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>> he's a gentleman. he's a class act. he's a thoughtful guy. he'll make a great united states senator. i think yesterday he apologized for his comments and i think he was right in apologizing for them. >> let's turn to keli goff tonight, political correspondent for theroot.com and also with us tonight, republican strategist ron christie. great to have both of you with us. ron, let me ask you first. is richard mourdock an asset for the republican party? >> on a national level, no, i don't think he is. politics is about addition, rather than subtraction. i don't agree with what he said. i'm pro...

Women's issues. todd akin coined the phrase "legitimate rape." he was caught on tape saying he doesn't support fair pay for women because it hurts free enterprise? mccaskill, warren, and baldwin are focusing on women's issues, the 47% and medicare, it's working. and there are others. heidi heitkamp is in a race in north dakota. shelley berkley is neck and neck in nevada. all of these women are giving the democrats a fighting chance and taking control of the senate. i'm joined by michelle goldberg contributing writing for "newsweek" and keli goff, political correspondent for theroot.com. i gues...

He was caught on tape saying he doesn't support fair pay for women because it hurts free enterprise? mccaskill, warren, and baldwin are focusing on women's issues, the 47% and medicare, it's working. and there are others. heidi heitkamp is in a race in north dakota. shelley berkley is neck and neck in nevada. all of these women are giving the democrats a fighting chance and taking control of the senate. i'm joined by michelle goldberg contributing writing for "newsweek" and keli goff, political correspondent for theroot.com. i guess we could say that maybe four or five months ago, we wouldn't ...

From new york, i'm ezra klein in for the great chris hayes. with me this morning, alexis gold stein, william company had an, noam scheiber, author of "the escape artist." john mcwhorter from theroot.com. jared bernstein, former economist and economic adviser to vice president joe biden. we are calling him jared. >> i wanted to ask you a question. i think that early on in the obama administration we really had an opportunity where with the bank bailout we could have demanded more from the banks and demanded changes in management and perhaps something to do with compensation. i don't think we sa...

Congressman steve cohen, tennessee. michelle bernard, founder, president, and ceo of bernard center for women, politics and public policy. goldie taylor author of "uncivil war." john mcwhorter, columbia university professor of linguistic and american studies and contributing editor at "new republic" and theroot.com. we are just a couple of days away from super tuesday with primaries and caulkes in 11 states and 424 delegates at stake. voters in states including ohio, massachusetts, tennessee will choose more delegates than have been awarded so far. i think we are well past the giddy exuberance...