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>> he wouldnt be very happy. he would have a lot to say. >> were going to have a good conversation with reverend al and martin luther king iii later. joining us with the politico playbook john harris. >> good morning. >> lead story, good morning, the question are democrats missing an opportunity by giving the new jersey governor an easy road to re-election? >> yeah. theres this kind of interesting debate going on within democratic circles. some democrats who think the partys blowing an opportuni...

You know what? it passed anyway. it didnt go anywhere in the senate, but republicans control the house. and in the republican-controlled house, they passed this thing. by lots. look. by a big margin. 234-192. a party line vote. they passed their version, the house version of the jim inhofe stop law enforcement from buying bullets conspiracy theory bill. they passed it as an amendment to the funding for homeland security. so when we lament that six months after newtown, congress cannot get anythi...

So this crazy idea of his, you know, brought to us by people who believe president obama decides where tornadoes go, that crazy idea of james inhofe is not going anywhere in the united states senate and thats true. you know what? it passed anyway. it didnt go anywhere in the senate, but republicans control the house. and in the republican-controlled house, they passed this thing. by lots. look. by a big margin. 234-192. a party line vote. they passed their version, the house version of the jim i...

>> up next, with the paul ryan mean when he blamed barack obamas victory on the urban vote. do you like that word? is heblying that dog whistle again? there is more of this dog whistle crap. heres paul ryan expressing his surprise at the pro-obama turnout in an interview, monday, two days ago, well after the election. lets listen to ryan. >> i think the surprise was some of the turnout. some of the tushout, especially in urban area, which definitely gave president obam at big margin. >> he is ta...

Put a thrill up his leg. >> up next, with the paul ryan mean when he blamed barack obamas victory on the urban vote. do you like that word? is heblying that dog whistle again? there is more of this dog whistle crap. heres paul ryan expressing his surprise at the pro-obama turnout in an interview, monday, two days ago, well after the election. lets listen to ryan. >> i think the surprise was some of the turnout. some of the tushout, especially in urban area, which definitely gave president obam a...

forman, who has been tracking the data all evening for us. tom, what can you have tell us about rick santorums win? you have been monitoring all the metrics here. weve seen you standing at the magic walls. so we want to get to tom forman, as well as tell you again, we are monitoring again green bay, wisconsin. rick santorum is standing by. tom, what do you know? >> reporter: well, we know that one of the things that made a difference tonight was the religious vote. if we look at the tu...

Thats very significant. romney has been winning those delegates for primary states. and after tonight, there wont be anywhere near as many primary states left for him to compete in. california and texas come very late in the process. romney will have to start competing in caucus states where base conservative tea party and self-described very conservative voters hold sway. thats where santorum and gingrich have shown real -- romney will have to verify the of the primary vote and start wrestling ...

He has got a big, big margin in michigan, largely because he doesnt speak conservative with an accent like romney does. romney has conservative but a massachusetts accent on top of it. people dont feel he is authentic this is an opportunity for santorum to show how authentic he is. the white house is licking their chops with this one and you saw that with robert gibbs yesterday. >> you write about michigan, can he win it, can he not? even his chief, brooks partison in here the final analysis, i ...

Just federal funding, but state funding. >> where did they come up with that public education and big -- education bureaucracies was the rule in america? y yes, the government can help but the idea that the federal government should be running schools, frankly much less that the state government should be running schools, is anachronistic. >> dan ballz, the state government should be running schools, rick santorum has been saying plenty of these things on the campaign trail for the entire time h...

War for those who can promise the most benefits, im not your president. you already have that president. >> tamron hall has been tracking the exit polling on substance and he has a look at how mitt romney won tonight. this will be interesting. >> absolutely. we punched the numbers from the exit poll and there is an interesting story on how mitt romney won tonight. one of the arguments is he is more electable and that seemed to work for him tonight. we have been talking about the ability to beat ...