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Lets turn to crystal ball and steve cornacky, and meghan mccain with us today. if its not immigration, its immigration. how does he mop this up, crystal? >> its so -- i feel bad for him, hes having trouble keeping track of his own positions, but i think it underscores the fact because he went so far to the right in the primary, its very difficult for him to make any movement back to the center. and even though immigration is not the top issue for most american voters, its one that republicans ar...

Disagree. you know this stuff better than i do having worked through it, but i have to say it has to be humbling to political pros that yeah, actually, the party doesnt matter at all. it matter if it works well, but if you dont function at all, other people will get the work done. its got to be kind of a humbling feeling for the pros in the field. >> capitol goes to where its welcome. and neither party want to donate money where its going to be wasted, whether its not going to have any productiv...

Which is a weird pair of answers. at this stage of the campaign, even in states that mitt romney didnt win, republicans are supposed to be standing up for the nominee, right? not suing for the right to support somebody else. does the republican party, particularly as a collection of state parties, does the republican party matter? does the institution matter? does it matter if a bunch of the state republican parties are emphatically not for mitt romney and there are instead for ron paul? does th...

Particularly as a collection of state parties, does the republican party matter? does the institution matter? does it matter if a bunch of the state republican parties are infatically not for mitt romney and there are instead for ron paul? does the machine that is the republican party make a difference in the presidential election? inside republican party headquarters, we are told tonight that top rnen party officials are in fact worried about the way this is playing out and will play out. a top...

Inside republican party headquarters, we are told tonight that top republican party officials are in fact worried about the way this is playing out and will play out. a top republican official telling us tonight the worries are about the ramification for the 2012 elections and also for beyond. joining us now is steve schmidt, republican strategist, notably for the mccain/palin ticket. steve, thank you for taking this on. thanks for being here. >> you bet. good to see you, rachel. >> does the par...

And i think the political culture has changed and is changed, it has coarsened, but its been that tradition. thats not an empty statement hes making about the politics stopping at the waters edge. the romney campaign, were going to criticize obama for everything, give him credit for nothing, but there have to be some limits. >> and the president, making -- i think its a beltway argument, i think hes appealing to sort of bipartisanship minded people in the beltway who dominate so much of the belt...

Welcome. and neither party want to donate money where its going to be wasted, whether its not going to have any productive function. so the state parties who become dysfunctional, that get out of the business of trying to support the nominee, trying to elect them, they end up starved for funds and theres a new chairman in the next year or two. >> steve, a guy who lives in nevada who is neither a tumbleweed nor a big horned sheep, steve, thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> good to see you. >...

Out romney for having done that. one further point on the issue of romney versus obama on issues like this, i was really struck today, steve, as soon as the obama press conference was over, and he spent a lot of time talking about the dynamic with russia and china towards syria that i talked about the introduction. as soon as the press conference was over, we get a tweet from senator john mccain who is no longer running for president, who is the last republican nominee for president, who has bee...

Europe. >> president speaking this evening from mexico. joining us now, steve cornacky, the senior political writer for salon.com. thanks for being here. >> happy to be here. >> this is one of those days in which we have showcased what it means to be an incumbent running against somebody who by definition is not an incumbent. in terms of the political impact of whats going on in the international context l these pieces moving right now, president obama addressing a bunch of them as the live pres...

Theyll be in trouble. >> steve, ari and karen, thank you all so much for joining me tonight. lets just recap what was a big night for rick santorum. he is the apparent winner of all three contests tonight. santorum, the apparent winner in colorado. with mitt romney in second. in minnesota, nbc projecting santorum wins followed by paul and romney in third and gingrich in fourth. in missouri, santorum won 55% of the vote with romney in second place with 25%. lets send you back now to lawrence. he ...