The Tea Party blocks a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut. What's next in this critical battle to give the middle class a break?
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ezra Klein, Washington Post columnist and msnbc Policy Analyst, and Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) will join Ed tonight.
Eric Burns, Democratic Strategist, the founder of Bullfight Strategies and the former President of Media Matters, will look into attempts by the GOP establishment to discredit their new frontrunner in Iowa: Ron Paul.
Jonathan Alter, msnbc Political Analyst and Bloomberg View Columnist, on the Republicans' lame attempts to tear apart President Obama's image as a leader.
Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and author ("Can You Hear Me Now?") on why the GOP still can't stand the first black president.
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