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Try to protect tax cuts for high income individuals. >> for his part, speaker boehner's new counteroffer seeks $800 billion in tax revenues. none of it, though, from higher tax rates. one more political note. a possible battle royale next year in new jersey. newark mayor cory booker says he's going to decide whether to challenge republican governor chris christie, who is enjoying some sky high approval ratings. booker calls chris christie vulnerable on women's issues and the environment. chris christie is riding a wave of popularity because of how he responded to hurricane sandy. but accordi...

The house, so there's a little bit of nervousness in leadership about that. >> we'll see what kind of legs this has now that executive privilege has been invoked. we'll see you in a few minutes on "morning joe." appreciate you getting up early for us. today mitt romney is expected to address immigration as he speaks to a convention of influential hispanic leaders in florida. president obama meets with the same group tomorrow. the president is riding a wave of momentum with hispanic voters after his announcement last week to allow hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants who came to the u.s....

For suggesting that things were getting better and then they fall back? >> no question that he's riding a wave now, and if things look more bleak, look at the impact the rising gas prices have had on his approval rating. this is where the contrast becomes important. i always like to remind people, president bush was reelected and there were no weapons of mass destruction in iraq. he made this a contrast election about who will make you more safe in america. so, again, it'll be a question of who do you trust to keep the economy recovering? that's not going to be an easy sell, but that's the con...

Pluto. cofounder and executive editor of "real clear politics". good morning to you. >> hey, bill. bill: take it a step at a time here, santorum, what are you seeing with his numbers? >> he is riding a wave of momentum off his victories, three sicktries earlier and heading into michigan and arizona their primaries conducted next week he is ahead in michigan although that race has tightened up. we have a new poll showing the race getting tighter. we're looking to see more data next couple weeks. romney is fighting very hard and dumped millions worth of negative ads on santorum. that could be a ...

>> they are young, idealistic, and they are knowledgeable. >> your point is right, four years ago -- >> bay buchanan was crying when romney stepped out of the race, conservatives were shocked. and now he comes back, my gosh. >> it's an amazing transformation in that short period of time. and even more amazing transformation is how gingrich and santorum have flipped. what was it? two weeks ago we were talking about if only rick santorum would get out of the race, newt gingrich would be elevated to romney. that same ppp poll you cited, they said on a tweet last night. if you took gingrich out of...