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I mean, is this going to have an impact? are we going to see the full throat of citizens united down the stretch? >> im sure that theyre going to go swimming in the kitchen sink at this point. i mean, what they cant get away from is that we have been executing our ground game, that we built for almost two years now. actually, in some states, we never left, like north carolina, like florida, where our organization has been there since the beginning of the last campaign and weve been executing, we...

You know, when you lose everything -- i was in pleasantville, which is a small community right outside of atlantic city, and the mayor there said, ive got to show you this one section. i was in a shelter, and he said, ive got to show you this one section. and he showed me by the bay a row of homes who had the back of their hopeless totally ripped out. it looks like a doll house, you can see the home inside. and, you know, people who were inside. and, you know, shocked, obviously, from what theyr...

And we dont leave anybody behind. >> theres probably no question that the political careers of both governor christie and president obama have been helped by the way they have been working together. both leaders were doing their job, and trying their best to marshal the resources of the federal and state government. its the recovery that is going to take very long and a great deal of patience. but no doubt, its off to a great story. joining me tonight, jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and...

democrats faces. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. washington, pay attention. it has taken a life-altering disaster to show the country how our elected officials can work together, regardless of party affiliation. now, theyre officials, theyre not leaders until they work together, and this is what were seeing. president obama arrived in new jersey today, to get a closer look at the damage from hurricane sandy. he was greeted by governor chris christie. an...

state of new jersey, the state hardest hit by hurricane sandy. they will be moving halloween to monday, monday, november 5th, in order to protect new jerseys young trick-or-treaters from floodwaters and live wires and downed trees. these crews were fixing fallen power lines in toms river, new jersey, today. nearly 2 million households in new jersey are still without electricity today, day three. for reference in terms of how much of the country that means, even if there were only one p...

Paul ryan who said, rape is a method of conception. can you imagine? then he had akin, so he spoke out against akin, but now hes cut a commercial for mourdock who somehow got god into a rape situation. this is the moment of truth. to you remember when i was talking about a war against women last year? >> i do. >> and people said, well, what is that about? and i laid it out. and now i think it is coming to fruition where everyone sees it. and i think mitt romney is in deep trouble. he said hed be...

Average of ohio continues to give president obama a durable lead. if the election were held today, president obama has a clear electoral college advantage and he would prevail. today president obama voted in chicago, illinois. its the first time a sitting president has voted early. i am joined tonight by michael tomasky, he is special correspondent for "newsweek" and "the daily beast." michael, good to have you with us tonight. i want to address this so-called momentum that the romney campaign h...

Ed, you cant be multiple choice. a long time ago he said he was for a woman os right to choose. then hes against it. now he accepts this platform that makes women criminals and doctors criminals. and he is backing mourdock at this point and he picked paul ryan. lets not forget, paul ryan who wanted to make forms of birth control illegal. >> yeah. >> so i dont need to hear more from him, ed. i know this guy has nothing in his heart that indicates to me he stands with women. so whatever he says yo...

And when you have a republican nominee who didnt lift a finger to change the republican platform, that says abortion will be criminal, and no exception for rape, no exception for incest. look, i want to just say one thing about the issue of rape. i dont know if you saw congresswoman gwen moore. she was on one of the shows. i believe it was -- i dont remember whose it was. it was on msnbc. i think it was chris. she talked about how she was a victim of rape and how you have post traumatic stress a...

Barbara boxer of california. senator, great to have you with us on this very important issue. and this issue continues to steam roll across the country. the latest numbers out show in the swing states that 39% of women in the swing states now say that abortion is the number one issue. senator, what does this mean? >> well, let me just say right now, this is the moment of truth for mitt romney and i think all of america, men and women, will see, all of us will see, that hes been tap dancing aroun...