David Selig, Conservative Commentator vs. Thom Hartmann. So, thanks to Citizens United - we're headed for a billion dollar election cycle - or more. And as we've seen so far in the Republican Primary - the guy with the most corporate SuperPAC money - Mitt Romney - is also the guy who's the front-runner to win the Republican nomination. So is this a good way to run a Democracy.

Thom asks tonight's panel if a Saigon-like withdrawal from Afghanistan is in our future. Also discussed: how ALEC is ruining Wisconsin's public school system, how Romney's religion will play out in the general election and in tonight's "Daily Take" Thom introduces us to the man responsible for preventing a recovery in the housing market.

Right now more than 11 million Americans are underwater on their home mortgages - meaning they owe more money than their house is worth. There's an easy solution. Say somebody has a house with a $200000 mortgage on it, but because of the Bush Crash the house is only worth $150000. If the bank were to write down the mortgage to $150000, then the homeowner could refinance at today's low rates, or sell the house - both of which would massively stimulate the economy. Banks don't want to do this because they'd have to come up with the $50000 - but there's a mechanism already in place to take that load off the banks - and that's for Fanny or Freddie - who backstop about 80 percent of US home mortgages - to take the hit. There's even a law that lets them do it - it would get the economy up and running immediately and overnight. But Republicans in the Senate are blocking it - and they're succeeding because they have an inside man on the job. Meet Ed Demarco - the acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency - which oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And according to Huffington Post Business Editor Peter Goodman - DeMarco is, "The single largest obstacle to meaningful economic recovery and a man who most Americans have probably never heard of..." With 11 million Americans locked in their homes because they're underwater - and millions of them staring down foreclosure - then Edward DeMarco holds enormous power. And it appears he's using his power to ...

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