is catching. >> i learned that tonight i am going to be cooking dinner for my family from a recipe from garden and gun magazine. >> willie, it is way too early. what time? >> it is "morning joe." stick around right now for chuck. the republican race, all but over. some fighting words president obama delivers a tough speech with sharp jabs aimed at the ryan budget plan. mitt romney and the entire republican party. you want to know what the general election will sound like from the white house point of view. we got that view. >> how many governors, senators

and president are running for president? not a single one. why do we keep using those titles. the daily rundown investigates what's in a name. >> good morning, wednesday, april 4th, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." mitt romney swept in wisconsin, maryland and the district of columbia cementing his status as the all but certain no, ma'mine depriving rick santorum of this last chance to do what he couldn't do in michigan, ohio, illinois, changes the narrative with some sort of big upset. in wisconsin, romney won 43% of the vote. beat santorum, 38%. ron paul beat news gingrich by a 2-1 margin if you care. romney cruised to beating santorum in maryland, 49%, santorum, 29%.

he may not have blown him out in the raw vote but clobbered him in the fight for delegates. he lost just nine tedelegates tt were up. he swept the delegates in maryland and d.c. he walked away with 83 out of the 92 delegates at stake last night. romney has 573 delegates in his column. this is the nbc count. santorum has 212, gingrich, 137, ron paul, 34. we have been repeating the mantra, demographics or destiny. thats wa the case again last night. he couldn't win. half the electorate were white evangelicals. in maryland, that number was smaller, 33%. we saw santorum's core groups start to erode and move to romney. the polls reflect the growing sense, a matter of time before romney is the nominee. wisconsin voters said that 80% of them said they believe romney will win the nomination.

two-thirds of santorum voters said romney will win the nomination. romney started to make a general election pitch, ignored his republican rivals and focused solely on the president trying to put meat on the bone of the argument he is trying to make. he is claiming that it is president obama that is o ut of touch with ordinary americans. >> it is enough to make you think that years of flying around in air force one surrounded by an adoring staff of true believers telling you you are great and you are doing a great job, it is enough to think you might become a little out of touch. >> behind the scenes, the romney campaign is saying this thing is over. publicly, romney didn't spike the football. instead, he basically gave santorum permission to stay in the race by asking for support in the primaries ahead. >> i'm asking the good people of pennsylvania and new york, rhode island, delaware, and connecticut, to join me.

join me in the next step towards that destination of november 6th. >> up five for five in those april 24th primaries. that would make santorum a fringe candidate. it would be embarrassing because it would be the home state herb u. the big question, is santorum prepared to be embarrassed by losing his home state that dem graphicily looks like a state that romney is going to win. how would he respond to ul kas to get out or lay off the presumptive nominee? last night, he channeled a little clint eastwood defiantly declaring, it is halftime in the republican contest. >> who is ready to charge out of the locker room in pennsylvania for a strong second half. the clock starts tonight. we have three weeks to go out here in pennsylvania and win this state. after winning this state, the field looks a little different in may. >> santorum also wrapped himself in that reagan, '76 mantle,

trying to rationize why he should stay in all the way to the end. >> get out of the race, they said, we need a moderate. in 1976, ronald reagan didn't get out of the race. he was able to stand tall in may, win the state of texas. he fell short and in the fall republicans fell short, because we nominated another moderate and then four years later, they fought him again. >> i tell you, that's a tough way to rationize staying in the race. that's one way of looking at the race. if reagan had gotten out earlier, would ford have won in '76. that's going to be some of the arguments some folks privately might be having in talks with santorum or people close with him. with romney on the verge of wrapping up the republican

nomination, president obama laid out a verbal blueprint to a d.c. ballroom filled with america's newspaper editors. here is the gist. oba obama wants to make romney own the republican brand, a brand that is not good. he eadvice serrated the republican budget proposed by paul ryan. >> a trojan horse brilliant attempt to impose a radical vision on our country, thinly veiled social darwinism. antethetical to our history. it makes the contract with america look like the new deal. >> in using unusual sharp rhetoric and sarcasm, he attacked romney for personally supporting. >> he even called it marvelous, which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget. it's a word you don't often hear generally. >> for the record, we did find

