you, of course, are one of them. >> and leave for sochi. >> look at this. i love it. fantastic. >> yeah. >> i don't think you need the bucket. >> oh, yeah, going to sochi. >> all right. good luck over there. and herb alpert, man, that guy rocks, winning a grammy last night, great talking to him this past week. way too early, "morning joe," but stick around for chuck todd. the state of the union is tomorrow. we're getting the first clues on what the president will say, as this morning -- and this morning we'll have the expectations and reaction from a top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer. as well as republican national committee chairman reince priebus. and it's part two of our look at the state of the states with a look at what more than 20 governors across the country are mapping out for this midterm election year on the policy front. plus, a little bluegrass

blast with a somewhat surprising zing for the clintons, as the latest example. senator rand paul is showing he'd be a formidable factor in a 2016 debate field. good morning from washington. it's monday, january 27th, 2014. this is the "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. let's get to the first reads of the morning. president obama's state of the union is about 36 hours away, and what will almost certainly be his last best chance to set the political agenda in washington as president. the fact is, his next two state of the union addresses will undoubtedly be overshadowed by presidential politics and that means tomorrow night is the last time they'll have the political playing field all to himself. >> i think all of us in washington, the president included, need to do what we can to restore trust in our people. that's where the president will begin on tuesday night. what he's going to do is lay out a series of concrete, real, practical proposals on how we restore opportunity for all americans. >> we know the major themes for

tomorrow night, income inequality and the economic recovery the two big ones. the trick is drawing the line between playing small ball and adopting a realistic set of goals. the white house insists they want an achievable set of goals more than anything else. and what the administration does not want is a state of the union like last year's, where the president went big on issues like guns as well as climate and some other issuing on the economy, and it went nowhere. nevertheless, you're still liking to hear some lines that sound very reminiscent of 2013. >> now is our best chance for bipartisan, comprehensive tax reform that encourages job creation and helps bring down the deficit. but for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. [ applause ] send me a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the

next few months, and i will sign it right away, and america will be better for it. let's get it done. let's get it done. [ applause ] >> it is amazing reading that 2013 speech and realizing how little did get done last year, but it's that last issue, immigration, that represents the best chance to get something big done from this congress in 2014. and for that reason, expect him to choose his words carefully. we've seen signs that progress is possible. the president said last year he would accept a step-by-step approach on the issue and key republicans have said they're open to a program granting legal status to most undocumented immigrants. so they're getting a little closer in the house. tomorrow, president obama will try to push it forward without derailing it a bit. the president isn't counting on congress to do much, which is why he's focusing more on what he can accomplish with executive action on his own. >> i've got a pen and i've got a phone, and that's all i need -- [ applause ] -- because when a pen -- with a

pen, i can take executive actions. with a phone, i can rally folks from around the country to help grow the economy and restore opportunity. >> one of the other things you're likely to hear about is health care. the hhs report of some 3 million people have enrolled, less than half the number the white house was hoping to get to by the end of march. we don't know if they're new health care recipients. since he can't pass up a chance to speak to a captive audience, we expect the president to do a marketing pitch to get people to sign up for health care. we don't expect him to spend a lot of time on foreign policy, outside of asking for patience when it comes to both the timetable in the afghan withdrawal and figuring out whether to leave a residual force, and more importantly, looking for patience from congress when it comes to new sanctioning on iran, as the six-month pre -- pre-preliminary deal gets implemented.

this morning we learned more about the guest list at tomorrow's event. among those seated with the first lady, michelle obama, are survivors of the boston bombing, a first responder to the horrible tornado that hit moore, oklahoma, last may, and jason collins, the first openly gay athlete in the nba. the white house is also trying to change the way that people watch the state of the union. they're looking for every gadget in the book. for the past week, whitehouse.gov has been steering people to enhanced graphics, and something that they hope will light up social media. the president will switch back to a more traditional outreach and hitting the road for two days, a four-state trip that will take him around the middle of the country. while the white house insists the president will seek an optimistic tone for tomorrow night's address, the republicans are looking for something different. here's what missouri senator roy blunt had to say that republicans asked him to do on

