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If you believe some of the reports out there within her team. a new ktsp survey also shows her polling numbers are pretty close in her race. republican michele bachmann has a nine-point lead over cheryl clark. two high-profile departures from her office. campaign finance director quit their jobs tuesday. ryan joins me now from "huffington post." she had a blockbuster second quarter raising $1.7 million and has already raised $4 million for her campaign. but what is going on, first, with her staf...

Bachmann. staffers have quit. is it a sign there is trouble within her campaign? "the huffington post" ryan grim will join me. we like to know what you think regarding the stories were covering today, go to twitter.msnbc.com. [ male announcer ] if youve had a heart attack caused by a completely blocked artery, another heart attack could be lurking, waiting to strike. a heart attack thats caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix, taken with other heart medi...

Welcome back, democratic governors are facing tremendous pressure every day as they try to balance budgets and keep their states afloat in the midst of this struggling economy. and as the nations governors met in boston just this weekend for their annual conference, there was plenty of discontent, with the democratically controlled congress and, yes, also with the white house. struggling states and their leaders want more concrete help from the federal government. ryan grim is with the huffingto...

This as a meaningful problem. obviously you do. obviously i do. ryan, youre doing a hell of a job. keep at them. keep brings us nskt. ryan grim, huffington post. you can read my thoughts on why the banksters keep stealing and why we keep paying. if youve had it, you need to understand it is not necessary y selfish to walk away from your mortgage. it may be the only act of civil disobedience that will resurrect fairness in the country. you may have a social obligation to walk away from your mortg...

For our national security. >> lets bring in ryan grim from the huffington post. ryan, ill start off with you. many people are saying that if critics were ready to pounce on the president, they dont have that window of opportunity because how do you go against david petraeus. >> sure. and the point that the president made is a hard one to dispute. you cant have this in-fighting among your generals and your civilian staff over in afghanistan. a question that arises, though, is why did it take a "r...

I have an excerpt from a book im writing. weve got a lot of extensive reporting from our team. all kinds of coverage on this issue of marijuana and money. i hope you get the chance to check it out. >> that does it for me this hour. ill see you back here at 2:00 p.m. eastern time where we will look at whether rahm emanuel has his sites set on running for mayor and ryan grim joins us to talk about national weed day. meantime, norah odonnell picks up coverage. shell have the latest on the rumblings...

This is national weed day. weed as in marijuana. also known as stoners day or 4:20. whatever you choose to call it, it is a big day for people who smoke marijuana around the world. and its taking on a special significance this year with california voters set to decide in november whether to become the first state to legalize pot. theres also a growing push to legalize marijuana in other places. so what is the real significance of april 20th? we are joined now be ryan grim. senior congressional c...

Is. in 08 the prison guards were able to beat a treatment over incarceration. california is in such dire fiscal straits, maybe people will say weve spent enough on this folly. time to move forward. >> 55% said legalizing pot would have no -- interesting conversation, ryan. i greatly appreciate it. im going to read that book so i can get up to date on whats happening. thank you very much. a former college student went on trial in knoxville, today, on charges of hacking into sarah palins e-mail ...

You know, what republican donors do generally is pretty obnoxious to the american people. what have they had to canceling. polo match, yachting, trips to bowling clubs. if you want to get money from rich republicans, youre going to have to engage in some of these obnoxious activities, so they like that to happen without the entire nation watching. now that everybodys watching it makes it a lot harder for them to raise money from these rich republicans. >> ryan, for a guy who hasnt spoken to any ...

She along with mollbyhill were charged with civil rights and criminal harassment. could be a watershed case, tamron, in cases that the whole nation will be watching. president obama met today with 20 african-american religious leaders. the preachers represent some of the largest black churches in our country. it comes amid growing calls for the president to get more involved in directly addressing the needs of the african-american community. the recession has taken a disproportionately high to...