have you with us tonight. thanks so much for joining you. now let s turn to steve bennan. he is a blogger for the washington monthly. steve, good to have you with us tonight. you have been covering this sabotage story for weeks. are democrats and the president finally catching on to this? i think that s right. i think that you look back over the last year, it s been a very provocative question. and understandably so. i mean, it speaks to motivation. it speaks to patriotism. and in general a lot of media outlets and a lot of democrats have been reluctant to go there. but i think in recent weeks we ve seen that change. we ve seen several members of the president s re-election team address the subject. we ve seen several members of congress including harry reid and dick durbin raise the prospect of the sabotage question. and so it seems as if the democratic leadership is starting to take this question more seriously and pose it to the public in hopes of generating some debate. to
good evening, americans and welcome to the ed show. the analysis is the republican party hates president obama so much that they want republican voted to kill a jobs bill. so i have to ask tonight, when does it become un-american? this is the ed show. let s get to work. 72% of the american people support the ideas in this bill. there s no excuse for 100% of washington republicans to say no. 100% of republicans did vote against the jobs bill today. new polling shows americans agree republicans are tanking the economy on purpose. our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny president obama a second term. tonight dccc chairman steve israel. and washington monthly s steve bennan on republican sabotage. herman cain is soaring in the polls and rake in money as his scandal continues to grow.