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>> they dont come better than chris christie. >> a bad story line and a worse story line. >> thats generally not a right way to launch a campaign for president. >> ted cruz secedes from the union. >> hes looking at 2016. >> if that means destroying mitch mcconnell, so be it. >> ted cruz is believed to be one of the most polarizing figures in america politics. >> for him, compromise is a curse word. >> things can change in politics. >> tea party patriots are gathered in d.c. to mark the...

Obamacare into law. turns out seven of the democrats in that photograph are either now out of congress or on their way out. those seven we just mentioned michigan congressman john dingell who is retiring. tom harkin. chris dodd. patrick kennedy. henry the wax man. george miller. and max baucus. all exiting the district of columbia. >> its like that back to the future photo. >> kind of is. >> something happens and you ruin everything if you go back to the future. lets talk about somebody else. sa...

of a terrorist was the americans own fault? were going to explain. >> kramer. they have to now hang up the phone for good. >> hello and welcome to movie 12. if you know the name of the movie youd like to see, press 1. >> can i watch the rest of it? why movie phone may be hanging up on your show time. mornings are better with friends. >> hi. this is christie yama gucci and youre watching "fox & friends," the best show on ice. >> it is 25 degrees right now. it is icy on this tuesday. be ...

Really good business. a 2009 study used the example of multinational companies that lobbied for a one-time tax holiday. they found on average the companies received a 22,000% return on the money they spent on lobbying. thats a frighteningly amazing return. a lot of people want in on this and a lot of people are available to do it. lobbying has basically become a club for recovering lawmakers looking to cash in. chris dodd made $3.3 million as chief of the american motion picture association. tim...

>> the fact that oprah didnt get a golden globe nomination is shocking. thankfully, she got the screen actors guild, which reflects more of the academy, and she got the british bafta last week, because the globes arent members of the academy, the hollywood foreign press, but the two other groups have huge crossover. >> look at that. sounds like campaigning, doesnt it? weinstein has hired former deputy campaign manager for obama, to help promote philamena. he hired her to tweet about "silver lini...

choreographed. >> i enjoyed watching some of you size up the drapes and each other. enter the void. with the nations governors gathered in washington, some republicans are seeing a george washington bridge sized opportunity to steal the spotlight. at a meeting earlier today, president obama took notice. >> -- some of you with your eyes on higher office size up the drapes and each other. >> one guy without a white house tape measure chris christie, who cut the weekend short to head ba...

but this isnt just an awards show. its an election. were breaking down the rough and tumble tactics that stars and studios use to win campaign gold. good morning from washington. its monday, february 24th, 2014. this is "the daily rundown." big day here at msnbc, a great new schedule. well get things started with my first reads. this year, getting outside the beltway, taking a "deep dive" every week into the state of politics in all 50 states, exploring the power of the political parti...

Argument. if you have a congress consisted almost entirely of new young people, the bureaucracy runs the show. you need to have been there for a while to learn how to effectively advocate for constituents, so you need a mix of new people and experience, and i think thats not been the problem. the problem, as i said, its very specific. people say what happened to bipartisanship, and ill tell you, barack obama got elected. in 2008, george bush comes to congress six weeks before the presidential el...

Clinton. saying bill richardson investigated john edwards. chris dodd step down. the aide conditioning ted kennedy loring his whisper to a punch line, dead. that is horrifying. and some other comments about senator kerry. how much credence do you give this, mark halpern? >> its been known and reported that they had a strong recollection of all the people who had crossed her. those endorsements were not insignificant. that race was so close. the timing of those endorsements and the ones on tlas w...

Penalties since 2008, and theyre still coming. banks love this part of the deal. >> new mortgage rules, though, are going to favor wealthier borrowers, right? >> absolutely. theyre more likely to be credit worthy. >> theres not that theres anything wrong with that, right? >> im saying until that kid goes, that 25-year-old wants to buy a house and he makes that news story, i should be able to borrow but the banks turned me now. i have mixed feelings about this. >> one of the ridiculous ironies in...