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Away from a date with world cup destiny. as the u.s. team prepares to take on portugal, fans worldwide, well, the outfits just give it away. they are loud, they are proud. okay, thats little bit scary, and patriotic. a win today would propel team usa into the world cup knockout round. it is time now for our world cup lightning round. our reporters ready with insights. laura, you first. you got it wrong last time, you picked ghana over the u.s. heres your chance for redemption. what do you predic...

Bureau chief at mother jones. david, let me start with you on this question of how this will impact scott walker. he was talked about as a top tier 2016 presidential contender. now im wondering if hell be able to get through his 2014 re-election. the latest poll has him tied with mary burke, his democratic opponent. >> whether he likes it or not, he has fallen into the same support group with chris christie and bob mcdonnell. republican governors who once were talked about as possible presidenti...

Come november. but these are real bad signs for the governor. you know, hed rather be talking obviously about other things. he certainly has responded very quickly. today a $250,000 statewide negative media went up. >> and we should just point out charges have not been filed in this case. legal status very much unclear right now. but the political damage, i think its already clear that voters are responding to this. its in the news. on the flip side, though, democratic candidate mary burke, shes...

Nationwide network of right-wing organizations to specifically avoid campaign finance laws. so it is playing all over the place. governor walker is in full-spin mode. >> obviously governor walker and the reason why this is such a big nationwide story is not just because of the drama around the recall elections there and his aggressive tactics against unions, among other things, but also because hes been talked about as a big 2016 contender, a sort of top-tier contender there. is he going to be a...

Case about governor scott walker in wisconsin. governor walker has not been coy about the fact he would like to be seen as a presidential contender. first, though, he has to be re-elected this year in wisconsin. hes running against a well-regarded, well-funded democrat named mary burke. its going to be a real contest in wisconsin. and governor scott walkers re-election campaign probably knew today was going to be a bad news day for them when they saw this headline this morning based on new feder...

Two republicans and a democrat. got terrible, terrible news today. in all three cases, they kind of made the bad news, themselves. at least thats allegedly the case about governor scott walker in wisconsin. governor walker has not been coy about the fact he would like to be seen as a presidential contender. first, though, he has to be re-elected this year in wisconsin. hes running against a well-regarded, well-funded democrat named mary burke. its going to be a real contest in wisconsin. and gov...

He spoke. he and rubio. today has been rand paul who spoke a lot about his view being pro life. we had chris christie now talking about pro-life issues and being bipartisan. the reputation he has as well. the key thing about this conference, a lot of republicans went to the mitt romney conference last week in utah. that was about tactics. how do we beat hillary clinton. how do we look forward. this is about how conservative i can be. a lot of bashing obama and a lot of people emphasizing how muc...

That was my workout of the day. i made it. >> youre winded. >> and there you guys are. >> cheering after a 2k. >> okay. anyway, as i was saying before i was rudely interrupted, it is not easy being a presidential contender or a krystal ball. case in point, wisconsin governor scott walker accused of running a criminal fundraising scheme. a federal lawsuit alleges walker coordinated spending and fundraising with conservative groups, never disclosing it in campaign finance reporting. meantime, new ...

Not only coordinated but micromanaged. they released an e-mail from walker to gop strategist karl rove in which they say walker is bragging about his offices role in working with those outside groups. "we are running nine recall elections and it will be like running nine congressional markets in every market in the state." a rising star in the republican party, walker is considered a serious contender for president in 2016. with a sniff of legal trouble for the governor, democrats are pouncing. ...

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