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Just in time for tomorrows prima primary, we came up with a list of the reasons we should get money out of politics. its at the top of the huffington post. but heres a peek at the top five reasons. here we go. reason number five. we have no trust in our elected officials according to the research center. one in four of us believe they can trust their government at all. were particularly distrustful of those we vote for. reasons number four. voters think that cash is king. a cnn opinion poll from...

Just in time for tomorrows prima primary, we came up with a list of the reasons we should get money out of politics. its at the top of the huffington post. but heres a peek at the top five reasons. here we go. reason number five. we have no trust in our elected officials according to the research center. one in four of us believe they can trust their government at all. were particularly distrustful of those we vote for. reasons number four. voters think that cash is king. a cnn opinion poll from...

Since the 1990s. >> wow. pious baloney. that ripped the scab off, didnt it? were back in manchester two days before the new hampshire prima primary. well get reaction from the chairwoman of the democratic national committee. u.s. congresswoman debbie washburn. first, news. andrea mitchell has been talking to rick santorum and ron paul. shes with us right now from the debate site in concord. andrea? >> rick santorum heading to south carolina with much more aggressive today as you know. hes fallen...

Youve been running at least since the 1990s. >> wow. pious baloney. that ripped the scab off, didnt it? were back in manchester two days before the new hampshire prima primary. well get reaction from the chairwoman of the democratic national committee. u.s. congresswoman debbie washburn. first, news. andrea mitchell has been talking to rick santorum and ron paul. shes with us right now from the debate site in concord. andrea? >> rick santorum heading to south carolina with much more aggressive t...

Thank you. >> theres something i dont understand about this that means there isnt an incredible double standard here on voting rules. >> let me make a technical point first. while we certainly do allow people to register to vote then vote in the caucus tomorrow, anybody who registers tomorrow will have to show a photo i.d. theres talk about people who are just going to be republicans for a day. people who are independents, democrats, who will register to put in a no preference, no choice, vote f...

The bush tax cuts. looking to the general election, he actually had something that was a tax cut for the middle class. he didnt give anything more to the rich and said, middle class, you get a capital gains tax cut. not a great tax cut or great way to do that. also not paid for. he was looking for the general. the thing for gingrich, perry and cain. they were looking for the prima primary. if they get through the primary unexpectedly, theyre going to have to unexpectedly defend the numbers for t...

Prima primary. senior political editor mark preston at our political desk. who is looking good in new hampshire? >> reporter: no surprise mitt romney who owns a lake in new hampshire fares the best in this new poll. we got the poll up there and mitt romney in at 40% and giuliani at 10% and tim pawlenty comes in at 7% and mike huckabee comes in at 7%. now look. we are a year away from the new hampshire primary. theres still a lot of time for somebody to try to make some ground on romney. in fact,...

Asking to destroy the basis for our country. thats what im involved in. this is not about me. its not mitt political career. i quite frankly have had a long one already. its more important to be assured that this election, no matter what the outcome, has some validity and verifiability, and thats what were about. >> now that this protest has been filed by you and your campaign, is there a next step? is there a precedent for another prima primary? what can be done in this situation? >> you file a...

>> i actually think he was speaking to his base, because clearly hes getting a lot of pressure from the right wing to say that you cant support this presidents nominee and hes trying to lay the groundwork for those who arent going to support her. >> it is fascinating to watch the politicians in washington try to get a handle on whats happening in the country. bob bennett, stripped of the republican nomination at his state convention. last night in west virginia, democratic incumbent loses his pr...

His name is john f. kennedy, and he aims to win the wisconsin democratic primary. >> how are you this morning? >> and you would stand right there. my job would be to shake hands with jack kennedy. shake hands with teddy, bobby. >> bob kennedy. >> we worked hard. >> i come here today as a candidate in the wisconsin prima primary. >> kennedy is smart. he knows that if he can prove himself a vote winner here in the primaries, the democratic party will have to take him seriously as a candidate for p...