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Reducing the code to simply two income tax rates. 10% and 25%. without even specifying at what income levels those two rates apply. thats the kind of thing that makes the new ryan plan an empty suit compared even to the old ryan plan. and it makes the ryan plan a purely political document. which the obama re-election campaign now believes is its key to victory. joining me now is aol "huffington post" editorial director and anlis howard fineman. theres a thing i dont get here. mitt romney has won...

Joining me now editorial director of aol "huffington post" and msnbc political host howard fineman and chief adviser to george w. bush mark mckinnon. when you look at these math exercises we are dogging right now, not quite college-board level math problem s but if you took gingrich out, look at that. santorum would be in the 50s. he would be getting di vice i have majority victories in these things. >> he would but you have to say what is the incentive for gingrich to get out? the math is if he...

Santorum would have won with 51% to mitt romneys 39%. joining me now editorial director of aol "huffington post" and msnbc political host howard fineman and chief adviser to george w. bush mark mckinnon. when you look at these math exercises we are dogging right now, not quite college-board level math problem s but if you took gingrich out, look at that. santorum would be in the 50s. he would be getting di vice i have majority victories in these things. >> he would but you have to say what is th...

>>neil: my goodness, the fine aol hours of freedom for the former illinois governor blagojevich before he reports to prison. the publicist says he is planning to deliver a public goodbye this evening. joyous. thank you. he is headed to a federal prison camp in colorado. a judgment last year sentenced blago to 14 years on charges he tried to sell or trade president obamas former senate seat and the case against him centered around wiretapped phone conversations leak these. >> ive got this thing a...

and of course baritunde thurston who i said was a little fun-timidating, one of the most fun guys around but you really understand this world. for people who are watching this, before you change your channel because you dont know what south by southwest is or you dont care, why do we care that were here? >> we used to think of the internet as a separate space, as a different place. as a culture, distinct from the rest of the world. its too big for that now. the internet is not some oth...

Change everything or did it as we will ask today? a deep tease there. what we have seen the last week since rush limbaugh called a georgetown law student sandra fluke a slut. 50 sponsors have stopped supporting limbaugh despite limbaughs apology. here is statement from one of the bigger companies. at aol, one of our core values is that we act with integrity. limbaugh continues to downplay the whole thing. not surprisingly. even the loss of advertisers. >> 28 sponsors out of 18,000. thats like lo...

On it. first, let me say i am bummed out i am talking about rush limbaugh a little bit, right? he is what he is and he has been that for the 30 years he has been on air. but why now? see, this to me, is the fascinating question here. rebecca, you seem like you have an answer. >> i do and its a good one and one you shouldnt be bummed out about. rush limbaugh is rush limbaugh. aol, talking about decency. >> i like how they evaluated it and said, my goodness! what is going on? >> but what is happen...

what you may not have heard yet is its also probably the worlds biggest interactive digitalfest cal. foursquare got its kickoff a few years ago. twitter really exploded here at south by southwest. cnn has a presence here every year. im here with two guys when i really, really like. i tweeted that ive got a man crush on mario armstrong. i think i said it was a tech man crush. and of course baritunde thurston who i said was a little intimidating, one of the most fun guys around but you r...

message that hes giving the u.n. diplomat there. >> so underscoring that real contradiction, nic, some are alleging that the assaults being leveled by the government is actually intensifying while these talks were taking place. >> reporter: this is what the activists fear. they think that while the international community tries to engage president assad in some kind of talks and what kofi annan has gone there to do today is call for a cease-fire and get political talks going. the activ...

With the daily beast and she is joining us to talk about this. 43 advertisers and rush said thats a drop in the bucket. some of the advertisers though are pretty big names. how much power do they really hold and how is rush doing with the perception is reality fight back? >> sure, sure, thanks for having me, thomas. so aol, netflix, these are big names. these are big companies, but i dont think its really going -- hes pretty much right, i think. its not going to make a dent. at some point when -...