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Crisis? >> well, i think theres a moment of opportunity here. it may be a slim window, but iraq had national elections. they are in the process of forming a new government, and theres a period of horse trading coming up in baghdad. can the iraqis come together? can the major factions come together and essentially form a new government that does not involve president malaki at the head of it? can other shiite politicians coalesce around a rival candidate who will be more inclusive, who will seek ...

Joint man never happened, sad to say. political campaigns do regularly do these kind of stunts. before they ran against bob dole in 1996, it was 1992 when bill clinton was up against george h.w. bush, and a guy in a chicken suit was sent to all the campaign stops. president bush did not love this, and he and his campaign ended up getting in a few well publicized fights with the chicken. this is just become a thing that campaigns do to try to get under the skin of the rival candidate, ruffle some...

Joint man never happened, sad to say. political campaigns do regularly do these kind of stunts. before they ran against bob dole in 1996, it was 1992 when bill clinton was up against george h.w. bush, and a guy in a chicken suit was sent to all the campaign stops. president bush did not love this, and he and his campaign ended up getting in a few well publicized fights with the chicken. this is just become a thing that campaigns do to try to get under the skin of the rival candidate, ruffle some...

Cigarette guy turning up at all their events, they floated the idea of not having a butt man but a joint man follow bill clinton around everywhere he went. basically to say that bill clintons a stoner. joint man never happened, sad to say. political campaigns do regularly do these kind of stunts. before they ran against bob dole in 1996, it was 1992 when bill clinton was up against george h.w. bush, and a guy in a chicken suit was sent to all the campaign stops. president bush did not love this,...

Prosecutors say involved stuffing the voting box with absentee ballots, destroying votes for a rival candidate and buying votes with an unusual incentive. senior correspondent eric shawn live in the new york newsroom with shocking details of this. eric, tell us how the scheme worked? >> hi, martha. the plan was vodka for votes, offering little half-point plastic bottles for vodka like this one we bought in arkansas to steal an election. that is what prosecutors say did happen in eastern arkansas...

Go ahead. >> reporter: you can probably hear the fireworks behind me. the celebration is getting under way for the supporters of dr. muhamad morsi, because the supreme council, presidential elections council just announced morsi won, close to 52% of the runoff vote, making him egypts next president, 48% going to the rival candidate, the former prime minister under mubarak. a defining moment for the refer solution and believe me, when i say though there are thousands in egypt, many going to be ho...

Morsi, a member of the islamic brotherhood, an organization banned in egypt for many years, there are people that dont want egypt to take a turn and inject that type of religion in politics, particularly from an organization like muslim brotherhood. many supported secular candidates through first round of voting and particularly in the second round, others, particularly those supporting dr. morsi and others, saw other candidate, the rival candidate who lost, saw him as a representation of the mi...

Romney this week. but before this week, mr. romney weathered the exact same storm from rick perry. see him there? that was rick perry back in september, and then mr. perry went away. after mr. perry, mr. romney weathered the exact same storm from herman cain, and then herman cain went away. then from mr. gingrich, and he went away and came back and went away. so though it is exciting in the moment, a rival candidate to surge and pose a challenge to mr. romney, its not the most novel story in the...

Rick perry, see him there, that was rick perry in september, right? then mr. perry went away. after mr. perry, mr. romney weathered the exact same storm from herman cain, and herman cain went away. then after herman cain, mr. same storm from herman cain, and then herman cain went away. then from mr. gingrich, and he went away and came back and went away gay. so though it is exciting in the moment, a rival candidate to surge and pose a challenge to mr. romney, its not the most novel story in the ...

So, where to next? ♪ here is what the "news nation" is following right now. beginning of the end. if romney wins tonights florida primary, will he wrap up be gop season? newt gingrich vows to fight until the gop convention, but will he be able to survive february. the senate clears away for an insider trading ban in congress after harry reid accuses harry cantor of holding up the debate. mitt romney is vowing to aggressively fends off any attacks coming from a rival candidate or president ...