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Mitt should guide our ship of state. >> both men have vacation homes and a few summers ago i was taking my grandchildren and children to town in the boat for ice cream and we got into the dock and they were all full and we looked around and there was no place to park. i finally found a place to park after 20 minutes and i said, who is going to grab the rope and i looked up and there was mitt romney. he pulled me in, tied the boat and he rescued me just as he is going to rescue this great country...

And the right wing is going to want to blame romney, say he didnt present them and we have a stake with the tea party and the right. if, however, the republicans start losing some of these seats, losing and walsh and bachmann and allen west, then its going to be harder for the right end of the party to argue our ideas went untainted and i think if some of these folks actually lose the election, the more moderate conservatives in the party will be able to say, this wasnt just about romney. this w...

Look out below, republicans are jumping ship faster than you can say hms romney. joining me now is erin mcpike, national political reporter for "real clear politics" and jonathan, writer for "the washington post" and msnbc contributor. thank you both for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> jonathan, if romney doesnt make a change, are we going to see more and more republicans jumping ship, in your opinion? >> sure. weve been listening to and watching republicans express concern about mitt romne...

The election is on. voters in 30 states are already choosing their next president. these are voters today in iowa. republicans have been pushing the idea that theres a huge problem with voter fraud in this country. theres not. but now were getting troubling reports of voter fraud committed by republicans. joining me to help explain those allegations is michael isakoff, nbc news national investigative correspondent. thanks for being here, michael. >> good to be with you. >> now, the republican na...

Talking about 47% by 2.3 million. >> thats unreal. and i think you hit on something very key here, which is when people watch that 47% video, theyve been trying to get a sense, who is this man really? hes been all over the board. he was the moderate governor of massachusetts. now hes spouting these tea party talking points. who is he really? and when they saw that video, they said, ah, this is who is he at his core and we dont like it. >> well, krystal ball and dana milbank, thank you for your t...

Plus, weak tea. the tea party is down and out. does this mean the right will finally actually try to get something done? and mitt romneys campaign is off course and sinking fast. and republicans are starting to jump ship. youre watching "politicsnation" on msnbc. >> republican insiders say that the romney campaign should not hamper paul ryan and let ryan be ryan. no, i think if republican insiders had their way, they might let ryan beat romney. if we want to improve our schools... ...what shou...

Alarms have been ringing louder and louder by conservatives. peggy noonan, rich lowry, bill crystal, all of these folks expressing extreme concern about this candidate and where hes taking the party and where hes taking the conservative movement. so i think if things keep going the way they are going, i think you can hit that fog horn button a few more times and a few more splashes will happen. >> now, erin, were also hearing leading republicans and saying things political reported that republic...

Importance of the deficit but there really is not a program that deals with the other four and they are using extreme measures and cutting up various entitlements and americans that want to deal with the deficit. >> i think what happened in 2010 and democrats in a way allowed this to happen is that the republicans succeeded in making the deficit a central issue and a stand in for peoples economic worries across the board. >> right. >> i think now its much clearer to people that these two things ...

Chair of the republican party on the show and he told me what this is really all about. watch. >> i sat in on many meetings where it was discussed of how to make sure that what happened in 2008, when president obama brought out the college age voter, the minority voters, never happened again. make sure the republican party has an advantage in this upcoming election by reducing early voting, putting roadblocks up for potential voter, latinos, african-americans to exercise their right to vote. >> ...

The "politicsnation" conversation is going all day long. todays hot topic was the right wing voter fraud coming out of florida. tammi says, they accuse the democrats of shenanigans when they are the ones up to no good. and dana says, nice try republicans, but we gotcha. nice one, dana. weve got the full report on that fraud, by the way, coming up next. but, first, we want to hear what you think. head over to facebook and search "politicsnation" and "like" us to join the conversation that keeps...