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Presidency and the wheels havent stopped turning. reince priebus is backing a plan by republicans in virginia and other battleground states that president obama won in 2012 that would change how those states electoral college votes are allocated. one electoral vote would be awarded to the winner of each congressional district. had that plan been in effect in 2012, instead of president obama gaining 332 to romneys 226, romney would have won with 226 electoral votes despite losing the popular vote...

Climate change. youll not get more revenue into the treasury through taxation. youll not get the assault weapons ban. we havent gotten anything on jobs. so tell me, mr. mcconnell, mr. reid, step out in front of the microphones and tell us what is going to be different. i think the country wants to know. >> ed schultz, always good to see you. you can catch ed here at 8:00 on msnbc. a lawmaker coming under pressure for proposing a bill that would make it a crime for rape victims to have an abort...

Unions. you cash-whip legislators to put up right to work legislation. you go after legislators to make sure that theyre going to vote properly the right way. and all politics is now national as much as it is local because its all about the money and citizens united. it all comes together. theyve tried voter suppression. theyve tried all kinds of stuff. now theyre into the electoral college. you do the math we would have been swearing in the other guy. >> youre right, ed. i still think that in v...

Right now in charlotte. reince priebus is going to handily win re-election to chair the rnc. thanks to our power panel today. breaking news to pass along to you right now from our nations capital. a federal appeals court just ruled president obama violated the constitution when making recess appointments for a labor relations panel. the president claims he acted properly because the senate was in recess. but the court says not so. the senate was still technically in session. well have more on ...

So he knows all about adoring media. and i dont think in the case of hillary clinton it was about adoring media yesterday. i think it was about the fact that the republicans overplayed their hand big-time. so -- >> so this hearing in no way has politically damaged hillary clinton whatsoever. i mean, she went into that hearing -- >> oh, no. >> -- with just a terrific rating with the american people versus the 12% society, the congress. >> i would think, ed, i would think if anything her standing ...

Every senatorial district and were going to fight against this effort to change the electoral college. >> david corn, what do you make of this? reince priebus says he wants to make this a national model. >> well, ed, its obviously this is a naked and raw power grab on the part of republicans, who see that theyve lost five out of the last six presidential contests according to the popular vote. george bush made it in though losing the popular vote. and theyre looking ahead demographically and say...

Lets turn to howard fineman, nbc news political analyst and editorial director of the huffington post media group. howard, i was struck by your comment yesterday on "hardball" where you said that the hearing was the last failed shot of the 2012 election and the first failed shot of the 2016 campaign. how are the republicans doing today? >> well, i think i said it was a desperate act, but failed shot will also do. ed, i really think the emotional energy among the republicans is about their frustr...

Their vote will count more. >> but theyre going to be able to do this -- i dont mean to be doom and gloom here, david. but this is like going after unions. you cash-whip legislators to put up right to work legislation. you go after legislators to make sure that theyre going to vote properly the right way. and all politics is now national as much as it is local because its all about the money and citizens united. it all comes together. theyve tried voter suppression. theyve tried all kinds of stu...

Were going to fight against this effort to change the electoral college. >> david corn, what do you make of this? reince priebus says he wants to make this a national model. >> well, ed, its obviously this is a naked and raw power grab on the part of republicans, who see that theyve lost five out of the last six presidential contests according to the popular vote. george bush made it in though losing the popular vote. and theyre looking ahead demographically and say they play by the set of rules...

He does get up at 2:00 a.m. >> i feel bad because i get up at 4:00, 4:15. downright sleeping in. that wraps up this hour of "jansing & co." thomas roberts is up next. >> where did they give out the beauty mask. i want one of those. ear plugs, a beauty mask. we all need them around here. but thats very interesting. im going to check out how richard got that. thanks. hi, everybody. the ark genda next hour, vice president joe biden outon front of guns. were going to cover that. plus, stupid is ...