behalf of the party for the state of the union. >> when he delivers his state of the union address this week, the president has a lot of explaining to do. if all he has to offer is more of same, or if he refuses to acknowledge that his own policies have failed to work, the president simply doing what many failed leaders have done before him, trying to set one group of americans against another group of americans. >> well, the prebuttal there, obviously, he's getting it will be a political speech. joining me is chuck schumer. >> good morning. >> one of the more powerful senators in that body. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, chuck. >> so respond to roy blunt there. what do you expect? they obviously -- they believe it's going to be a political speech filled with wedge issues in order to help democrats in an election year. what say you, chuck schumer? what do you expect? >> well, look, our politics is turned around, and the big issues of the last two, three years -- deficit, obamacare -- are not the big issue this year.

it's middle class. it is how you can get middle class incomes rising again. they've been declining for ten years. it's how you can get more good-paying jobs here, and how the productivity gains, which we've had over the last decade and a half, can help average folks. wages haven't caught up to that. that's not political. that's a necessity. if the incomes keep declining, we'll have a different america that no one will like. this is a very important speech. more important than most, because the whole tech tonic plates beneath our politics is pivoting, and he'll focus like a laser on the middle class. it was the economy, stupid, in '92. it's the middle class, stupid, in 2014. >> and, also, what the white house seems to be hinting at here, is they're not going to be asking much of you guys in congress, because he feels as if he's going to be forced to go around congress, that he won't get a lot of cooperation.

but interestingly, there was one republican yesterday on the sunday shows, rand paul, who seemed to hint that he's willing to be open to some ideas. here's what he said, and i want to get your reaction on the other side. rand paul. >> you know, i think the thing we make the mistake of up there, we try to agree to too much. i'm the first acknowledge to the president and i don't agree on every issue. if you took ten issues, there's two or three we agree on, and why don't we go after the issues we agree on? >> when i heard rand paul said that, i said, chuck schumer would say the same thing, i think, if thises were a republican president and you were in the position on the democratic side of trying to find the one or two issues. what are the one or two issues this congress, from the president's state of the union, can actually get done? >> well, i think at the top of the list is immigration. the bottom line there is it's vital for america. cbo say it is will increase gdp by 3.5% the first decade. that's more than any republican tax cut or democratic spending program would do.

and most importantly, there's a lot of bubbling on the republican side, because they know if they continue to alienate the immigrant community, particularly hispanicing, but asians and others, they'll never, never be the majority party. it will even hurt them in taking back the senate or keeping the house. so i think immigration has a very good chance of actually becoming law. it's not going to be exactly everything i would want. it won't be everything john boehner would want. on that one, i think we can make both sides happy. >> is that basically the one thing we should be expecting from congress this year, and is that it? everything else sort of -- >> -- other issues. you've seen some republicans talk about minimum wage increases in a variety of different ways. i think we might get that. there's probably some common ground perhaps on infrastructure, a number of people are working on that. we have some bipartisan propo l proposals on fannie and freddie, and i predict this, chuck. i think that actually it's going

to be a more productive congress than in 2013 for the one reason that -- >> wait a minute, that's a low bar -- >> yeah it, is a low bar, admittedly. but the republican leadership, in both the house and the senate, has finally said enough of the tea party. the tea party has had a stranglehold on our politics, and i find it funny when republicans say the president's policies have failed. they haven't let him put them into effect. they haven't put in more money for infrastructure. or education. or scientific research. things that would help the middle class advance. i think this year it might be a little different. >> you're known to be a dealmaker at the end of the day. you would like to get something rather than nothing. >> yes. >> that's your reputation. that's why you seem to get more done than most senators. on the debt ceiling, you know what the republicans are saying. they want something for this. and, you know, frankly some of them are small, but they want something, the white house has said nothing. you see -- you strike me as somebody that in the back room, you would think, okay, let's find something, just to get this

