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Enact comprehensive immigration reform. he didn't do it when he had the chance, and now at the 11th hour he comes up with this executive border. >> ann, we've been seeing governor pawlenty a lot lately. as you know, my colleague, lawrence o'donnell, thought that pawlenty would have been the pick. he went for him. he had the least strikes against him. when we look at the least strike -- or least struck man here, is he high on the list right now no that we clearly know rubio is out? >> look, there's no question that he would be at least based on what we know about him, a safe pick. i think rob p...

Rubio went around capitol hill, had a lot of meetings with democrats, republicans, and the dream students and was trying to craft a proposal. that got the -- that got the white house worried. when the dream activist students started taking rubio seriously, i think the white house realized that they had to act, and so they preempted rubio. rubio is really probably more responsible than anybody for this new policy, and, yet, he seems to get the short end of the stick. that's politics. >> with one fatal swoop, the president could -- rubio and taking some thunder from mitt romney and the gop if th...

Won't discuss the vice presidential process out of respect for governor romney. i'm not discussing the vice presidential -- >> did you already say that? >> i did. but i'll tell you, look, i don't think there's any -- i have no doubt that i'm qualified to serve in the united states senate. >> do you have a doubt that you're qualified to serve as vice president. >> i have no doubt i'm qualified to serve in the united states senate. that's the job that i have, and that's the job that i'm doing. >> the political panel today, washington post deputy national political editor ann cornblue, and salon....

Appearances and showing whether they could be the one to take the lead in that role if they were picked in the next couple of months or around the time of the convention. >> jeff, i know you have your ear to the ground as well here. who are you hearing? we hear a lot, for example, my colleagues on "morning joe" talk about senator portman. that, you know, mitt rom my wants someone who does not upstage him, if you will, an enhancer, but not a sarah palin who comes in and all of the focus immediately goes to her and what she is saying for good and for bad. >> i think sarah palin and joe biden are...

>> thank you to both of you. atia live in kabul, and jim m k miklaszewski, i appreciate it. turning to the campaign trail here at home, three candidates all depending on the poll that you look at, the three gop front-runners. the volatile contest is taking place in the south ahead of the presidential primaries in alabama and mississippi tomorrow. newt gingrich and rick santorum are splitting the vote. in alabama three different polls show each of the candidates in the lead, but rick santorum said the road to the republican nomination is more than just about a numbers kim game. >> the math is...