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Filibuster as well. that means a total of ten republican senators who wouldn't support the filibuster, and if i have done the math right that is double the amount they need to override it. it is still more than enough, even if you subtract the squishy two. the vote is not expected until thursday, the full senate vote not expected until after that, but honestly, barring something unforeseen, we'll have a new defense secretary and it will be chuck hagel because of math. i'm lorenzo. i work for 47 different companies. well, technically i work for one. that company, the united states postal servic...

Filibustering, that is a leap, if they filibuster chuck hagel, they will not succeed. we know it because of math. there are 55 senators in the democracy caucus, they support chuck hagel, you need 60 to override a filibuster, so if you carry the one, the democrats only need one on their side to support a filibuster, there are two on record supporting chuck hagel for defense secretary, and we've seen reports for another six republican senators who have said that even though they may, oppose hagel, they wouldn't support a filibuster, there are two that seem unlikely to filibuster as well. that me...

Of weeks, then he abandoned that because he felt it wasn't getting him anywhere. mitt romney is trying to project an image of someone who would reach across the aisle and see both sides to pull that together. >> i think that's more window dressing. if he wants to convince somebody, for instance, if simpson bowles, his vice-president voted against twas on the commission, voted against it, wouldn't let it out of committee, didn't propose it, wouldn't support it -- >> martha: he said that's because it would have -- he said he was against raising taxes part of simpson bowles. >> don't dodge the qu...

I'm very sorry. >> you know that is the last question she wants to answer. richard wolff is msnbc political analyst. good afternoon. >> hello! >> very exciting. crystal, i want to start with you. the women's groups, there was a protest outside of the fund-raiser for mitt romney. and they're really seizing on this etch a sketch to make the point that you can't shake away -- to make the point that in a general election, we dope know what his role record would be on women's issues. will that stick? >> absolutely. a charge that sticks from all angles. conservatives have been reluctant to support r...

For a lifetime commitment to the federal court. secondly, that suggestion why i may not have originally supported her in the first instance is pretty ludicrous considering the fact i have already supported three previous nominees who came from the u.s. attorneys office under former chris christie as the u.s. attorney and all three of them i supported for judgeships including to the circuit court. so pretty ludicrous that i'd already have supported three nominees who came out of the u.s. attorneys office and somehow wouldn't support number four. >> even if you talk to democrats, they say for yo...