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Phone rings, dirkson picks it up, says -- and all howard can say is him saying, mr. president, i just cant come down tonight, i was there last night. i was there the night before, i just got to go home. hangs up. 20 minutes passed, and he hears beagles barking in the hallway outside his office. and lbj walks in with his dogs. so because he wouldnt come down to see him, johnson called a car, got in and came up to just force a conversation with dirkson. >> and lyndon johnson -- >> and we got a bil...

Analyst john heilemann. msnbc political analyst mark haleprin, and the author of a new book "thomas jefferson: the art of power," jon meacham. >> who never e-mailed anyone. >> are you sure? >> actually, no. >> best-selling, that thing skyrocketed -- >> the fbi is looking into monticello e-mail. >> thomas jefferson, the randy bugger. >> by the way, heilemann is the national affairs writer for -- >> yes. >> this is going to be a long show. >> by the way -- >> growth industry. >> in the line of boo...

Mark haleprin, though, weve been waiting for these late-breaking polls, republicans have, remembering 1980. the late break didnt come, and if it really did, it broke just slightly toward the president. so these state polls are either skewed or barack obamas going to get another four years. >> narrowly if the polls are right, hell get a narrow victory. but theyre close enough and theres enough volatility in the electorate that i think we should all just wait and see. but certainly -- >> no, lets ...

My conviction is that better days are ahead, and thats not based on promises and hollow rhetoric, but solid plans and proven results. and on an unshakable relief in the greatness of the american spirit. >> good morning. it is tuesday, november 6th. election day, welcome to "morning joe." were at democracy plaza. >> i can just feel it. >> i can too. i love it, actually. its beautiful, were at 30 rock in new york city, and with us onset here at democracy plaza. we have msnbc contributor and former...

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>> leave it to us. >> how does that happen? >> this is amazing. i feel like im in a space film. let me out. chuck todd, youre down there. im going to look this way to talk to you that way. so whats it looking like as we go into election day? >> you know, look -- im with mark, i like the ones and zeros. all the metrics go one way and all you hear from the romney folks are, but, therell be republican enthusiasm and therell be this turnout. and my only question in that is half the battleground stat...

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Its tuesday, october 16th. debate day in america. today were going to be talking about shifting polls, rumblings of a possible shift in the election map and also a secretary of state taking the fall for a benghazi story that wont go away as you take a live look at time square. going to have a nicer day in new york today. we have mike barnicle. mark haleprin, also national affairs editor for "new york" magazine, john heilemann. also pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham. we have three week...

Gallup poll shows growing momentum for mitt romney in the key battleground states, including ohio, florida, and virginia. the poll has romney pulling ahead by four points among likely voters. 50% to 46%. this is obviously a big shift. its only one poll. but perhaps the bigger take away from this poll and some others is how the candidates are ranking among likely woman voters in those battleground states. weve heard an awful lot about the gender gap since the primary season, but among likely fema...

And with proportional voting coming up with everything else, unless hes pulling 50% to 60% of that vote, i dont know how he gets there. the only way it happens is if newt or santorum drops out of the race and that changes it. but as you can see from last night, i dont think anybodys going anywhere. theres no incentive to leave right now. >> mark and john before we get to exit polls and sound bites from last night, who do you -- what candidate won the headline last night? was this about newt ging...