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Potential presidential candidate for 2016 was playing to the large number of evangelicals who believe in the literal truth of the bible. fast forward to today where rubio was given a retake on that pop question by politicos michael len. >> there is no scientific debate on the age of the earth. its established pretty definitively. at least 4.5 billion years old. i was referring to a theological debate, which is a pretty healthy debate. >> rubio went on to say americans should teach children scien...

just to protect the top 2%. better to take the hit now, they argued, than in january with the world economy in turmoil and second recession coming. number two, john boehner, the speaker is claiming hes met obamas demand for higher taxes for the rich. thats good. he agreed in principle the rich must pay more. number three, theres talk for the republican leaders that they could vote to continue the tax cuts for the 98% now and therefore avoid the fiscal cliff and put off for now the top ...

now say the republicans would face hell if they let this country go over the fiscal cliff. just to protect the top 2%.ç better to take the hit now, they argued, than in january with the world economy in turmoil and second recession coming. number two, john boehner, the speaker is claiming hes met obamas demand for higher taxes for the rich. thats good. he agreed in principle the rich must pay more. number three, theres talk for the republican leaders that they could vote to continue ...

In this. some republicans passed on buying the right technology and in part because if you dont have the white house theres a senate committee, house committee, presidential campaigns. they did not have the money to make the investment in leadership early and and paid a huge price for it and theres still a chance they wont be able to catch up in two years or four years unless they get better organization than they have now. >> michael len, thank you very much. >> have a great week. may yojor s...

The entire piece. with us now, lets go to political, chief white house correspondent michael len is here with the morning playbook. mike, i guess -- >> good morning. >> good morning, mika. >> happy monday. the obama campaign used online data to their advantage during the election. now the race is over, are they still -- mika, this is amazing. theyre going even further. yesterday the presidents campaign manager jim macina blasted out an e-mail to tens of millions of people on their list asking fo...

sound bite? good morning, my friends. its monday, november 19th. welcome to "morning joe." next three hours will change your life and, also, i think may reverse male pattern baldness for half our viewers. >> in fleming. >> yes. i have no idea. what did you just say? >> this show is slimming. >> okay. with us onset, senior political analyst and national editor for new york magazine. msnbc political analyst and former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst, steve ratner. in...

hes going to do. "morning joe" starts right now. the real stephen is actually pleased as a performer that mitt romney got his [ bleep ] in a pile because i model conservative punditry. if hes not someone i can follow, then im lost. and i have to say, up until wednesday night, i just thought i dont know what im going to do for the next month. >> because why? >> he was just a walking shambling mound of weakness, you know? even the people who liked him didnt seem to be behind him that s...

the real stephen is actually pleased as a performer that mitt romney got his [ bleep ] in a pile because i model conservative punditry. if hes not someone i can follow, then im lost. and i have to say, up until wednesday night, i just thought i dont know what im going to do for the next month. >> because why? >> he was just a walking shambling mound of weakness, you know? even the people who liked him didnt seem to be behind him that strongly. people were, you know, stepping out of his...

days of "the good, the bad and the ugly." hes an american icon and hero. >> true enough, but it was a little bizarre, wasnt it, to have him talking to the chair? >> you dont expect to have a guy like clint eastwood get up and read some speech on a teleprompter like a politician. youre expected to speak from the heart, and thats exactly what he did. >> good morning. it is 6:00 on the east coast. live look at times square. >> i dont know if he spoke from the heart. >> on monday. >> could...

economic issues were key to romneys win in michigan where the states 9.3% unemployment rate is well above the national average. concern over the economy and deficit outpaced social issues. the ones santorum has been talking about quite a bit on the trail. romney won 47% of republican voters who said the economy was the most important issue compared to 30% who supported rick santorum. still, romneys three point margin of victory, less than commanding in his home state. more than 40% of ...