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surprise. plus, the great dan rather on the right-wing media infecting the political process. shades of the o.j. trial after another blade runner bombshell. a florida college names its stadium after a private prison. i ll tell you why that s an awful idea. and fat cats beware. there s a brand new push to go after capital gains taxes. i don t know how much longer i m going to do this. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. most people who pick up a newspaper in this country go to the usa today. it is still the most highly circulated paper in the country. this is what folks who picked up the usa today saw this morning. a front-page graphic of president obama with pairs of blue lines and red lines. you see, the blue lines represent support for president obama s policies. the red lines show support for the congressional republicans. and it doesn t take long to notice a very distinct pattern. a comprehensive new poll by the usa today ....
governor s flip on obama care shouldn t come as a big surprise. plus, the great dan rather on the right-wing media infecting the political process. shades of the o.j. trial after another blade runner bombshell. a florida college names its stadium after a private prison. i ll tell you why that s an awful idea. and fat cats beware. there s a brand new push to go after capital gains taxes. i don t know how much longer i m going to do this. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. most people who pick up a newspaper in this country go to the usa today. it is still the most highly circulated paper in the country. this is what folks who picked up the usa today saw this morning. a front-page graphic of president obama with pairs of blue lines and red lines. you see, the blue lines represent support for president obama s policies. the red lines show support for the congressional republicans. and it doesn t take long to notice a very distinct ....
struck with the reality that the reason for it today is the republican party. not the party of the 1960s but one of the reince priebus s parties, that one. the one that s backed voter suppression efforts in dozens of states and keeps on doing it. every time a state run by a republican legislature and governor passes another bill making it harder to vote, cutting down on voting days, expanding voter i.d. requirements, you have to wonder, are they doing precisely what the voting rights act was designed to stop? are they deliberately making it harder for minority voters to get into the vote booth and cast their ballots? the republican party can be proud of its heritage in certain regards. certainly abraham lincoln pushing through the 13th amendment outlawing slavery. certainly the backing of men like senator everett dirks of illinois for the civil rights act. the question going into history books today for this young century is whether the republican party will be as proud ....
one of the reince priebus s parties, that one. the one that s backed voter suppression efforts in dozens of states and keeps on doing it. every time a state run by a republican legislature and governor passes another bill making it harder to vote, cutting down on voting days, expanding voter i.d. requirements, you have to wonder, are they doing precisely what the voting rights act was designed to stop? are they deliberately making it harder for minority voters to get into the vote booth and cast their ballots? the republican party can be proud of its heritage in certain regards. certainly abraham lincoln pushing through the 13th amendment outlawing slavery. certainly the backing of men like senator everett dirks of illinois for the civil rights act. the question going into history books today for this young century is whether the republican party will be as proud in the future for the positions it s taking now. and that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us. t ....