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The chicago machine's lock on a lot of mechanics of government in cook county in chicago. said one frustrated former colleague. later this afternoon we'll look how the examiner found that rather than fight the chicago machine, state senator obama embraced it and then as president, brought a lot of it to washington. jon? jon: interesting. doug mckelway in washington. the thanks, doug. uma: well the health care law penalty tax now it is estimated to hit millions more americans than originally thought. how many people could be paying up and how much will it cost? plus a woman caught on tape, ta...

>>guest: the lawyering up before elections has gotten worst last 12 years. the classic case is 2000. there have always been elections like there but it is happening more and more. you remember that minnesota senate recount, bush and al gore, and you remember any number of other cases recently where you have had court cases over elections. it is not an entirely new phenomenon but it seems to happen a lot more at a higher legal of politics. >>neil: interesting, dave, as always. i think if you are a siamese cat and you have a ballot, i think you would vote republican. >>guest: the dogs are voting...

And people would be too suspicious. >>guest: well, there is that danger but i think that what obama has to gain versus what he has to lose is the equation is in the president's favor. look how this would help the president. one, it would show the president standing up for the cultural traditions of "bitter clinger," socially conservative democrats in places like western pennsylvania and southern ohio off put by the president's coziness with the culture elite. he could defend the c.e.o. without reversing the position on gay marriage or backtrack on that. and because one of the incidents in chic...

a fellow at the institute of politics at harvard's kennedy school of government. and steve moore is with us for the first time. economics writer for the "wall street journal" editorial page. thank you for being with us. our "starting point" is super tuesday, of course. ten states will go to the polls today. there are 419 delegates up for grabs and potentially 2 presidential campaign on the line. if you look at the map of today's super tuesday, contest, newt gingrich says he's going to win dpnlg and polls are supporting him on that. rick santorum says he's going to do well in tennesse...

Frontrunners saying it's going to go on. mitt romney saying that's not going to divide us it will make us strong. newt gingrich saying glad you feel that way i'll be with you until august. >> i thought it was fantastic. i thought newt gingrich distinguished himself. he remind me of how julius ceasar took a strategic retreat and lured pompey only to defeat him. newt gingrich will go through those 46 states like a knife. >> he made him a much better candidate. he made him tough. it shows if he's the nominee he will have to go against that chicago machine. megyn: most our panelists believe romney...