done. will you be willing to do something on the debt ceiling beyond where the white house sits right now? >> debt kreel something a little bit of a different issue here, because if we start bargaining every time the debt ceiling comes up, and we go right down to the deadline, even if we solve it, eventually the full faith and credit, the credit rating of the united states is destroy. on this one, i'm not somebody who says, let's make a deal. we stood firm on closing on the government closing down and not negotiating. and the american people sided with us. i think the same is going to happen on debt ceiling. and my prediction is that we will pass a clean debt ceiling. >> right. >> the republicans are not -- the republican leadership, and most republicans, are not going to follow ted cruz over the cliff a la "thelma and louise" twice, and i think on issues we can come together. >> new york state, andrew cuomo talking about instituting a

policy making medical marijuana legal, and where are you on this issue in general? do you see it as inevitable that recreational use is going to be legal in all 50 states in your lifetime? >> you know, it's a tough issue. we talk about the comparison to alcohol, and obviously, alcohol is legal, and i'm hardly a prohibitionist, but it does a lot of damage. so the view i have, and i'm a little cautious on this, let's see how the state experiments work. we now have the states as laboratories, different states, different levels -- colorado and washington sort of opened the door. the governor's proposal in new york, much more cautious. >> right. >> i'd be a little cautious here at the federal level and see the laboratories of the states, see their outcomes before we make a decision. >> you believe the federal government should let the states do this, because, you know, they could crack down, and say, no. >> no, i think having the states experiment is a good idea. >> all right. chuck schumer, one of the key leaders in the democratic senate, thank you, sir. >> thank you, chuck.

tomorrow morning, we're going to be live on capitol hill for a special state of the union edition of "the daily rundown." nancy pelosi will join me live on our set there. she'll be one of our many guests that'll be very state of the union related. and developing this morning, nbc news has confirmed that florida republican congressman trey radel is resigning, not just leaving, but resigning. the congressman plans to send a formal resignation letter to the house speaker later today. this would mean a special election, by the way, for his republican -- very republican seat. we're going to get rnc chairman reince priebus' reaction to that, and his party's problem of communicating with female voters. a lot of prebuttals on state of the union going on around town. don't miss hillary clinton. she'll be speaking at the national auto dealers association.

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back now with more of this morning's "first read." the rnc wrapped up its meeting with a rebranding effort that's been going on for the better part of the year. the point of last week's meeting was to set the messaging rules of sorts for 2014 and 2016. but arguably, ill-timed comments from a potential presidential candidate, mike huckabee, seemed to overshadow everything else. >> and if the democrats want to insult the women of america by making them believe that they

are helpless without uncle sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control, because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government, then so be it. let us take that discussion all across america. >> democrats jumped on those comments immediately. a bunch of groups tried to raise money off of them. they called them symptom attic of the gop's war on women. republicans put a bid on the defensive, and also hit at the media for what they believed was a mischaracterization. but rnc chairman reince priebus said, quote -- somewhat of a mild rebuke, it looks like, of huckabee, we'll ask him specifically in a minute. on nbc's "meet the press," senator rand paul rejected the democrats' accusations, but he also distanced himself from huckabee's comments at the same time. >> i try never to have

discussions of anatomy unless i'm at a medical conference. but what i would say is we didn't start this sort of, i think glossy, and sometimes dumbed-down debate about there being a war on women. i think the facts show that women are doing very well, have come a long way -- >> another potential 2016 candidate, new jersey governor chris christie, is in the spotlight thanks to multiple investigations into the allegations of political payback and charges that he withheld sandy storm funds. republicans seem split, though, on whether he can survive. perhaps thinking about their own politics. >> i hope he can extricate himself. i'm certainly rooting for him to do so, because i think he's an effective leader, and i'd like to see him move on to governing new jersey and not being mired in the scandal. >> on the other hand, senator paul says even if christie does come out of this relativelien scathed, he may not be the right fit for the party in 2016.

