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Republican. there it is, start your voting. its going to be fun. and i have to say i dont expect all four of our number ones to make it to our final four. >> i love this idea. chuck, i just dont know what you mean about people taking to twitter to complain. im not familiar with that. anyway, thank you, chuck. >> reporter: it never happens. >> go to first read on nbcpolitics.com to get your senate madness on. vote for whether lloyd bentsen or phil gramm should be the 64th member of the tournament...

Well, president obama campaigned in colorado yesterday telling college students to register and vote. romney campaign officials complained that violated an unwritten rule about stealing convention thunder, but the gop ticket also claims to campaign during next weeks democratic convention. the romney campaign is downplaying any talk of a bump up in the polls after the convention which usually averages about a 5% gain. one aide said, quote, all bets are off about any kind of past performance bei...

Mitt romney is ahead of president obama when it comes to social media buzz. we have richard lui with the latest. >> the president has led on social media by most measures to date. he led in most recent presidential polls. in analysis of the data by nbcpolitics.com, finds when it comes to what facebookers and tweeters are talking about is mitt romney is leading 36% to 32%. boosting romney are five topics from tea party as you can see here to being moderate and well as being smart. romney has a br...

Economy and jobs, the romney campaign has got a clear and aggressive plan. the president does not. his kickoff, hes kicking off his campaign once again this week. so lets see what he unfurls. but. >> i assure you -- >> romney -- >> i assure you it will be the jobs and the economy. >> not about women. >> are you guys done? >> by the way -- phil is a very good friend of mine. >> im thinking you need to have some coffee and work it out. morris reed and phil muster. good to see you. for more analysi...

15 to plus 15 in that range, then its a winnable or election for either party. thats sort of whether when were in coin flip territory. >> you have to take into consideration whats going on. not an election about the economy, it was a national security election, very close election in any event. but it was really dominated by the wars in iraq and afghanistan. i think whats more important, like in any poll, the same thing applies here, looking at the trend line. is it going up or is it going down?...

Its not surprising that newt gingrich is going nuclear with the super pac attacks. >> absolutely. the super pac that is supporting him is getting a pay back for what was done to newt gingrich in iowa. newt gingrich has been complaining instead of fighting back. h this could have done more more gingrich if they had tried this in iowa. >> good look out there on the trail. >> thank you. >> discovering mitt romneys roots south of the boarder. dont forget, you can get the latest political news at our...

Another gingrich event, you have seen all the candidates in the field. its not surprising that newt gingrich is going nuclear with the super pac attacks. >> absolutely. the super pac that is supporting him is getting a pay back for what was done to newt gingrich in iowa. newt gingrich has been complaining instead of fighting back. h this could have done more more gingrich if they had tried this in iowa. >> good look out there on the trail. >> thank you. >> discovering mitt romneys roots south of...

Experience and thats myself. >> what will drive voters to caucus tonight? the economy or social issues? nbcs tom brokaw joining us next. and still ahead, how team obama is trying to step on the republicans message tonight. you can find up to the minute political news at msnbcs new website, nbcpolitics.com. an accident doesnt have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your cars totaled, we give you the money for a car one model yea...

Experience and thats myself. >> what will drive voters to caucus tonight? the economy or social issues? nbcs tom brokaw joining us next. and still ahead, how team obama is trying to step on the republicans message tonight. you can find up to the minute political news at msnbcs new website, nbcpolitics.com. an accident doesnt have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your cars totaled, we give you the money for a car one model yea...

A government shutdown creates huge problems and no one benefits from that. do they still take us to the brink. they have a pattern of that but they can also figure out a way to resolve it. the white smoke has not been sent up yet but there are signs that they are working together cooperatively and we may have something by the end of the day that tells us how it gets done from here. >> thank you, kelly. on a solemn note, the u.s. marks the end of the war in iraq. who will fill the vacuum once the...