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Executive Producer Peter Ogburn and former producer Jonathan Levy fill in for Bill today.

Today’s Hot Topics

• Rick Santorum wins Tuesday’s caucuses and primaries in a clean sweep
• Why can’t Mitt Romney win?
• Prop 8 ruled unconstitutional

Guests

• Major Garrett, White House Correspondent for National Journal joins the show to discuss last night’s primary results
• Politico Media Reporter Dylan Byers joins Peter and Jonathan in studio

Don’t Miss

• Bill on the road: Obama Hate Machine Book Tour Dates
• Order the updated paperback version of TOXIC TALK: How The Radical Right Has Poisoned America’s Airwaves
• Stay warm this winter, with a fashionable scarf hand-woven by Carol Press!
• Purchase a podcast subscription and listen to the show anytime you want, on your computer, iPod, or .mp3 player!
• Follow the show on Twitter. Bill tweets live from the White House press briefings!

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Super Bowl 2012.

Amazing! It turned out to be the most-watched television show in human history. And, of course, it was not because of the game. It was because of Madonna’s spectacular half-time show – and because of the commercials.

One commercial, in particular, not only has everyone talking. It’s turned into a political firestorm.

Of course, I’m talking about the Clint Eastwood commercial for Chrysler: It’s half-time in football, and it’s half-time in America.

In very dramatic terms, Eastwood cites Detroit as the true story of America. The auto industry was down. But we didn’t give up. We fought back. And now we’re stronger than ever.

And Republicans are crying foul. Karl Rove says he was “appalled” by the commercial. Why? Because it’s true!

America’s auto industry was on the brink of collapse. But President Obama – continuing the course set by President Bush – stepped up to save GM and Chrysler. And today, America’s automakers are back, new factories are open, better cars are being produced, and autoworkers are back on the job.

It’s half-time, said Clint Eastwood. Half-time for the Super Bowl. And half-time for President Obama. And the auto bail-out alone proves – he deserves a second half.

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Today’s Hot Topics

• Republicans are up in arms over Chrysler’s ‘halftime’ ad starring Clint Eastwood
• President Obama takes a turn on Super PACs
• President Obama imposes new sanctions on Iran

Guests

• Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb will discuss her fight to keep the Keystone XL pipeline out of her back yard in Nebraska
• Think Progress Editor-in-Chief Faiz Shakir will discuss the latest round of deep anti-Obama fundraising, and former Bush Press Secretary Ari Fleischer’s ties to Komen for the Cure
• The Atlantic Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons will discuss the latest troubles in Syria, and the President placing new sanctions on Iran

Don’t Miss

• Bill on the road: Obama Hate Machine Book Tour Dates
• Order the updated paperback version of TOXIC TALK: How The Radical Right Has Poisoned America’s Airwaves
• Stay warm this winter, with a fashionable scarf hand-woven by Carol Press!
• Purchase a podcast subscription and listen to the show anytime you want, on your computer, iPod, or .mp3 player!
• Follow the show on Twitter. Bill tweets live from the White House press briefings!

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Today’s Hot Topics

• Susan G Komen Foundation reverses its decision on Planned Parenthood Funding…but there’s more to it, don’t be foold
• Improving Economy: 243,000 jobs added in January
• Unrest in Syria
• New York Giants win the Superbowl

Guests

• Ad agency expert Anthony Pappas joins the show to talk about the best and worst Superbowl ads
• Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb will discuss her fight to keep the Keystone XL pipeline out of her back yard in Nebraska
• US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis joins Bill live in studio to discuss Friday’s jobs report

Don’t Miss

• Order the updated paperback version of TOXIC TALK: How The Radical Right Has Poisoned America’s Airwaves
• Stay warm this winter, with a fashionable scarf hand-woven by Carol Press!
• Purchase a podcast subscription and listen to the show anytime you want, on your computer, iPod, or .mp3 player!
• Follow the show on Twitter. Bill tweets live from the White House press briefings!

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Today’s Hot Topics

• Not a joke: Donald Trump endorses Mitt Romney, and Romney shows up to the announcement
• Superbowl Sunday: Giants v Patriots in Indianapolis
• Komen seeing the error of its ways

Guests

• Democratic Strategist Chad Clanton joins Peter live in studio to co-host the show!
• Daniella Leger, Vice President for the New American Communities Initiative at the Center for American Progress, will discuss the Susan G Komen / Planned Parenthood decision
• Huffington Post Political Reporter Laura Bassett joins us live in studio to discuss the fallout after the Susan G Komen’s mistake of pulling funding for breast cancert treatments from Planned Parenthood
• Boston Conservative Talk Radio Host Michael Graham joins the show to discuss why Mitt Romney should not be the GOP nominee, and will preview the Super Bowl

Don’t Miss

• Order the updated paperback version of TOXIC TALK: How The Radical Right Has Poisoned America’s Airwaves
• Stay warm this winter, with a fashionable scarf hand-woven by Carol Press!
• Purchase a podcast subscription and listen to the show anytime you want, on your computer, iPod, or .mp3 player!
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It was supposed to be his victory lap after a big win in Florida, but for Mitt Romney it turned into another public relations disaster.

