Glenn Beck took issue with the fact that Ed Schultz pointed out that the majority of attendees at his rally were old, white, McCain-Palin holdovers. I guess the truth hurts, Glenn. Ed Schultz goes after Beck in last night’s “Fired Up” segment.

Lawmakers are making millions of dollars, but America’s middle class is heading to the poor house. Ed Schultz blasts the millionaire elected officials who have allowed this to happen while lining their own pockets.

When the first few Tea Parties started popping up across the country, they were nothing more than a fringe offshoot of the GOP. Unfortunately, Republican leaders decided to join forces with this fringe, pushing their party as far to the right as possible, and casting out any Republican politician who refused to pander to Party’s fringe. As a result, we’re left with a Republican Party that is so out of touch with society that they are doing serious harm to our country. Mike Papantonio discusses the GOP’s continuing crusade to purge the Party of its remaining moderate voices with John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation Magazine.