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Of it. it was an outhouse. it had bullet marks painted on it. that was someones idea of funny. the state republican chairman said he didnt know who was responsible for the outhouse. he called it a side show and he also said, "its not something im going to agonize over." steve, it seems to me, in the last republican presidential campaign, this was the kind of thing that you would agonize over. you wouldnt want your party or your candidate associated with anything like that. >> no, thats right. li...

crackdown on dissent. we begin with todays dramatic, intensely partisan confrontations between senate republicans and attorney general of the united states. a feisty appearance before the senate judiciary committee, attorney jenner i can holder refused demands that he apoint special counsel to investigate recent leaks of sensitive national security information. >> two people i pointed to look into matters are first rate prosecutors. >> special counsel, somebody new other than the two...

Make no mistake. the election tomorrow has far-reaching consequences and is considered a must-win for the democrats to try and puff up the deflating obama re-election effort. here with a preview of the race and give us update from the ground, pollster frank luntz with a special focus group of wisconsin voters. frank, this has gotten contentious. big battles. we saw what happened at the state house. is it still as divided as it was? >> it is still still divided and partisan. the question to ask m...

Nbc news white house correspondent mike viqueira j n joinses njoi joins now. its not the first time hes coming back but the first time the first lady is coming back. >> theres a book coming out by that name. george w. bush was here with clinton two years ago on the haiti relief fund. if youll forgive the analogy, its like a fox hole. all the tremendous responsibilities, if its not overly dramatic to say so, that come with being the president and it transcends the political differences of the day...

The romney super pacs, the liberal super pacs, the conservative super pacs, its going to be a mess and people will be sick of it and its not the way a great nation should govern itself. >> its willie geist. i was going to ask you your favorite big cat, but we can move on from that. think about that one. but i want to get specific about policy differences between mitt romney and president obama. we hear all the rhetoric. we hear from one side that mitt romney is an unfeeling rich guy. the other s...

>> i think its that program just updated. >> mitt romneys economic plan is the same as george bushs just updated. that was not a liberal blogger attacking the romney plan. that was the republican party spokesperson apparently trying to help governor romney by saying hes an update of george w. bush. here is another example. when the republican party decided to defend themselves that they were waging war on women. the way they chose to mount their defense was to attack the use of the word war. an ...

Plan during a radio interview. >> how different is that concept from what were the policies of the bush administration? is this a different program or is that program just updated? >> i think its that program just updated. >> mitt romneys economic plan is the same as george bushs just updated. that was not a liberal blogger attacking the romney plan. that was the republican party spokesperson apparently trying to help governor romney by saying hes an update of george w. bush. here is another exa...

Attacking the romney plan. that was the republican party spokesperson apparently trying to help governor romney by saying hes an update of george w. bush. here is another example. when the republican party decided to defend themselves that they were waging war on women. the way they chose to mount their defense was to attack the use of the word war. an rnc spokesman told reporters, quote, i find it offensive that the democratic national committee is using a term like that to describe policy diff...

Hispanics, double digits among white women, this game is over. >> he knows the game isnt over but he knows they have to run up the score because they are taking among white men. there is no accident it happens to be a white face. they have to run up that score. >> and you are watching this in this thing that is the challenge to try to make people understand the budget in real terms. >> i thought it was amazing that this is policy driven. you have a discussion of head start, pelgrants, equal pay....

Ended in the debacle of a government shutdown. and -- >> four years of balanced budgets. >> which was a collaboration and i think a lot of it started with the 19939 budget that clinton passed without a single republican vote in either house. but the fact is, we got to know newt in the 1978 when he first came to congress and we creates a set of dinners with new members through two years. he already had the strategy for how he was going to create a republican majority. it worked. 16 years later. w...