three instances where the president used the word marvelous but in no way was he describing a budget. in team romney was quick to point out, the president has also used the word marvelous in speeches so let's not pretend this was a policy speech. it was a political speech. he laid out his indictment of the republican brand working those in the room and railing against the false equivalency he says has been taking place in the media when it comes to the two parties. >> if we had been having this discussion 20 years ago, or even 15 years ago would have been considered squarely centrist positions. what's changed is the center of the republican party. ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, he could not get through a republican primary

today. >> though the president tried to soften his criticism of the preem court, he didn't back off the belief that overturning his health care law would be judicial activism that we haven't seen from the court in 80 years. >> the supreme court is the final say on our constitution and our laws. all of us have to respect it. but it is precisely because of that extraordinary power that the court has traditionally exercised significant restraint and deference to our dually elected legislature. >> president obama's speech drove the conservative intelligentsia crowd nuts. while the responses quite not quite as vitriol lick, speaker of the house said, quote, instead of reaching across the aisle to enact the changes, the president has resorted to

distortions and partisan pot-shots. bottom line, the republican reaction seemed to be shock that a democratic started to campaign against the republicans. does the republican base protest too much? coupled with ryan's near constant presence on the trail with romney over the last few days has made it clear ryan is for better or worst, the top seed in the veepstakes preview. ryan previewed a speech we might hear once or twice again in the months to come. >> we found out today he is going to try to divide us in order to distract us. you know, i seem to remember him saying he was going to be a eye neute uniter, not a divider. >> actually, that was the previous president that said

that. today at 11:45, romney gives his own speech to the newspaper editors. it will be interesting to see what markers he decides to lay down later this morning. as they traded barbs, both president obama and mitt romney were laying out, well, economic points and also talking about the recovery in terms of why it isn't faster. take a listen. >> if state and local government hiring were basically on par to what our current -- on par to past recoveries, the unemployment rate would be a point lower than it is right now. >> in barack obama's government-centered society, the government has to do more because the economy is doomed to do less. when you attack business, and you vilify success, you are going to have less business and less success. >> cnbc's becky quick joins me

now. i wanted you to hear that. those are the two sort of contrasting reasons both are giving for why is the roux ecov good not great. >> they are both correct. the president is correct when he says if the local economies were back on track and we had more local and state employees, we would see significantly lower unemployment rate, about a percentage point. mitt romney also has a point. the reason we have had to see these huge chopping effects on state and local employees is because the housing market has not returned. the bubble that built up, that's what was bundifunding all those government employees. this is where it gets pretty interesting. we have an inflection point that's taking place right now in the economy. for both of these two gentlemen, it will be very difficult to lay out where they go from here. >> where are we looking at for today. >> for today, we are looking at

a downturn for the dow. down by about 120 points is probably where we will open. we heard from the fed yesterday. the fomc minutes came out and the fed indicated it is not going to put any more easy money back into the economy unless we see a significant downturn in the xeconomy. that's what the market is worried about. they are going to have to walk on their own two feet. we have gotten some good numbers. adp came out with the jobs report, a gain of 209,000 private sector jobs. better than anticipated. we were looking for about 200,000. good expectation of what we can expect on friday. if the fed is not going to be there to carry things through, it means we have to see some very, very strong economic numbers in order to really see numbers start moving up on wall street again. >> the safety net is going to be pulled away. all right, becky quick, thank

you, ma'am. >> thank you. >> up next, focus on the fall. president obama around mitt romney. they are both firing their opening sal voes in the general campaign. we are looking at how this works. plus, the name game. why do politicians xling to their old titles? this is good stuff. the daily rundown investigates. a look ahead at the president's schedule. a signing ceremony. we haven't seen a bipartisan signing ceremony. what's interesting, how many republicans wanted in on this one. you are watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. oooh, what's her secret? [ male announcer ] dawn hand renewal with olay beauty. improves the look and feel of hands in just five uses. [ sponge ] soft, smooth... fabulous!