>> the primary's a very conservative process, and the -- my understanding is it will be difficult for a moderate to make it through, because we truly are fiscal conservatives in our party. >> senator paul was also asked about comments his wife, kelly, made in a "vogue" profile when she suggested that hillary clinton's aspirations could be derailed by bill clinton's affair with monica lewinsky. he didn't seem to just stand by the comments, but seemed to reiterate them. >> yes, i think it's a factor. it's not hillary's fault. >> it should be an issue -- >> it's a factor in judging bill clinton in history. >> is it something hillary clinton should be judged on if she's a candidate in 2016? >> i'm not saying that. this is with regard to the clintons, and sometimes it's hard to separate one from the other. with regards to his place in history, it certainly is a discussion. >> of course, before we get to

2016, there's the 2014 midterms to talk about, a prime opportunity for republicans to take control of the senate. republican leader mitch mcconnell talked sunday about what he believes the party needs to do between now and november. >> in order to win november, you have to have an electable candidate, and i'm very confident that in every single police where we have an opportunity for a pickup, we're going to have a very electable candidate, not just in the primary, but in the general, as well. in west virginia, north carolina, louisiana, arkansas, south dakota, alaska, montana, michigan, all of those states we have very good candidates who can win elections. >> joining me now is the chairman of the republican national committee, reince priebus. mr. chairman, good morning to you, sir. >> thank you, good morning, chuck. >> well, let me pick up on the mitch mcconnell comments. >> sure. >> he's obviously facing his own primary. he put emphasis on the electable

candidates. one of the things that jumped out at me, a resolution passed in the winter meeting, abortion, a voice vote, we don't have a roll call, but the idea unanimously accepted, was it said this, the rnc urges all republican pro-life candidates, consultants, and other republican national committees to reject a strategy of silence on the abortion issue when candidates are attacked with war on women rhetoric. i looked at this, and immediately i'm thinking, how does scott -- how does the republican party welcome a scott brown running for the u.s. senate in new hampshire, a pro-choice republican? >> well, if you read the resolution, chuck, it says pro-life republicans that are getting pounded by rhetoric should respond aggressively. so it wouldn't pertain to scott brown. >> do you believe pro-choice republicans are welcomed in your party? this resolution -- >> sure. >> -- by passing a resolution like this, it doesn't imply that pro-choice republicans are not welcome anymore? >> no, it doesn't say that at all. what it says is, when you've got

a guy like ken cuccinelli, who's getting his brains beat out with rhetoric that isn't accurate, you know, maybe a good response might be, "hey, look, you're calling me extreme, because i value life, why don't we look at terry mcauliffe's opinion on whether or not we ought to have gender-based abortions, or whether you ought to have abortion in the third trimester." i think 80% of americans agree with the republican viewpoint on that issue. and the only thing that this resolution is saying, look, if you're a pro-life candidate, and your strategy is to just stand there and see how strong your jaw is, that might not be the best strategy. i think you might be reading a little too much into this. >> all right. let me ask you about mike huckabee, and your comes afterwards, you told one reporter, they were kind of goofy, and you had a much more formal statement. it sounded to me like a rebuke. were you offering a mild rebuke of huckabee's choice of words?

>> sure. yes, i was. and the reason is that, you know, you have to accept the political world we live in, in the sense that you cannot offer up words like libido, wherever that came from, you don't offer up these sorts of, you know, lobs and set up passes and serves that allow the democrats to spike the ball. i mean, it's not where our party stands. it really isn't even what mike huckabee meant to say. i mean, he had a pretty good message -- and overshadowed by a choice of words that -- it was just a little bit off, that's all. >> why did you invite a guy -- when i think about mike huckabee and the things the republican party is trying to do to appeal to different voting groups, mike huckabee on economic populism as a form of reaching out, that would have made sense to me. why did you have mike huckabee -- the last republican in the country, essentially, standing shined todd aiken in 2012, arguably the guy only

supporter of todd aiken at some point, why did you invite him to speak on these women's issues? >> chuck, growing our party -- we had, obviously, tim scott. we had rebecca clayfish from wisconsin, mitch mcconnell, mike huckabee, growing a party means you go -- you have to go where you're weak, you have to go where you have to be stronger. you have -- obviously, you have to tap into that type of growth. but you also have to go, too, where you're pretty strong and you want to be stronger. i mean, growing the party means growing the party everywhere. look, we had an incredibly historic and successful week. what we did in delivering the rules on the presidential primary process was incredible. it is what our party promised. and quite frankly, chuck, of all the things that you and i most -- we just discussed, that's the one thing we control. my world -- my world is in -- >> i know. >> -- is not what we're talking about. >> i understand. let's go to your world. and this decision that the party made, with your leadership, to

