0 mitt romney, the koch brothers, and other corporate ceos who believe the path to prosperity in michigan is paved with lower wages and lower benefits. this is a stunning slap in the face for unions in michigan. the birthplace of the modern labor movement. in 1936 autoworkers in flint, michigan, staged a sit-down demanding their rights. it lasted 44 days and they won. general motors recognized the united auto workers for the first time. and in 1965, michigan s republican governor george romney worked with unions to sign historical bills recognizing the right to collective bargaining. nearly 50 years later, the gop is trying to undo all that progress. a massive power grab by a republican party that just lost an election. this didn t just happen out of the blue. we re learning this has been orchestrated by far right conservatives who have made threats against politicians and literally bullied their way into getting what they wanted. dick devos and extreme right wing control what s go
party where sort of the establishment isn t quite there yet on marriage equality. but when you talk to younger republicans, i think, you know, ken melman who richard and i both know. our friend i can t remember megan mccain. i m so sorry. megan mccain who s out there pushing pro marriage equality positions. as soon as the republican party meets up with the melmans and mccains in their ranks, then they will join the democratic party in terms of being on the right side of history. you know, this point that jonathan raises is very important. because, you know, because of the way this case arises, the republicans have their name on this brief. and when when the case is argued, the lawyer is going to be the lawyer retained by the house republicans. and, you know, in order to argue this case against same-sex marriage, you have to say a lot of things that sound like you re living in the 1950s. i think that s what the election was about. and that s right where
republicans don t want to be. jonathan, as you bring up megan mccain and also ken melman, i have an idea. grover norquist, that anti-tax pledge guru, his relevance is probably going to go away if taxes go up. he might want to start a marriage equality pledge for republicans to sign. just saying. that s a very good idea, thomas. maybe i should write something about that. he s part of go proud. gentlemen, thanks so much. just an idea. if it happens, i don t even want 10%. you know? we do have two very special guests coming up on the show tomorrow i want to tell you about. the latest issue of jet magazine getting a lot of buzz. for the first time ever the magazine features a gay couple in its popular section for high profile wedding announcements. that couple, robi perry and paris prince of worcester, massachusetts, they re going to join me tomorrow 11:30 a.m. eastern time. huge significance of that couple s story there. here s a look at stories topping the news now. the u.s. na
to spend more time behind closed doors hammering out a deal than going on the road? no. i think the best way to break this political gridlock in washington is to go directly to the american people because it s we the people that can demand the politicians and congress resolve this fiscal cliff, but resolve it in a way that makes our country stronger. that s why the president s come here to metro detroit. we re the home for u.s. manufacturing. also we re the home for the american worker. we need to resolve our fiscal problems, but resolve them in a way that continues to investigation in training and educating our workers and advanced manufacturing and also providing the revenue that we need to still provide health care to our seniors and social security to those who depend on it. sir, let s talk about getting to the sensible center here. because as the politico poll that i referenced earlier off the top of the show indicates, 59% oppose significant cuts to defense but 75%
they have to go back twice, and part of the game here in pennsylvania was when you went in for a free i.d., they ran you through all the hoops to see if you could get a dlbs and then if that filed, said, by the way, here is a free i.d. that s much easier to get. and, you know, it just look, guys, we got to get back to a place, and frankly past gop chairs like ken melman have talked about this, where we try to win on the ideas. where it s not about suppression, not about intimidation. just running an honest race and cutting bait with the nasty tactics they seem to drag out whenever they get nervous. let me ask jim burn, the chair 69 party, have the african-american community been emotionally responsive to this? did they know they were the target in large part of this effort? absolutely, chris. we were worried a year ago about finding something to motivate and excite our base, african-americans, students, seniors, hispanics. the president has been effective this year in doing that,