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If you look deeper at the political divide, again, we see the gop and the country seemingly headed in two different directions. we took a poll last december, before the supreme court took up the issue, and compared those numbers to the new poll. among democrats, support grew by four points. among independents, it was up eight points. republicans, they deny budge. in fact, the opposition went up. at the same time, opposition among democrats and independents went down among the republican oppositi...

26 minutes north longitude and 34 degrees, 19 minutes west latitude. today is friday, april 12th, 2013, and this is "the daily rundown." now, heres chuck todd. >> love it! the maritime watch! thanks to craig shipman for that dispatch from international waters. keep sending in your videos, from land or sea, one by each. dailyrundown on msnbc.com. the senate will begin the first debate on gun legislation in a generation, after a solid majority voted 68-31 to move to the debate on gun saf...

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A meaningful contribution, wants to be part of the discussion, work with the congress and the white house to fashion some solutions. but id be very surprised if we see any concessions on the big ticket items, assault weapons, high capacity magazines, gun show loopholes, these have been major issues for the nra over the years and they havent compromised to date and id be very surprised if we see them compromise now. >> thank you. michael isikoff, a reminder. wayne laperriere the ceo of the nra wi...

Our roll call reporters to let us know she is interested, too and it could happen. >> merry christmas and happy new year, fred, your shameless plug. >> my family wishing all of us and all of you a merry christmas. >> i think on this somber day you have to keep the people of newtown in your thoughts. >> yes. >> happy holidays to my mom and sister. see them soon. >> i would say my shameless plug is for my wife giha who keeps it altogether for me and has a birthday tomorrow. tune in. john boehner a...

>> so the problem with this debate is were really still talking relatively small ball on both sides. >> right. >> one to one revenue. >> right. >> pointing to run revenue cut. it is not going to fix the problem. that is why republicans arent going to take the hit. >> one other thing i note is, you know, the last 48 hours not with standing, it doesnt feel like where details are that far apart. >> here is the irony for republicans who voted or rebuked boehner last night. were going to have a worse...

Issues. gun crime is down. violent crime is down. these mass shootings are up. what is the x factor here? is it the guns or is it something else? there is strong evidence that points to something else. >> i would add all three guns used in the shooting purchased legally. connecticut has some of the most strict gun laws in the country. >> they do. >> fred, youve polled for many years on this and many other topics. the numbers on gun control broadly not speaking the last two weeks but broadly sugg...

youll be glad you did. mika? >> its been a wonderful year. chris cillizza is on the rundown. >> i need the fix. the fix is next. the fix is in for chuck todd straight ahead. have a great one. house of blues. speaker boehners plan b gets busted by his own members. now everyone is leaving town for christmas. will there be a big new years resolution for congress? jersey sure. one of the nations most high profile mayors says he wants to go to washington. is cory booker a shoe-in to be th...

>> i mean, is it even worse than it looks? or is this a -- is this a kick the loser right after an election? >> i think you got to have perspective. the perspective here is that look at 2008, in december 2008, the parties numbers were actually even a touch worse than that and then two years later, november 2010, the republicans pick up 62 seats in the house and six seats in the senate. american politics are fluid and right now its a bad fluid, bad mojo for the republican party. thats what happen...

Rapidly aging population. >> george will said it. he said literally opposition to gay marriage is dying off. thats what youre saying our poll shows. >> i would argue one thing. i think this is one issue, actually, guys, where the president has been very influential. when he supported -- >> moved in particular -- >> exactly. our poll is 51% in favor among african-american voters. in 2008 in california when prop 8 was defeated, it only got about 28% of african-americans. >> all right. the clintons...