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Nomination. considering theres an appetite for an alternative, is he enough to fill the vacuum? >> i dont know the answer to that, chuck. as you suggest theres an appetite. theres a kind of ripeness for some kind of messenger to carry that message. i dont know whether americans elect will be able to carry it off or david walker has the strength and charisma and things you would need to really make a dent on the american people. >> a more buzzy name if it jumped in and sometimes every day i start...

of weeks. reinforce the perception that nothing in washington is working. the question this morning, how big a toll is this misconduct taking on all incumbents who make washington their home? good morning from washington. its monday, april 23rd, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." im chuck todd. to my first reads of the morning. a live picture of south park township, pennsylvania, where mitt romney is about to kick off a primary eve event with former governor tom ridge. pennsylvania vot...

a primary eve event with former governor tom ridge. pennsylvania votes tomorrow. welcome to week three, though, of the general election in team obamas campaign to try to define romney. the campaign is struggling with a messaging dilemma. is romney more he canively a flip-flopper weather vein or severely conservative endorser of paul ryans budget, the tax policies in the most extreme version of republican rhetoric on womens issues. in the person of obama campaign se senior adviser david...

>> this is the first time where one party, the democrats, have a net positive over negative. albeit it is only one point. for about the last year to 18 months, both parties have been viewed negatively. i think the voters are frustrated with washington and the country. thats why theres only a 33% right direction, but it is interesting that over these past months or so the democrats have slowly inched ahead. i think we need to see a couple more polls, alex, to see whether or not thats a blip or a ...

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witt." we have developing news to share from florida. george zimmerman could walk free on bond at any time now as he awaits trial for second-degree murder. and new fallout from those surprise moments at his bond hearing. we heard from zimmerman for the first time as he took the stand and addressed trayvon martins parents. >> i wanted to say i am sorry for the los of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little younger than ament. and i did not know if he was armed...

and i did not know if he was armedç or not. >> alexis is here with me now with a good morning to you. im curious how trayvon martins family reacted to zimmermans statement. the apology, if you will. >> yes, trayvons parents were upset with the apology, but the very low bond, in their opinion, they believe the judge set. the attorney for the family said they were devastated that at least a million dollars was not asked for bond. and they felt the statement was essentially self-serving...

>> i was at a private high school and to me it was embarrassing. im always working super hard. did i not feel empowered by serving my classmates. >> i would also ask you the question, did you find it useful to get the money? is there a reason why you were doing it? >> joining me now, and he said there was a reason why he was doing it. but joining me is michael crowley. former journalist jill zuckman and fred yang. welcome, all. michael crowley, let me start with you. newt gingrich having that th...

The whole thing gets overturned and im going to come back, fred. yesterday the white house came up with new mandate language. i was sort of mocking it this morning and reminded by the friends over at the health insurance plans, they said, hey, we had this phraseology back in 2009. >> i think better late than never. this is the start of health care, which ever way the court decides as part of the 2012 dialogue. >> the day it happens -- there is this debate and its sort of an interesting, raging d...

it, too. where did it come from? how did it spread so fast? and what was it responding to? our deep dive into politics ahead. good morning from washington. this is the daily rundown. im chuck todd. were a long way from knowing whether the supreme court will throw out the health insurance mandate. court wont rule until june. they take a secret vote this week to see where they are. but as if the stakes werent high enough already, the justices seem to agree that if it does, most of the la...