push the direction toward single-pair get out of this for-profit model doomed to fail. it is about insurance care, not health care. i want to see health care. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. good to see own the ed show. thank you. coming up, republicans turned the health care debate into a washington political game but there are millions of americans whose lives will be turned upside down. wanda mosier is one of those americans. tonight, the white house hosts a state dinner for the chinese leader but the republican leaders are refusing to attend. they want to undermine president obama, folks. that is what had he they want to do i think it s unamerican. new poll numbers show president obama is surging while republicans are trying to take credit for the economic turnaround? all right. how could they do that? we will explain. you are watching the ed show on msnbc. stay with us.
this is one of the things that frustrates me as a broadcaster and as an american tax payer is the callousness of some of many of the republicans collectively to do this to families like this. what do you think the democrats should do? what do you think the opposing party should do? what do you think the proper strategy is to fight back against this, wanda? well, i think that if the democrats were to emphasize all the things that are just now taking effect and are going to take effect, i think as people realize that i mean, january 1st my son went on my dental. february 1st he is going on medical. as people learn about those things, more and more people are going to realize that this is a good thing and we should probably even actually take it further. take it further that is what the democrats want to do wanda moser, thanks for telling us your story tonight. i appreciate it. and you know, the reason why i
it is all about telling the insurance companies to, hey, keep that campaign money coming in, will ya? republicans aren t thinking about real people, trying to protect real people. people like wanda mosier. here is one for you, folks, one of the millions of americans across this country who would be hurt if the senate would go down the road repealing the health care bill. she lives in virginia, in the district, interestingly enough, of majority leader eric cantor. wanda, thanks for joining us tonight. if the senate were to move forward and repeal this health care bill what would it do to your family? ed, um, it would totally impact my family.
but that of course is the top story that has my buttons going tonight, no doubt about it. they did it. it is a campaign promise to the tea partiers and they lived up to it. but folks, eric captor took the gop, i think to a new low today on this health care debate. he blamed harry reid s senate for promising to block the legislation. earth to cantor? where were you when the republicans were blocking unemployment insurance and everything else that the democrats put on the table? i will have commentary on that and live reaction on the vote from congress with chris van hollen and dennis kucinich ahead on the ed show. righty fight senator jon kyl have a new talking point. they say they deserve credit for improving the economy. it is fantasy land it is fantasy si time and we won t let them rewrite history on the show. president obama welcomes china s president and said we got to have a level playing field when it comes to job creation and manufacturing, but the key is pushing
keep that campaign money coming in, will ya? republicans respe republica republicans aren t thinking about real people, trying to protect real people. people like wanda mosier. here is one for you, folks, one of the millions of americans across this country who would be hurt if the senate would go down the road repealing the health care bill. she lives in virginia, in the district, interestingly enough, of majority leader eric cantor. wanda, thanks for joining us tonight. if the senate were to move forward and repeal this health care bill what would it do to your family? ed, um, it would totally impact my family. i have three adult sons and up in of them are in jobs that offer health insurance. and that s really scary. but the good news was that my youngest son, who is 24, we just