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Enact comprehensive immigration reform. he didnt do it when he had the chance, and now at the 11th hour he comes up with this executive border. >> ann, weve been seeing governor pawlenty a lot lately. as you know, my colleague, lawrence odonnell, thought that pawlenty would have been the pick. he went for him. he had the least strikes against him. when we look at the least strike -- or least struck man here, is he high on the list right now no that we clearly know rubio is out? >> look, theres n...

Rubio went around capitol hill, had a lot of meetings with democrats, republicans, and the dream students and was trying to craft a proposal. that got the -- that got the white house worried. when the dream activist students started taking rubio seriously, i think the white house realized that they had to act, and so they preempted rubio. rubio is really probably more responsible than anybody for this new policy, and, yet, he seems to get the short end of the stick. thats politics. >> with one f...

Wont discuss the vice presidential process out of respect for governor romney. im not discussing the vice presidential -- >> did you already say that? >> i did. but ill tell you, look, i dont think theres any -- i have no doubt that im qualified to serve in the united states senate. >> do you have a doubt that youre qualified to serve as vice president. >> i have no doubt im qualified to serve in the united states senate. thats the job that i have, and thats the job that im doing. >> the politic...

Appearances and showing whether they could be the one to take the lead in that role if they were picked in the next couple of months or around the time of the convention. >> jeff, i know you have your ear to the ground as well here. who are you hearing? we hear a lot, for example, my colleagues on "morning joe" talk about senator portman. that, you know, mitt rom my wants someone who does not upstage him, if you will, an enhancer, but not a sarah palin who comes in and all of the focus immediate...

>> thank you to both of you. atia live in kabul, and jim m k miklaszewski, i appreciate it. turning to the campaign trail here at home, three candidates all depending on the poll that you look at, the three gop front-runners. the volatile contest is taking place in the south ahead of the presidential primaries in alabama and mississippi tomorrow. newt gingrich and rick santorum are splitting the vote. in alabama three different polls show each of the candidates in the lead, but rick santorum s...

Washington post." former governor of ohio, ted strickland, and new york daily news columnist, s.e. cob. i want to start with you, ann, could santorum and gingrich split voters and that actually work to romneys advantage in the south? >> well, potentially, but with respect to santorum, that clip you played of him earlier saying it is not about the math, it really is. even if, now look, i dont want to downplay the stakes here, it is important whoever wins in the south symbolically. for mitt romney...

Governor, love the one youre with. >> well, we like bacon and eggs here in ohio, but quite frankly thats not how youre going to appeal to the voter. you appeal to the voters by talking about jobs, like economic opportunity, like health care. and these candidates are, quite frankly, sometimes humorous. "saturday night live" has rich material these days. but i dont think they are really connecting with the american people. >> all right. anna, a grits girl out of you or not? >> im with the governor...

New "time" magazine poll out shows 39% of voters think were headed in the right direction. 56% say were on the wrong track. lets bring in ann cornblue, white house reporter for "the washington post." ann that, is pretty consistent with a lot of the polls weve seen out there, the country thinks were headed in the wrong direction. lets talk about the president. you saw him admit today -- not today, this week, to chuk tock that hes going to be held accountable for the lack of jobs created. what doe...

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