essentially shrink the primary calendar a bit, truncate the process, really have a general election focused set of rules. have you woken up in the middle of the night and said to yourself, are we overlearning the lesson of 2012? i say this, because i look at this calendar, and the idea of -- if you want a general -- if you want a more electable candidate going into the fall, you've put -- potentially put a calendar that favors conservatives to have the momentum early and could hurt the quote/unquote electable, center-right candidates. was that your intention? >> how is that? >> the early calendar, basically february -- february all is a calendar geared toward conservative electorates, in iowa, south carolina, nevada, in particular. even a little less so with new hampshire. but one candidate, that same -- the candidate of the conservatives, if you will, you know it will be split up, has a chance to run -- win three of those four, has all of the momentum going into your next three months, is that your

intention? >> well, actually, chuck, it's not really accurate. if you look at the rules as they were originally drafted in tampa, if we did nothing, what you're saying would have been more likely. but what we actually passed -- the early carve-outs, it was already in the rules, it was untouched. the two weeks of proportionality runs count to your argument, because it allows candidates to compete on a proportional basis for two weeks as opposed to the original rule, which was a winner take all. this slows down the process by two weeks. then you get to winner take all at mid-march, and then you have an early convention, which is more of a campaign finance issue. >> right. >> so i think it's actually the best of all worlds. it allows candidates to make their case, but we do it in a truncated fashion. i think it's better for our party. >> very quickly, trey radel, doing the right thing? >> yeah, absolutely.

>> this resignation? all right. reince priebus, we covered a lot of ground today, and we'll be debating this rules process -- >> most of which -- most of which is out of our world, but you go ahead. >> a point i made earlier this morning, by the way, on one of your favorite programs. reince priebus, chairman of the republican party. we'll debate your calendar in december of 2016. >> okay. >> coming up, with just ten days to go until the sochi games, a change of plans as the olympic torch relay makes its most dangerous stop and the russian republic of dagestan. first, today's trivia question. who is the first future president to deliver an official televised response to a president's state of the union? there's a lot of ifs in there. first person to tweet the correct answer, @chucktodd, or @dailyrundown, gets the shoutout. ♪ [ male announcer ] what kind of energy is so abundant, it can help provide the power for all this?

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well, tomorrow night, president obama will deliver his fifth state of the union address, but we already have heard about half of the country's governors about their policy plans on the state level. these addresses have been dominated by a four-letter word, jobs. as governors push ideas about investment, training, advanced manufacturing, and they boast about tax climates that attract new businesses to their state, we expect the president tomorrow night to strike a tone that's less optimistic than what we've been hearing in the states. still with optimism. here's the difference. the president doesn't have to run for re-election again, and most of the governors do, and that may explain the tone. >> since january 2010, would he have added 170,000 jobs. >> 1 million new jobs since 2010. >> we have gained 70,000 jobs in 2013 alone. >> we have seen the lowest unemployment rate in five years. >> for the first time since 2006, our labor force is actually growing in the state of

michigan. >> the proof is in the pudding, and the arrows are pointing up. we've added 380,000 new private-sector jobs since 2010. >> the president, of course, will be pushing for another federal minimum wage increase to $10.10 an hour, and a handful of democratic governors already pushing that idea on the state level, and even asking for more than that. >> can we really say that our economy is working if our stock market is booming but middle-class earnings are declining? raising the minimum wage to $10.10 is going to create more and better customers for maryland businesses. >> an increase in the range of $1.50 to $2.50, is a step toward closing the widening economic gap. >> i will be proposing a bill to increase the minimum wage by $1.50 to at least $8.75. >> yes, governor abercrombie always is wearing a lei. education reform is a high

