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And after a couple of weeks, i knew we were finally home! [ female announcer ] purina cat chow indoor. always there for you. retalk tact showdown in florida and the possible purging of thousands of voters off of the rolls. joining me anthea butler, and raul and judith brown and here s is my theory about the lawsuit. this supreme court and this federal judiciary terrifies me. if you guys take florida to court, is this the end of the voting rights act? >> no, it is not. first of all, we will be ...

blitzer. >> yeah, im very sorry about what happened yesterday. it was what i thought something had to be done on the fiscal cliff before the election. apparently nothing has to be done until the first of the year. so i think he should just stick with his position. >> president clinton claims he didnt know it expires after the electi election. rick santorum is resurfacing. the former pennsylvania senator will lay out his plans for the future today. sources say he wants his voice heard...

Year, this fight, this standoff that has begun has really big political implications. here is a wild card, though. rick scotts administration cant actually directly kick voters off the rolls. theyre not in charge of the rolls. all they can do is send purge lists to the counties, to county election supervisors, and tell the people who work at the county level that theyre supposed to kick people off the rolls. it is up to the county, to the county officials, to actually do the purging, because the...

Rolls this year. and given that this is florida that were talking about, and its this time of year in this year, this fight, this standoff that has begun has really big political implications. here is a wild card, though. rick scotts administration cant actually directly kick voters off the rolls. theyre not in charge of the rolls. all they can do is send purge lists to the counties, to county election supervisors, and tell the people who work at the county level that theyre supposed to kick peo...

Rolls this year. and given that this is florida that were talking about, and its this time of year in this year, this fight, this standoff that has begun has really big political implications. here is a wild card, though. rick scotts administration cant actually directly kick voters off the rolls. theyre not in charge of the rolls. all they can do is send purge lists to the counties, to county election supervisors, and tell the people who work at the county level that theyre supposed to kick peo...

And mitt romney is refusing to take a stand either way on the bill. and every republican in the senate voted against it today. every republican in the senate voted against it, including scott brown of massachusetts. scott brown veeted against paycheck fairness for women which should go over great in massachusetts this fall. mean while, were stilling to hear on the important voter suppression situation in the state of florida. as we reported exclusively here on the show, on thursday night, the ...

Take a stand either way on the bill. and every republican in the senate voted against it today. every republican in the senate voted against it, including scott brown of massachusetts. scott brown veeted against paycheck fairness for women which should go over great in massachusetts this fall. mean while, were stilling to hear on the important voter suppression situation in the state of florida. as we reported exclusively here on the show, on thursday night, the justice department wrote to the...

>> the last time i suffered a shark attack. >> this is not a good idea. cutting back and purging roles. this should have an amount of bipartisan support. >> i am reminded of the description of mitt romneys campaign. you listen to rick scott talk about this, heres a guy who cloaks the whole thing as a defensive democracy. something surely everyone can support. its completely the opposite. bologna to say i am denying people the right to vote to protect the right to vote. its pious bologna. for me ...

Rights act to go ahead with the purge and they said the state might be violating the national voter registration act by purging voters off the list too close to an election. that letter gave florida until tomorrow to respond. the justice department wants them to stop the purge, but so far republican officials from florida including the states governor, rick scott, have not made any public noises to the effect that they will stop their purge in response to the justice departments demand. demandin...

Is what it is. so suggest that republicans want to suppress the vote. >> you dont have to be a lawyer to own a calendar. >> i do own a calendar. >> how do you meet the standard, friday afternoon, what do you do with them? >> you work on a tight deadline and turn them in first thing monday morning. >> but you already missed the deadline. its up, finished, those dont count. >> thats right, this is ridiculous, making it harder to register to vote. we know who that impacts, it impacts blacks and lat...