In an interview on CNN, Romney told Soledad O’Brien: “I’m not concerned about the very poor.” Quote, unquote. What a disaster. What was he thinking?

Now, to be fair, in context, Romney was trying to say: I don’t care about the very poor, or the very rich, I’m concerned about all Americans – and, especially, middle-class Americans.

But that’s not what he said. Again, what he said was: “I’m not concerned about the very poor.” And that was a huge gaffe.

In itself, it might not be so serious. But, for Romney, it ranks right up there with other monumental gaffes, like: “I like firing people.” And: “Wanna bet $10,000.” And “I made a little bit of money giving speeches, not so much.” Which turned out to be $375,00. And “the banks aren’t bad people.”

Taken together, they portray Romney just as he is: a man hopelessly out of touch with average Americans. A man who has no idea what it’s like, after busting your butt, to struggle to pay your bills at the end of the month.

But, at least, Romney is speaking the truth. He, in fact, does not care about the very poor. Or the middle class.

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Today’s Hot Topics

• The Susan G Komen For the Cure pulls funding for breast cancer screenings from Planned Parenthood
• Mitt Romney again shows how out of touch he is
• US Military changing its strategy in Afghanistan

Guests

• Feminist Majority President Eleanor Smeal will discuss the Susan G Komen decision to pull its funding for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood
• Ploughshares Fund President Joe Cirincione joins Bill live in studio to talk about the changing US military strategy in Afghanistan, and the increased use of drones. Also, the latest on the situation in Syria
• Former Governor Jennifer Granholm (D-MI), Host of The War Room on Current TV, will talk about her new show, and the latest on the 2012 presidential race

Don’t Miss

• Order the updated paperback version of TOXIC TALK: How The Radical Right Has Poisoned America’s Airwaves
• Stay warm this winter, with a fashionable scarf hand-woven by Carol Press!
• Purchase a podcast subscription and listen to the show anytime you want, on your computer, iPod, or .mp3 player!
• Follow the show on Twitter. Bill tweets live from the White House press briefings!

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Today’s Hot Topics

• Mitt Romney wins the FL GOP primary
• 2012: Romney v. Obama – what do you think?
• A new NASA report shows global warming is man-made

Guests

• Politico Executive Editor Jim VandeHei
• University of Virginia Center for Politics Director Dr. Larry Sabato analyzes last night’s FL primary results
• US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joins the show

Don’t Miss

• Cain throws ‘the people’ under the bus – Bill’s Latest Parting Shot
• Must Read: Raucous Republican Primary Debates Seem More Made for TV (NY Times)
• Order the updated paperback version of TOXIC TALK: How The Radical Right Has Poisoned America’s Airwaves
• Stay warm this winter, with a fashionable scarf hand-woven by Carol Press!
• Purchase a podcast subscription and listen to the show anytime you want, on your computer, iPod, or .mp3 player!
• Follow the show on Twitter. Bill tweets live from the White House press briefings!

Don’t Miss

• Cain throws ‘the people’ under the bus – Bill’s Latest Parting Shot
• Must Read: Raucous Republican Primary Debates Seem More Made for TV (NY Times)
• Order the updated paperback version of TOXIC TALK: How The Radical Right Has Poisoned America’s Airwaves
• Stay warm this winter, with a fashionable scarf hand-woven by Carol Press!
• Purchase a podcast subscription and listen to the show anytime you want, on your computer, iPod, or .mp3 player!
• Follow the show on Twitter. Bill tweets live from the White House press briefings!

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Today’s Hot Topics

• FL primary election today
• RNC Chair Reince Priebus does not back off comparing the President to the Captain of the downed Italian Cruise Ship
• Is it OK for a company not to hire you if you smoke?

Guests

• Current TV’s David Shuster joins the show live from Florida, to discuss today’s Republican Presidential Primary
• Democratic National Committee Chair, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-20) joins the show to discuss today’s primary in her home state
• John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation will detail the influence of Super PACs on this Presidential election cycle so far

Don’t Miss

• Cain throws ‘the people’ under the bus – Bill’s Latest Parting Shot
• Must Read: Raucous Republican Primary Debates Seem More Made for TV (NY Times)
• Order the updated paperback version of TOXIC TALK: How The Radical Right Has Poisoned America’s Airwaves
• Stay warm this winter, with a fashionable scarf hand-woven by Carol Press!
• Purchase a podcast subscription and listen to the show anytime you want, on your computer, iPod, or .mp3 player!
• Follow the show on Twitter. Bill tweets live from the White House press briefings!