. >> joined now by congresswoman maxine waters and karen finney will be joining in on the conversation as well. good morning, thank you for joining us. >> i'm delighted you're covering this. >> we want to begin with you. the president hoping his proposals could create up to one million jobs. progressives have been urging him to go big with his proposals. do you think this is enough, up to one million jobs is what he's saying. >> i am pleased, number one, the president is going to roll out a proposal. of course, we need a lot more than one million, but we are delighted he has targeted one million. we need it. the statistics were cited about what was going on here in california and across the nation. i'm standing in a community where the young people are unemployed to the tune of maybe 30%, 45%, so the african-american unemployment, latino unemployment too, is extremely high. we need jobs. this jobs fair is just a way to say we feel your pain, we understand, we're going to get out of washington. we're going to do something while we're doing the public policy in washington. we're also goi

msnbc political analyst karen finney, republican strategist susan del percio and washington insider jimmy williams. all msnbc contributors and the first time we've seen each other since i kind of lost it a little bit. got a little upset with you guys and i appreciate you -- i think karen took the most collateral here. concerned about the extraction. speaking of which -- >> we don't want men to think that's how you treat all women. >> or that you bring out that reaction in -- >> unfair to you and me. >> exactly. >> so let's talk about rick perry and the money printing. shall we? >> sure. >> many people believe that our central bank's policy of inventing money at the central bank in order to cover up all the losses and all the screwed up things and all the systems we talked about, is driving us closer to the rhck of harming our currency, harming our national standing of risking the price of our foods, risking the price of energy. that's the implied risk of money printing. right? if we do this too long, bread's going to be expensive, gas expensive. we'll lose our international power. is rick

karen finney, go. >> prayers for pat summit. amazing woman coach, mentor, and i hope she will have another successful season, because think about what kind of hope that brings to people who are suffering from this disease to show that you actually can continue your life. >> i would say an inspiration. my life is a college coach. a huge inspiration for her. thanks for mentioning it. kasie? >> gold man and nathalie pozo has a thing on tv. >> the traditional shameless plug. tune in tomorrow night for our interview with john huntsman where we began. >> i always, always do. thank you, david, thank you, kasie, thank you, karen. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." we'll see you right back here tomorrow on 9:00 a.m. coming up next on nbc, it's jansing and company. and at 1:00, don't miss the andrea mitchell reports. >>> business travels forecast, looking at least a few areas from the eastern great lakes back down to the ohio valley, showers and thunderstorms maybe to interrupt some travel today. earlier on today, detroit,

karen finney, the question is not are there good plans. >> right. >> it's evident there be many good plans of a wide variety of persuasion and idea. the market is not indicting our plan. the market is indicting our ability to discuss plans and implement things. >> exactly right. dylan, i heard you talk about this earlier today. the american people have been saying it for weeks and weeks and we're weeks and the market saying it for weeks and weeks and weeks when they said we are losing confidence they weren't talking just about the mechanics of implement this cut and that forth. it was the back and forth hostagetaking. soerp, got to put some of this on the republican because i do think democrats were more likely to compromise. >> susan's here and will take care of that side. >> okay. the point being, when you see freshmen republican members of congress who say, you know what? let the thing go over the edgewe don't care. that's not going to instill confidence that people's going at the end of the day is to actually implement something. i think that, whether or not it's, you know -- thi

it it's interesting to see. >> karen finney, ed. your thoughts. regardless what happens, obviously i hope the democrats win, we've accomplished so much. talking about kicking a sleeping giant. i feel dylan every plap phis a lot of the anger we're seeing in the kutht, but if we can see this level of activism going forward, i firmly believe it's not just up to the president to fix the problems. i think people have to get engage and fix the problems people weren't engage fld 2010. that's why they got the republican legislature but ehope republicans feel be emboldened to keep going regardless of what the results on tonight. >> karen, it needs to be poibtszed out the president has been non-existent in this process. president obama visited wisconsin numerous times before the election in 2008. he also came here and stumped for russ feingold, but throughout this entire process, he has been non-existent and the white house has been pretty much quiet. a lot of folk here in wisconsin have noticed that. and they are taking the bull by the horns. they're doing

simple. >> karen finney a question. i've got to say, you had the most provocative hand gestures of any guest we've had on "the dylan ratigan show." >> it's from all that work at virtual reality working on finance and that sort of stuff. you -- you start, you know -- exercise your hands a lot. >> this is you. not a hologram of jared lanier? right? >> i'm not telling. >> karen, a question. >> sounds like what you're saying, you think people should be able -- if i write something online or present content online i should be able to be paid for that? i guess -- i'm a capitalist. i am all for new ways to make money, at the same time, you know, there is, there was, at least, at the beginning, this idea, you know, when al gore inventsed the internet, that we would -- it meant. >> hey, wait, wait, wait. al gore kind of did invent it. i was there. you know, like, we had all of these different networks and al gore went before congress and the gore bill united them, and it's dhlly fair. once in a while there's a smart politician.

