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How will that play outside of new york and other big cities as well? >> we saw mayor bloomberg and the outcome in that congressional race was simply stunning for many of us looking on. and didnt see the winning candidate as even a contender very early until bloomberg got involved. youre going to see more and more of these investments as a proving ground in the years to come that real money can be put behind a gun law reform message, and it can be a winning message. the fact of the matter is, i w...

I think that has lead to a different atmosphere on capitol hill where people know whats going on, theyre voting on measures, and theyre not waiting to see the white smoke from the white house when the president and house speaker and others are having private meetings that nobody is involved in. the fact that they didnt trust each other, then rank and file didnt trust them behind closed doors, that added to the problem. the fact it is happening in the open could help. >> at least the president is...

Want to be part of the national debate. people get more attention when they go to iowa. people pay attention to what youre doing. and it helps the party there to grow the party to raise money. but it also helps draw attention to if i have ideas about how we grow the party, how we reach out to latino voters and african-american voters, it draws attention to those things by going to iowa, plus we have a lot of friends we developed in iowa over the years. so i am excited to go there, hope i can rai...

Separates the political wrecks from the rebounders? >> indeed i did have a relationship with ms. lewinski that wasnt appropriate. >> i have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends, and supporters and the media. >> here to talk about political comebacks, democratic strategist and former edwards campaign communications director chris kafinas. good morning to you both. >> thanks for having me. >> so, kristen, sanford was having an extramarital affair with an argentinian ...

Personal failing, he was very popular as governor. he was actually talked about as a potential contender for the republican nomination for president at one point. so, you know, he was well liked setting aside this one really public personal foible. makes a little more sense when you think about it in that context. >> well, meantime, former new york congressman anthony weiner is another politician most people left for dead after he resigned in that sexting scandal in 2001. now im sure as you know...

Number one seeds. it doesnt necessarily take a methodology for that. >> no. i mean, the committee is getting better and better in my view at ranking the teams properly. the only nonnumber one we have is florida as a number three, kansas is a good team as well, but floridas team i think has been a little bit overlooked. they lost a lot of close games but in the long run usually games that you lose by two points it comes down to a bad bounce, a matter of luck. florida might be the one dark horse c...

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Eagle because i think an eagle could beat them all. >> eric: why? >> dana: they could soar and then they can poop in your eye. blind you, so you cant shoot a basket. >> bob: i bet we have all been waiting for this. for those who are handicappers get out the pens now. >> greg: here are my seeds. i have seeds, black seeds, sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds. i got to go with the pumpkinseeds because theyre the tastiest. >> dana: are they roasted? >> dana: thats hen. >> dana: homemade pum pumpkinsee...

Elizabeth colbert bush. different pronunciation, same family. looking at the republican side, tell me that mark san ford didnt get his former wife to be his campaign manager. >> it was out there but that did not take place. that did not happen. but mark sanford is the leading gop contender. >> no comment on that. jonathan capehart, thank you very much. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." and ill be traveling. join us this wednesday and thursday live from israel as we trav...

Morning on your show. >> its not really right stuff or left stuff. its logical stuff. its talking about what has happened historically to people who dont control their budgets and a whole host of other things in terms of destroying the harmony in the nation and pitting people against each other, how those things are not useful. i think a lot of people resonate with that. they dont have to be democrats or republicans. they just have to be logical people who want america to succeed. >> so is he a ...