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Number that chuck todd was talking about. i think its going to be interesting in hamilton to see how well the president performed tonight because he did very well for the first time in many years for win that in 2008 andld just come back and get half of that or close t they would be in good shape because they knew that the northern tier going to be just fine. >> who is it in the romney campaign that is telling them to hold off? not a high-command staff decision. isnt that someone who is a techni...

Did it via the right way. >> with this showdown, the stakes may be who ends up in the white house this fall. with me now from tallahassee is ian san ccho, the leon county voting commissioner. >> we have multiple levels going on, the florida governor and the secretary of state fight agent the local level, and then officials like you saying that we are not going the go forward with what the state is telling us to do. tell me exactly what is going on, on the ground in florida on this issue? >> well...

>> when you make a mistake, a tactical mistake, you get punished, sent to the wood chair. >> whats more of a tactical mistake? being gay? >> no, id like to know. >> you are such a team player. let me go to fred who is not a team player. here were getting to a fundamental point. ive worked in politics since 1971, longer than this guys been involved in it. ive got to tell you, ive always known there were gay people working at high levels in the republican party. from the top, its a known fact in b...

are counting down and it is game time. it is the political game going on tonight. the republican candidate goesing for the deep south and we have big prizes up for grabs, mi mississippi and alabama, and the total delegates at stake tonight in those two states is 84. if you are keeping track, more than 8 million votes nationwide have been cast in 26 primaries and caucuses so far. the horse race over the past several days has been truly tightening for the states up for grabs the night, a...

satellite images and trying to show iran clean up something at the military base believed to have been a test site for explosives used to detonate a nuclear weapon. it is not exactly sure at this point what theyre trying to clear up. this is on the heals of iran allowing u.n. inspectors to visit the base after repeatedly denying access to the same inspectors in the past. the director general of the agency tells matthew chance that he believes iran is hiding something. >> iran is not te...

polls. economic conditions vary greatly from state to state. lets take a look at a few. vermonts unemployment rate is at 5.1%. that is much lower than the 8.3% national average. in january, only one in about 21,000 homes in vermont were in the foreclosure process. a very different picture in ohio. unemployment much higher there, 8.1%, though lower than the national average. 1 in 616 homes is in foreclosure in ohio. in georgia, its seen some of the worst numbers. unemployment there, 9.7...

>> show starts now. good wednesday afternoon to you. im dylan ratigan. thanks for giving me a slice of your afternoon. big story whether we like it or not in this country, the primary postmort postmortem, mitt romney running for president, last nights winner arizona and michigan, a blowout in arizona, winner takes all. you win it, you get the delegates. romney beat santorum by 20 percentage points. enough about that. romney also carried michigan. this, however, a very narrow victory, 41% to 38%,...

In the heartland? with us with more on all this, from indiana on the phone is a former democratic county chairman and general counsel to the indiana democratic party and in the studio is an indiana republic analyst who joins us. welcome on this christmas day. thank you so much. didi, let me start with you? whats going on? the secretary of state, his job hanging in the balance and facing a trial and you have this other petition scandal up north. >> yeah. first, eric, thank you for what youre doin...

hurricane irene, now officially made landfall as a category 1 storm on the east coast of the united states. the most up-to-date satellite image we can show you now of re irene, showing wear and tear, described as sloppy, not very well organized but starting to get more disorganized. you can see it there, it was a more organized storm over the past couple of days but as its making landfall now and making its way up the east coast maybe not so much so. it has been lashing out at the caro...

His speech is expected to focus on border security. sir, its good to have you on this morning because you are one of the many people on the front lines of this issue and you have seen firsthand the impact of illegal immigration on urban areas such as houston. what are some of the other problems that youve encountered in terms of enforcement and what complicates matters for you that the leadership does not see yet? >> well, thomas, thank you for having me. heres congress growing every day. 4 mill...