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All right. welcome back to "hardball." remember, we always talk about there is general elections and there is primary elections, and there is all sorts of important differences between them obviously, but one of them is who runs them. the primary elections are run by political parties. political parties get to set their own rules, and that means that some state republican parties loyal to the republican president donald trump are changing the rules when it comes to their presidential primaries a...

There is primary elections, and there is all sorts of important differences between them obviously, but one of them is who runs them. the primary elections are run by political parties. political parties get to set their own rules, and that means that some state republican parties loyal to the republican president donald trump are changing the rules when it comes to their presidential primaries and caucuses next year. changing the rules as in doing away with them apparently. it looks like arizon...

>> no, im 38 years old, and i think a lot of folks that grew up in younger again rashgenerat not just proxies. when they speak for us, we dont check our minds. newt gingrich isnt on the ballot, mitt romney is. its mitt romneys responsibility to sell people on voting for him, nobody else. >> so michael, let me ask you, under what circumstances do you think romneys association with donald trump could backfire? do you see this igniting the obama base or is this just something some fodder for the ne...

Say we had the bailout to thank for all of that. joining us now from the north lawn of the white house is the press secretary -- inside the briefing room -- sorry -- press secretary robert gibbs. robert, thanks for joining us. >> good morning, how are you? >> let me push michigan back a little bit. i want to ask you first all about congressman rangel. 13 ethics charges against him yesterday. some democrats are calling for him to step down and avoid the party potential embarrassment as you had he...

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