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let the battle begin. mitt romney sets his sites on barack obama on the same day that the president unloads on romney and a republican radical vision. he claims chief of staff, algore and joe biden. sarah taylor fegan served as the white house director for president jornl w. bush. we have two ways to look at this. both obama and romney are pivoting. the pivot from candidate, from president to candidate can be awkward for some. yesterday was definitely a turning point. >> you go back to 2008 in the economic crisis and barack obama and john mccain faced that moment where they had the economic crisis in the middle of the campaign. john mccain said, let's stop the campaign to focus.

obama said you have to be able to deal with government problems and campaign at the same time. he has experienced it, juggling both balls. that's what you are seeing right now in washington. he is president and defining the fall. >> i understand that. when you make this decision to go. at some point, when you are sitting pr sitting president, he is getting a lot of criticism. one of the criticisms on your side of the aisle, that's unpresidential. he does have to be a candidate. >> he does have to be a candidate. once you turn the corner and become the campaigner and chief, people look at you through different lenses. >> which is a fact of life. >> it is a fact of life. if you contrast to what president bush did in 2004, he very rarely talked about carrie. if he ever did, it was more in a humerus vain.

he very rarely criticized. >> that was your goal to stay presidential as long as you could? >> as long as we could. >> the president is going to do both at the same time. he is having a bipartisan bill signing at the white house. the bill signing, one today, one tomorrow on job creation. i think presidents have to be able to do both. i don't think you are going to hear barack obama talk about mitt romney a lot. yesterday, he did a great job of framing the difference and making it clear, mostly talking about the ryan budget and making it clear romney says the budget is marvelous. we are going to hear the formulation, romney, the republicans and washington. >> let's talk about the transition from when you are a challenger from primary candidate to general election. what does mitt romney need to do today. >> you saw him start it last night when he unveiled what i think us a new and potentially very powerful theme in this government society. it will set up the two very different visions for the country. from a thee matt tick

perspective, from a message perspective, that will be the most critical thing. on a tactical perspective, he has to raise money, raise money, raise money and hire staff. >> that seems to be. is that sort of the hard thing when you are up against a sitting president, this transition? i know you weren't involved in the kerry transition but talk about that. >> i think he has the challenge as sara said. he has to do that. he also has to try to get the republicans in washington under control. his biggest problem is, in fact, he is rung on their agenda. he is going to have to be tied to their agenda, very unpopular. one other challenge. the republican primaries aren't quite over yet. the outcome is preordained. it has been preordained for a long time. can't lose sight of the fact he has to win some primaries. >> he doesn't want to be losing primaries in may. that's sort of an uncomfortable problem to have if he is the presumptive nominee, right? >> it really is, which is why i was surprised the president did what he did yesterday.

he could have -- >> he is helping romney? >> he has basically given romney the option to play in pennsylvania or not to play in pennsylvania. the president has signaled, game over. you are my opponent. the rest of this is just noise. so now romney has a lot more running room in these final primaries. >> ron, before i let you go, you were very involved in a lot of the supreme court stuff. i want to get you to react to what the president has said about supreme court. there has been some criticism. is he saying too much, being too critical? >> i don't think so. i think that he made the point this is what conservatives often say about the court. fundamentally, his core point is that the law is constitutional. the law passes. most experts have said that. we seal what the supreme court will apply the traditional historical precedent or do something more political. i think the court has a lot more

at stake than president obama does. >> when it comes to this, republicans on one hand, can you criticize the president for criticizing the court when it is a favorite talking point of a lot of conservatives? >> it is a favorite talking point of a lot of conservatives. what the president did was pretty unusual. he walked it back yesterday, which signals to me that he thought he went too far. if you rule this unconstitutional, i am going to hammer you. >> it is pretty unusual that such a big bill is sitting at the door steps of the court anyway. ron klain, sara fegan. when you leave congress, the cabinet or the governor's mansion, do you really get to keep your title. first, today's trip ya question. 12 men holding the rank of general have become president. who is the most recent democratic general too be president?

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a few of the things i am keeping an eye on. president obama signs into law the stop act, it is short for stop trading on congressional knowledge, which makes members of congress subject to the same insider trading laws as the rest of us, folks. new york congresswoman, luis slaughter, who championed the bill for six years, won't be there for the signing. she broke her leg at an event in new york city. she can't make it but what's interesting is, how many others are trying to get in there? we saw a fascinating press release from republican senator, scott brown, touting the fact that he was apart, was one of the sponsors, was invited to the ceremony and that he planned on

going. we know why he needs to be seen as bipartisan there. the other big story we have been following, thousands are without power in the dallas-ft. worth area have aan estimated dozen tornadoes touched down tuesday afternoon. as you can see, the winds were so ferocious to toss the massive tractor trailers like toys. in lancaster, a suburb of dallas, the city's mayor sid 300 buildings were damaged. one of the freaky incidents the big city. cameras are there. several students got pepper sprayed after they tried to barge in and interrupt a bored of trustees meeting. they were turning out to protest rising tuition and the police used pepper spray to break up the crowds. in washington, d.c., it seems like everyone has a title and once you get one you never let it go. my colleague at the white house, what is your title, sir?

i want to make sure i get it right. nbc news white house correspondent. do we cling to titles, you like i say there ir you like you the titles of nobility. there is month rule against calling anybody by their former title even if they haven't had that title for years. take a look. >> mr. speaker -- >> what's in a name? if you have ever held high office, quite a lot. >> hi, my name is. >> governor. >> senator. >> my name is. >> mr. speaker. >> are candidates clinging to the past. >> that's not my name, that's not my name.

