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"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. our top story is this democratic resurgence were living through this week, brought to you by the voters of the united states of america. republicans are straight up reeling because voters, including in often more conservative leaning states, are rejecting this version, todays version of the republican party as measurably unpopular. as something that these voters oppose, and they oppose the policies, and im not talking about opinion, im not...

Night that may not slow her advance immediately, but over time do they begin to sort of seep out. i think the same whing this joe biden was the clear front-runner, they laid some attacks on joe biden that certainly stopped him from sort of holding onto the front-runner status. this remind me a lot like 2006 more than 2008 where you had lieberman and wesley clark and howard dean, all of them were front-runners at some point. the question isnt if youre a front-runner now, but if youre going to be ...

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>> ive enjoyed it. good to be with you. >> joining me now are msnbc political analysts steve schmidt, former senior adviser to john mccains 2008 presidential campaign, and a senior strategy in the bush/cheney 2004 campaign, and our other steve, steve kornacki, political columnist for salon.com. steve schmidt, youve got a republican front-runner now whos talking about amniocentesis. this is not something anybody would advise any candidate to get into. >> no, its crazy talk, lawrence. and i tell y...

Political analysts steve schmidt, former senior adviser to john mccains 2008 presidential campaign and a senior strategy in the bush/cheney 2004 campaign, and our other steve, steve kornacki, political columnist for salon.com. steve schmidt, youve got a republican front-runner now whos talking about amniocentesis. this is not something anybody would advise any candidate to get into. >> no, its crazy talk, lawrence. and i tell you, if he is the nominee, given what he said over the last week on th...

>> we begin tonight with presidential politics. new numbers that underscore just how important our big debate here is tomorrow night and a new twist in the campai campaign conversation. a new cnn times poll shows a statistical dead heat this arizona. 36% for mitt romney, 32% for the surging rick santorum. add in a small santorum lead in michigan which also votes next tuesday, and what you get is a tense, volatile gop race as the final four candidates prepare for their first debate in n...

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