karen finney is an msnbc political analyst with us from washington, and melissa harris perry is an msnbc contributor with us from new orleans. karen, nice to see you surviving yesterday's theatrics. let me start with you. we know this committee has the built-in triggers, cuts to the pentagon and entitlements if nothing gets done. as you look at this committee taking shape, is it going to be able to break gridlock and make real progress on the debt? >> well, you know, here's the thing, regardless of who is on the committee you would hope given the message that we've clearly gotten from the american public, all the polls say people want to see compromise and from the markets, saying look we're losing confidence in this government's ability to get something done you would certainly hope that the pressure is on. it's unfortunate that instead what we've sort of heard is more of the same rhetoric, and as kristen pointed out this, you know, allegiance to grover norquist, as you know i've written about, this makes a lot of people very uncomfortable because you shouldn't be pledging to some rando

. >>> karen finney is an msnbc political analyst and there is mitt romney trying to flip a number. does it work, karen? >> i think it does. look, a flub like that is where you either really have to lean into it, double down and go for it, or you immediately correct it. what i would like to ask mitt romney, if i buy the argument that corporations with people, it's true that people work for corporations. government is also people. and people work very hard in government and most of us see that -- i work for government service and too often times government workers get bashed. let's remember, government is people, too. >> we both asked you which republican is out in front. both of you said mitt romney. robert, why mitt romney at this point? why is he still the man to beat? >> well, two reasons. he has the most diverse staff and the most money. remember, romney has been running for president since 2000. if you take a look at the list, i call them the key battle ground states of new hampshire, iowa, south carolina, and again if you look at the polls, he is looking at the polls. >> rick

. >> i'm joined by karen finney, and the dc bureau chief for the comcast network who travelled to ames, iowa. good morning to the two of you. >> good morning. >> ladies first this hour. the president passing blame for congress failing to solve our country's economic problems. is that a wise strategy? >> i don't think the president is actually trying to pass on the blame. look, the reality is as the markets have said and most of if polls have said, there is plenty of blame to go around here. i think what the president is saying is i need your help. when you have strong majorities of americans saying we want compromise. we're comfortable raising taxes on the wealthiest americans. if it means protecting medicare and social security. then you have republicans saying we refuse to consider the ideas. there's a problem. that means they're not listening to the people. they're listening to ideology led by someone like grover norquist. the president is saying for you want something else, i need your help. i need you to weigh in. change comes from people. >> it sounds -- >> go ahead. >> it sounds

robert is a washington bureau chief and karen finney is an msnbc political analyst. good afternoon to both of you. robert, nearly 13,000 job seekers have attended this fair so far. is this about finding jobs or about changing the conversation as well? >> well, i think a combination of both. everybody ds priority and individuals can lift themselves out of poverty and provide for their families. that's priority number one. the second priority is arguably equal as the first priority and try to change the trajectory. we have republicans and democrats, both bickering, if you will, about who has the better plan to get this economy moving again. but when you take a look at the individuals living paycheck to paycheck, they don't care. the only thing they want is a good paying job. i applaud the black caucus for trying to move the ball forward, create this dialogue in the black community. you said 16.2% but some of the statistics that i'm looking at in philadelphia and brooklyn and -- >> much higher. >> much, much, much higher. 20 to 30%. >> and the numbers that we use, karen

i'm joined by karen finney, former communications director for the dnc and robert train who is in ames for us. good morning to the two of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm going to reach out the furthest here to you, robert, first. which of these candidates is generating the most energy right now? is there one who stands out among the candidates? >> ron paul. there's no question. whether it's at the state -- yeah, believe it or not. at the state fair, at the coffee shop, driving from ames to des moines this morning. you see ron paul placards all over the place. everyone consistently says ron paul appears to be the front-runner here. the feeling and momentum is this is very much his race to lose. >> do you believe if it's ron paul, michele bachmann, tim pawlenty. the three names discussed. do you think he's able to go on and try the general support from the gop tout there? to play bigger? down the road? or do you think this is a one-shot deal for him? >> mike huckabee ran the iowa straw poll three years ago, and obviously he did not wind up to become the republican nominee.

