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Recently. when mitt romney was losing the presidential race in massachusetts by 23 percentage points this past year, his massachusetts-based campaign staff was not just busy losing that race, they were also busy losing scott brown's race, too, an incumbent u.s. senate seat held by a supposedly popular guy lost by eight points. the same campaign people that lost mitt romney the presidency, lost mitt romney his supposed home state by 23 points and lost scott brown an incumbent u.s. senate seat in massachusetts, they are the same people in massachusetts doing the gabriel gomez campaign for the se...

Scott brown an incumbent u.s. senate seat in massachusetts, they are the same people in massachusetts doing the gabriel gomez campaign for the senate seat against ed markey. so, it's the second coming of scott brown either way, right? joining us now is steve kornacki, host of msnbc's weekend morning show "up with steve kornacki," also senior writer at salon.com. steve, thanks for being here. >> no thanks needed for massachusetts. >> you know this stuff chapter and verse. that's why i wanted to ask you, broadly, what do you find the most interesting thing about this race? looking at history her...

The fact checker column beautifully and hilariously illustrates the range of such cable, e-mail, that bear a secretary of state's name. they include an advisory about a shortage of hotel rooms in liberia. january 2009. that was also signed, if you will, by secretary condoleezza rice in that case. a listing of new office phone numbers in the brazzaville embassy in the republic of the congo signed again by secretary clinton. perhaps the best of all, a cable signed, if you will, by clinton about e-mail etiquette, like tips avoiding all-cap letters. it's perceived as shouting she said, or somebody...

That was also signed, if you will, by secretary condoleezza rice in that case. a listing of new office phone numbers in the brazaville embassy in the republic of the congo signed again by secretary clinton. perhaps the best of all, a cable signed, if you will, by clinton about e-mail etiquette, like tips avoiding all-cap letters. it's perceived as shouting she said, or somebody did. i know firsthand all sorts of cables come signed by the secretary of state. when i was in the peace corps in africa, i got one signed by william rogers who was then secretary of state. i knew it was not coming from...

Trying to forge a compromise to get people to support it. i think the chances of any type of passage any time soon is very slim. never say never. this could be a matter that is revisited a year from now. i do think the obama administration and others have gone on. at least in the short term to an issue like immigration. but it is playing out this gun debate is playing out in some blue states. some poeg, at least in pennsylvania, that pat toomey has seen his poll numbers go up since trying to make some sort of compromise. >> thank you very much. have a great weekend. we'll talk with you on mond...