Chris Hayes talks with Rachel Maddow about how congressional Republicans are avoiding having to deal with President Obama's jobs bill.

Charles Krauthammer: "This is a classic example of this toxic combination of lemon socialism and crony capitalism. The lemon socialism part is an old story of industrial policy. Meaning, smart people in Washington, or people who think they're smart. Elected officials, bureaucrats and they bring in experts who think they're even smarter decide which

"There’s one sentence for which a father has no reply, which is ‘Daddy please don’t," Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-Ind.) said about his choice to not run for president.

The Special Report panel discusses the fight over the president's job bill and the challenges facing the deficit "supercommittee".

"We have a lot of kids graduating college, can't find jobs," Bloomberg said on his weekly WOR radio show. "That's what happened in Cairo. That's what happened in Madrid. You don't want those kinds of riots here." "It's because people aren't sharing," he adds.

Some Democrats publicly criticized the president's jobs plan. Lawrence O'Donnell and Howard Fineman discuss how the president is working to get all Democrats on board.

“Hi, my name is Michele Bachmann. There are so many important issues in this current presidential campaign, including the role of government, the abuse of executive power and something that’s called ‘crony capitalism.’ What that means is, someone in a position of power who does special favors for people who’ve given political donation

Bill O'Reilly discusses the Solyandra scandal and the potential for green jobs to spur the economy.

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The Obama administration’s half-billion dollar financing of collapsed solar panel firm Solyndra “doesn’t pass the smell test.” Rep. Ted Poe (R) added that the fact that one of the company’s investors donated $53,000 to the president’s 2008 campaign sounds like “old-fashioned Chicago cronyism.”