priority with calls for new spending, access to prekindergarten and career and technical training. he's going to call for universal pre-k, something he did in 2013. ten states currently fund universal full-day kindergarten, a separate issue. it still doesn't happen. we're talking about pre-k. we haven't fully funded kindergarten around the country. and drew cuomo said the state can foot the bill, and de blasio wants to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for it. not sitting well with the more center-left governor of the state. it's not just expanded pre-k. in kansas, the governor proposed $80 million expansion, and while his administration is in a high-profile battle with the courts over the state's obligation to fund public education in general, that may be triggering why he's focusing on that now. in the states, you have other

proposals. arizona's jan brewer rebrand pay for performance funding, something the state rejected last year. brewer's new plan would tie a percentage of the funding the districts get from the state to student performance on standardized tests. teachers can't stand that idea in general, folks. alaska's sean parnell surprised some in his state by coming out in support of a constitutional amendment that would end the state's ban on spending public funds for private and religious schools. meanwhile, in south carolina, nikki haley rolled out a $177 million education plan, though she didn't offer many specifics about how she would pay for it. and some other things that were missing from her address, a common core. when he delivers his address this week, pat quinn will try to persuade voters his plan is effective. it's an issue that dominated state of the state addresses for the past several years. it's in the spotlight, but in fewer states this time around.

>> unlike illinois, our pension system is the only one fully funded in the country. >> for fiscal year 2015, the increase in pension and debt service costs could amount -- the increase -- could amount to as much as nearly $1 billion. if we get to an era where we can choose everything, let me suggest to you we're really choosing nothing. >> tomorrow night, the president will return to what may be his top priority for the year, at least as far as getting something out of congress, and that's brokering an immigration dial. until there's a federal solution, governors have been making immigration policy via patchwork of state laws. jan brewer devoted one sentence to immigration. interesting. instead, it was michigan's rick snyder campaigning on plans to ask for 50,000 visas for highly skilled immigrants who would move to one city, a city in his state that needs rebuilding,

called detroit. new mexico susanna martinez called on lawmakers to repeal a 2003 state law that allows her state residents to get driver's licenses regardless of the immigration status. while democrats like martin o'malley had to carve out time to apologize for rocky health care launches, one touted his state's success at running their own exchange. meanwhile, a handful of republican governors defended their decisions to reject federal money for medicaid expansion. here's a taste of that. >> we are able to cover everyone living in poverty, reduce the number of uninsured, and still not expose wisconsin taxpayers to the uncertain potential costs of the federal medicaid expansion. >> the federal government has said they'll give us money to expand. but how can we believe the federal government, and how can we believe that they will keep

their word? the anything but affordable care act has done nothing to gain our trust. >> i will not advance idaho's role in that law's implementation without your advice and consent. my answer remains, not this year. >> interesting there, in idaho, there actually is some support for starting their own exchange there, because they've been dominated by one major health care provider. the state of the state is an opportunity to talk about pet projects, to focus attention on policies and problems. one dedicated his speech to an addiction crisis. his state has seen a 77% increase in treatment for opiates. >> what started as oxycontin and prescription drug problem in vermont has now grown into a full-blown heroin crisis.

>> mississippi's bryant said his goal is to end abortion in mississippi, period. he also received a standing ovation when he told legislators he wants to add the owingen, "in god we trust" to the state's seal. nebraska's called for a state of the state prison system and reform the good-time law which cuts sentences in half. and in colorado, john hick hickenlooper said they're obligated to make sure parents and children understand the risks of underage use of marijuana. >> this is going to be one of the great social experiments of this century, and while not all of us chose it or supported it, being first means that we all share a responsibility to do it properly. >> as you can see, there's a lot to glean from those state of the state addresses, and they do apply nationally. we've got much more on what we expect in the state of the union with our monday gaggle, plus my

