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With both you and joe scarborough on marco rubio. tim pawlenty, hes already been vetted for it. one thing about all these candidates is usually theres a negative. and pawlenty to me has the fewest possible negatives on this list. and portman, i think a lot of democrats are hoping for portman, the thing you mentioned about ohio is the scariest part of them. if rob portman is on the ticket, biden gets to spend all of these time talking about the bush economics and he was in there running the budge...

Running up these massive deficits for president bush and you get to go right back to that old, you know, speech about the bush deficits. >> its true, thats a down side, theres no question. i believe its true that rob portman was head of the omb for one year, maybe a year and a half in 2007. certainly joe biden will make that case. you cant hang the bush tax cuts around his neck, that will be one mitigating factor. the big advantage of pawlenty and portman, both of them are quite boring and they ...

details about the sex scandal thats shaken the secret service. cnn identified the agent who triggered the prostitution scandal that exploded during president obamas trip to colombia. drew griffin of the special investigations unit has the exclusive report. >> reporter: a hotel security guard at the hotel caribe say it is commotion began in the 7th floor hall way where some of the agents were staying. through hotel records cnn can confirm at least three agents assigned rooms on the floo...

Overshadowing the candidate in a chris christie. you dont want that as a romney campaign. let me focus on condi and this is that issue of i think romney would really like to pick a woman running mate. i think its not fair to the other women running mates that theyll get held to a sarah palin standard, fair/unfair. >> condi wouldnt be. >> thats right. shes a political persona before anybody had heard of sarah palin. shes completely politically formed, if you will. now, whats the down side? it is ...

Overshadowing the candidate in a chris christie. let me focus on condi and this is that issue of i think romney would really like to pick a woman running mate. i think its not fair to the other women running mates that theyll get held to a sarah palin -- >> condi wouldnt be. >> thats right. shes a political persona before anybody had heard of sarah palin. shes completely politically formed, if you will. now, whats the down side? it is the fact that you might be relitigating some thing wills in t...

Gentlemen, lets start with you, sir, chuck. lets start with the one here. >> the only true gentleman on the show. >> i keep hearing this from the right. i dont hear it from mainstream journalists like yourself. they say rubio. i keep hearing it from the right wing guys, they say rubio. where do you stand? how does it look? >> i tell you i think he excites the base. the intellectual conservative base in a way that i think none of the other candidates being talked about do. numb twer two, clearly ...

The show. >> i keep hearing this from the right. i dont hear it from mainstream journalists like yourself. they say rubio. i keep hearing it from the right wing guys, they say rubio. where do you stand? how does it look? >> i tell you i think he excites the base. the intellectual conservative base in a way that i think none of the other candidates being talked about do. i think thats number one. number two, clearly the idea of he trying to help on the latino front makes rubio a prime player. you...

Bolster the argument that the federal government is bloated and you raise taxes and you spend it on this junk. >> this is big government. this is a case for putting in someone in in who will down side. look at all the agencies. why do they have the conferences? at a time of austerity? everyone has to have retreats and workshops and team building exercises? maybe they can put that on hold for a few years and down side the agencies, the g.s.a. is supposed to be the agency that makes the federal go...

From serious injuries after he tried to stop those pitbull dogs from attacking a group of kids friday night. some kids jumped onto the roof of a nearby car. others running for their lives, the man tried to get between the dogs and was badly bitten on both hands and arms. fortunately, no one else was seriously hurt. police are searching for the owner of those pit bulls. lets get now to todays ups and downs on the housing front. realty track reports a 30% increase in the number of short sales in...

A lot of chatter, if he is added to the race. it makes no difference among florida voters. are you surprised by that? >> not completely. there is always a lot of talk about the vp nominee but this time during the presidential cycle and they could help this candidate to help carry this state. its just that talk. usually the vice presidential nominee doesnt help in specific states, it adds something to a larger ticket as a whole. lets remember that rubio was on the whole pretty untested as a natio...