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They took the wrong hostage, they have taking the medicare hostage instead. if democrats come back to the table, they no longer have the leverage of the payroll tax cut because republicans are on record saying they want to extend it. i asked brad, the communication director whether the answer was a or b, he wouldn't say. the republican position he said is that "unless there is a deal, we'll move forward to insure no worker faces a tax hike" make of that what you will. so on the one hand, maybe republicans caved on the payroll tax cut. on the other hand maybe republicans have an awesome plan or...

They took the wrong hostage, they have taking the medicare hostage instead. if democrats come back to the table, they no longer have the leverage of the payroll tax cut because republicans are on record saying they want to extend it. i asked brad, the communication director whether the answer was a or b, he wouldn't say. the republican position he said is that "unless there is a deal, we'll move forward to insure no worker faces a tax hike" make of that what you will. so on the one hand, maybe republicans caved on the payroll tax cut. on the other hand maybe republicans have an awesome plan or...

We greatly appreciate it. let's bring in the panel and talk show host, michael smerconish and msnbc contributor. a reporter for yahoo news and a former hillary clinton campaign spokesperson. i haven't had a chance to chat with you since the news conference held by the woman and her attorney, gloria allred. they will dig up information and some see it as dirt as a counter strategy. >> he dug in so deep, perhaps there some who are watching and thinking other women will be fearful to the ex-at the present time that there other women out there. do they now want to come forward and get in the midst...

Legislature tries to overturn those vetoes, savannah. >> we'll see. coming up next, the man in charge of getting democrats back in charge of the house, steve israel joins us. democrats are launching their own counter strategy, one they hope will hit home with seniors. plus, one of the biggest challenges for president obama in 2012. we've got a re-election report card coming up. but first, today's trivia question from the almanac of american politics. in describing his time in college during the '60s, what senator once remarked, "i never even heard of marijuana?" the answer and more, coming...

Rundown" with chuck todd. have a great day. happy valentine's day! the posturing around chuck hagel's nomination for a defense secretary, well, it's getting murkier by the minute. are republicans gearing up to deny an up or down vote for the pentagon kick before the weekend? president obama's road show policy push hits atlanta today and we'll take a deep dive into the options and odds of the president having to fall back on executive actions, because his policies won't go anywhere in congress. and the republican ruckus over karl rove's conservative counter-strategy is reaching a bit of a...