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>> maybe a farm bill. we've had maybe a farm bill for 18 months. >> that's right. and i think once the members start feeling even more pressure back home -- gary price's increase, which has been threatened, and maybe the bill gets passed -- but we'll see the president talk about things on the executive level -- climate change, infrastructure, education, and as you know, chuck, that's small-scale stuff. it's not the sweeping thing that he -- >> i know, the white house is paranoid of small ball, because they say we're trying to be realistic. casey, a whole bunch of democratic senators are panicked they'll lose the majority. are they concerned the president is not playing enough politics tomorrow? >> i think you're at the point where, you know, usually the democrats are all about -- excited about the address, looking forward to implementing the priorities, and the democrats are better off if congress doesn't do much. there are issues -- >> they want to run against that. some of them -- >> they have to run against it. >> it's easier to run against nothing, actually, than if -- >> if he don't necessarily want to spend the next year agre

aggressively pushing the president's agenda. >> they would -- >> democrats would benefit if the president -- if his numbers improve, i don't know if the speech does it, but they'll be looking for the items, see, all right, this is where i can agree and this is where i can disagree because i'm running in the red state. >> i want to move to the rnc's meeting, it was interesting, hey, i only control what i can control, right, nathan? it does frustrate the rnc, they don't get to have any impact on policy, yet because of that autopsy, i'd argue, because they threw it out there, hey, the party has to learn to speak on women's issues better they have to answer on huckabee. i don't understand huckabee on that topic. >> someone like huckabee has moved beyond the political role. he's now in a talk show, in a different role-playing to a different audience and because of how the media is today, nothing happens in a

videocassette yum. one person makes one comment, everyone has to answer to it. >> it got a latch of the tongue. >> it did. you notice mcconnell over the weekend also mitch mcconnell said we're going to nominate electable republican candidates in the primary. that was something they really shied away from in the last cycle. they are really trying to prop up the best candidate, but you have people like huckabee and those folks may win. >> element, they are the people writing the rules. this is where there's the disconnect. mitch mcconnell and reince priebus are trying to do one thing, the rnc was trying to do something else. >> the entire winter meeting was how they are reaching out to more diverse constituencies. the co-chair gave a whole speech about how women are not a coalition, women are a majority of voters and it was quite a disconnect between their approach and huckabee's. >> obviously, somebody forgot mike huckabee was the last guy standing behind todd aiken. >> newt gingrich, too.

>> anyway, thank you for that short and quick. i'm going to do a little rand paul, i was going to let you, but i'm going to steal it for the end of the show. first president to deliver a president's response, gerald ford in 1966 when he joined senator everett dirksen to respond officially to lbj's state of the union. congratulations to our winner, michael diamond. we'll be right back. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life.

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take away time. on "meet the press" this weekend, kentucky senator rand paul proved something to me that i think needs to be made note of, he has the ingredients to become the gop's presidential front-runner in 2016 and seems to be ready and willing to take on any and all of his opponents. republicans must be able to take

on hillary clinton and be unafraid to play hardball if necessary. well, on sunday, rand paul certainly passed that challenge. the base of the party wants to see republicans aggressive against the clintons, they don't want to see him passing chances to take hits. well, he didn't pass a chance to take a shot at both bill clinton and hillary clinton and hit chris christie. he's done that before, but the other leading candidate for the gop nomination hasn't been fighting back as much lately, so what does this mean? means senator paul is a bit more nimble on his feet now these days than when he first started doing interviews and means he's going to be formidable in a group setting in debate, will be able to stand out in a way even his father wasn't able to do. interesting to watch him on the sunday talk show. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." remember, i have nancy pelosi live with me on a special set, pre state of the union edition

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now, that's progressive. right now, hillary clinton's getting ready to take the stage in new orleans as an old attack on her husband resurfaces. is she still the inevitable nominee in 2016? what was the motive behind the mall shooting in maryland as police are trying to find out what happened, a brand new analysis shows one child or teenager is shot every single hour. what is going on with guns in america? and this afternoon, a joint committee in new jersey gets to work. we'll talk to the chair as the legislative investigation kicks off. good morning, i'm chris jansing. president obama won't let congress stand in the way anymore. his advisers are suggesting a change in strategy and tone as he gears up for tomorrow's state of the union. you're going to hear a lot more of this. >> i've got a pen and i've got a phone. i can use t