karen finney, republican strategist susan del percio and washington insider jimmy williams. both msnbc contributors. we like to refer to them as susan, karen and jimmy. can they make the turn, james, towards prosperity? we're hearing it from nancy pelosi, hearing it from republican quarters. hearing it from democratic quarters, and yet there has been an avoidance of this very conversation going back to the financial crisis, which created $6 trillion of the $8 trillion disht debt in the first place through job loss, housing loss and entitlement expense. >> 75% of the people don't think congress can do its job, but they just did it. one may not like the outcome, but they did the job. >> i would disagree in that if there job is trade power games, if it's towards prosperity and shared prosperity and shared creativity and shared future, how does doing what they're doing help us in that direction? >> we didn't default, did we? >> that's like me taking you into the bathroom and saying i didn't jam your head in the toilet. did i? >> not today, but last thursday you did. it sucked. >

karen finney, i don't knjonatha and ruth marcus, jonathan, i i'll start with you. gem demint used polls deciding who gets to come and who doesn't get to come. but he talked about candidates -- republicans that he praised and two weren't running for president. sounds like he's still not satisfied with the field. >> i think like a lot of conservatives would like to see more options out there. but if you do look at who is actually in the race, and if this is going to be it, it's tough to see how he's not going to be for rick perry. because -- >> i hear him and i'm wondering he may be for mitt romney. >> romney is not going to his forum and he was invited. that was very telling. both in terms of demint and also i thought south carolina. >> mitt romney skipping south carolina? you do get the sense that he's certainly trying to back off south carolina. >> that leaves one say the that i can think of. on the question of jim demint and rick perry, it is hard for me to see where rick perry would fall short in jim demint's book. he's about as conservative as you can get. and

that's msnbc political analyst karen finney, republican strategist and msnbc contributor susan del percio and editor at large for thomson reuters. welcome, ladies. here and in washington. let me start with you, susan. i like the kay corleone analogy wlp what-of-what could you make of what you heard? chaos, promises situation on the ground in libya. what do you expect? >> have to expect decades of chaos. you're look at all of these governments, whether syria falls in a month or six months, yemen falls eventually these are all going to be new government it's that have no leadership now to take them through the process, except for maybe egypt which has the military, but they're expecting elections this coming november, so that won't exist. a lot of turmoil for many years to come. >> you've been writing about dictatorships and the different categories. what do you see both libya and syria as we look at what's ahead? >> what season said, the thing that's important to remember is although i am cheering those revolutionaries, these are incredibly brave people, and imagine going out there against

karen finney, also republican strategist susan del percio, and washington insider jimmy williams. both of them msnbc contributors. welcome, guys. you can see that after dylan ranted on you the other day, you've been -- they've put the host in a 3,000-mile distance from you all at this point. so, anyway, you clearly bring out the beast in the man. let me start with you, jimmy. the super committee put together all eyes are on this now, some talk also, though, about how e the, you know, the lobbyists -- i'm sure there will be 100 lobbyists for every 1 or more waiting to put pressure on them. how do you see it playing out right now, jummy? >> every lobbyist in washington is on vacation, but all on blackberry, not a smart way of spending your vacation. luke russert made interesting points about some of these members. i want to bring out three other ones, though. all three republicans. jon kyl, the number two republican in the senate, he is retiring from the senate, arizona. he is a member of the finance committee. a thoughtful member. a very much, a policy man. a smart guy, and he's no

and on the heels of mark, i'm joined by karen finney, and joe watkins. hello to the two of you. >> hello, alex. >> joe, sims you're right here, i'll speak with you first. what are you looking for when they announce the results around 6:00 this eving? >> to see who the top three are. everybody expects lit be michele bachmann, tim pawlenty followed by ron paul. ron paul won the online balloting. that's what most are expecting to see happen. it will be interesting to see who is farther down the bottom. rick santorum was saying if he's fourth or fifth, the worst finish will hurt them. >> karen, who do you think has the most to lose in today's straw poll? >> probably tim pawlenty. although it's interesting, his campaign has modified their spin in the last few days and this is part of the expectations game everybody is playing. they want to show progress and growth instead of -- there were some expectations that perhaps he would win. what that says to me is they're thinking we've got to get in the top three. so i think if they don't, i think they probably will