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For people outside wisconsin to understand just how important the race is here. >> the wisconsin recall, of course, is going to be decided at the state level, but in terms of not just interest but also money, also endorsements, sort of pouring into the state from candidates on both sides of that, i wonder from the perspective of somebody who's been reporting on this in wisconsin, you've been writing a lot about out-of-state support for the democrats, in particular, why do you think the rest of the country cares so much about this wisconsin issue? why do you think it's become such a lightning-r...

Issue is when we can stop this destructive fight and crown the nominee and let him get on with the business of defeating obama. >> another lightning rod issue for the president has been the fast & furious, lightning rod issue more so for attorney general holder. what do you think is going to happen here? you know, he's not handing over anything. >> yesterday, we discovered that the prime respect, they caught him. they stopped his truck and realized that he had all sorts of problems. they let him go because they thought he would be a great informant and he never called them back. >> yeah, it's ...

this volatile republican nominating contest. since the last debate nearly a month ago, rick santorum has surged into the lead in the national polls. but it's a mitt romney-santorum dead heat in one of the states that votes next, that's michigan. and the polls here in arizona suggest a late shift here perhaps in governor romney's favor. our chief political analyst gloria borger is here to get us started. gloria let's focus on the poll here today. we had a poll out yesterday that showed a relatively close rates here. but if you look at the nbc marist poll they show governor romney with...

He's been thumping the drum of racial insensitive for 30 years, stoking people's fears. i said it on twitter today, they put us all in the same boat. black and white, all of us poor, and got us all rowing in different directions against each other. he's doing this purposely, so he can drum up a very specific base that he knows will turn out in this gop primary. those people vote like storm troorps, and if he can get them to his side, he cannot lose. >> the open marriage came out today, and there's something in a news, political sense, sexy about. to go back to, unpack -- >> whoa, whoa, wait. o...

Newt gingrich has been doing this for 30 years. he's been thumping the drum of racial insensitive for 30 years, stoking people's fears. i said it on twitter today, they put us all in the same boat. black and white, all of us poor, and got us all rowing in different directions against each other. he's doing this purposely, so he can drum up a very specific base that he knows will turn out in this gop primary. those people vote like storm troorps, and if he can get them to his side, he cannot lose. >> the open marriage came out today, and there's something in a news, political sense, sexy about....