i've been a dairy farmer, a worker as a nurse's aide, i taught at the university level. i have a background that is nothing like the world that scott walker lives in right now when he's down in florida. that is the kind of candidate we need, a candidate that will bring wisconsin together. we have to stop pitting business against workers. we have to stop pitting the private sector against the public sector. >> senator,ive to ask you --. >> it's about bringing us together. >> one of the big issues is collective bargain, would you veto any bill that has an attack on collective bargaining? >> i went toil noil over collective bargain, didn't i? you bet. >> that is an absolute 100% you won't change it? >> no, no, no. i stuck my neck out on this long ago. >> here is another one. how are you going to counter the money, the koch brother money coming in, super pac money dropping in almost to the tune of a million dollars and probably a heck of a lot more. how will the democrats or any candidate fight against that? >> well there is no way we're ever going to match his money. it's n

a lot of people think this is a good step toward universal health care, which i know you and i would be very much in favor of. i like the idea that poor women in this country are going to get an opportunity to move forward in life because obviously, it's hard for them economically especially when they get pregnant and have children at an early age. everybody is in favor of this. but when you see that the insurance company is saying that this is -- this sets a tough precedent, the precedent the proposed rule would set, doesn't that mean they are ready to fight this? >> i don't know, if the republicans and insurance industry is on one side, and women and the catholic health association and all the health care experts are on the other side, i think that is a pretty good team. i would rather be on that team. >> congresswoman jan schakowski thank you for being here. melissa harris-perry, whose new show starts february 18:00th at 10:00 a.m., great to have you with us. >> thanks. >> did the president do the right thing? >> absolutely. in fact it was a classic sort of presidential moment, in

we've tried to convince our universities to cover contraception and students at many other universities around the country have tried the same thing and they've turned a deaf ear to us. this is our hope. this is what we hope will help the women that i wanted to talk about this morning. >> sandra fluke, i appreciate you being here tonight. i know they watch on capitol hill. great testimony here on "the ed show." i think you'll probably get an opportunity to talk more with people who will be in a position of making a decision that will affect the lives of women. i really appreciate you being with us tonight. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> you bet. the testimony sandra was going to give can be found on our blog. now, let's turn to caroline heldman. your reaction to that, professor? >> well, ed, i'm wondering what darrell issa is so afraid of. he's afraid of a young woman in her 20s testifying about this? he's afraid of dissenting opinion? i think it is sham politics. it's politics partisan politics being played out on women's bodies. and frankly, there is no issue here.

james peterson, director of africana studies at lehigh university. we're talking contraception, faith, talking abortion, bob, what is going on, why are they going down this road and what about santorum? >> santorum reminds me of something pope john xxiii said at the opening of the vatican council, denounced prophetz, they burn with zeal but lack common sense. he's wrong on the theology and politics. you can't turn america in a special precinct of heaven. this is a country, not a church. you can't confuse the secular with the sacred. listen to commentators going crazy. there is much or more against santorum as they were against newt gingrich they think he's a loser. the irony is romney, to compete with santorum has taken many of the same positions, just without the white hot rhetoric and what he thinks will redeem him in a general election is people they he's not telling the truth. the fact he lies all the time becomes a defense mechanism. >> dr. peterson, your take on santorum's talk about satan and putting it in current terms. >> doesn't he sound li

. >> let's turn to msnbc political analyst michael eric dyson, professor at georgetown university and author of the book "can you hear me now"? >> that is an appropriate title, can you hear me now, we have a learning curve that has to get straightened out. sort it out for us, professor. >> it's steep, brother ed. the reality is jeremy lin has taken the nba and world by storm. there is global awareness, international acceptance, there is profound asian pride, and yet it seems to be this stingy refusal among some people to acknowledge that this is a phenomenon all should embrace and some of these ugly stereostipes reassert themselves. they are more vicious because they are unconscious, i don't doubt the people crafting those phrases or who talk about that offensive phrase used by espn, meant anything harmful but that is the point it's so deeply steeped in our own traditions, that we're unconscious and not aware, which also points to the fact we need to have more people of color not only in front of the camera but behind it as well making decisions. >> the commentator is an employee of m

he said the message is sufficiently universal and neutral. that it should be appealing to everybody in this country and i sincerely hope that it doesn't get utilized as a political fodder in a debate. you know what, it is, that is the way it is. conservatives believe the auto loan was the wrong thing to do. they are on the wrong side of history. and their only hope is to politicize, just like we saw all the political talk last friday, when the job numbers came out. but the message of this ad is just too strong. >> how do we come from behind? how do we come together? and how do we win? detroit is showing us it can be done. and what is true about them is true about all of us. this country can't be knocked out in one punch, we get back up again and when we do the world will hear the roar of our engines. yeah, it's halftime, america. our second half's about to begin. >> yeah, the big question is how do we come together? this ad was about the strength of the american spirit. but it's also a love letter to the people who stood behind american worke

the indoctrination at university level -- >> they are hiding behind tenure. >> santorum things university educated students are a harm to our economy and country. this may be the most radical conspiracy theory we have ever seen from a presidential candidate. rick santorum is staying the president wants your kid to go to school and lose his or her faith, the connection with god. he's basing his indoctrination argument on a bogus survey. he says 62% of college students lose their religion? he is quoting a survey from the cardinal newman society the catholic group that led the failed effort to stop president obama from speaking at notre dame university in 2009. of course the expert on bogus analysis is on the board of directors of that society. rick santorum relies on false information to push his obama bashing anti-university conspiracy theory. it isn't the first time he's mentioned it. he went on the attack as soon as president obama said this in the state of the union address. >> higher education can't be a luxury, it is an economic imperative that every family in america should be able t

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