>> newt gingrich hasn't been speaker gingrich in almost 14 years. isn't it time to let go. >> once you are no longer in office, there is nothing wrong with being mr. or ms. or whoever you were before you came into office. you can take your ashtray with you but you leave the title behind. ♪ say my name, say my name . >> for a candidate that talks up his career in business, he doesn't mind a reminder of his political past. >> governor romney. >> senator santorum, senator santorum. >> the media loves a good title. most politicians don't demand it. >> ma'am, at the -- >> do me a favor, could you say senator, instead of ma'am? it is just a thing. i worked so hard to get that title. ♪ she is just a name-dropper >> that was a sitting senator still in office. what's the matter with a little politeness for a change? >> seems to me that the people

who have served have served their country and that it doesn't bother me at all that they get to be called the title that they had. our own countesses and earls are the one we see on abbey. >> to knock the powerful down a peg, that's american. throughout our history, politics has been a con text sport. ♪ >> if they want our vote, we want to see candidates doing regular joe and jane stuff. and make-believe they are just like us. >> i got started right this morning with a biscuit and some cheesy grits. i'll tell you. >> if they were nicer to each

other. >> this other howdy-doody-looking nimrod. >> congressman, speaker, former or current, they are hoping by this time next year, they will have the ultimate title, mr. president. >> reporter: let's do chucky. >> i have to say i think you only got into this because of all the music you got to use there. >> that's like cheating, using music. >> also, chuck, they are going to have a title that's almost as coveted as president, not vice president. former presidential candidate. that can be potentially lucrative, don't you think? >> i assume. washington speaker's bureau. that's part of theirs. that's what they hope that title means. mike viquiera, good stuff. you don't need a title. you are just viq. >> up next, badgers state breakdown. we told you what to watch for in wisconsin. now, we are going to take the deep dive into the results. one of the strangest debate

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mitt romney followed a familiar path to secure his big win in wisconsin. let's take a look inside the numbers. we arie following the three buy can groups, education, income and religion. we showed you where things were with illinois, michigan and ohio. wisconsin looked a lot more like ohio. a state santorum might have been able to win if you break it down on education. helps explain why the margin was smaller. let's look at income, another case where on education and income, this looked like a place santorum could do well. look at this. almost 3 in 4 republican voters

had income under 100,000. that makes it look like not any of these midwestern states but actually take a look at this. it makes it look like some of the southern republican states where santorum won and in some cases won big, this is a comparison of where wisconsin stacks up in the exit poulos ll. this is where romney won and santorum lost. only 37% of wisconsin voters were evangelical. when you look at the other midwestern states, all that santorum lost, lower than illinois, michigan, ohio. this clearly, the single most important demographic group, more so than income. more so than education. here, of the three, santorum basically, advantage of 2 out of 3. what was the one that mattered. why did he lose? that explains the loss. it is all about going supposedly

for what's going there. romney only won evangelicals by four points. what does this mean about pennsylvania? here is the best we can do in pennsylvania according to the franklin and marshall poll. on a level on education, much higher education numbers than in the other industrial states than we have seen. 56% of republican primary voters had a college education. that said, look at the income levels. ohio, 69% under 100,000 in income. 40% self-described evangelicals. when you look at these breaks, the income advantage, santorum. education advantage, romney. evangelical advantages, romney. why does santorum think he is going to win pennsylvania?

d demographically, it looks difficult. in order to get to may, he has to survive april. we heard mitt romney talk about looking for support in the next round of primaries. connecticut, a romney state. delaware, i would watch out for delaware. if somehow santorum does overperform what he should demographically in pennsylvania, because of being a favorite son, delaware could go too. delaware did give us christine o'donnell over mike castle. that's going to be a romney win, rhode island. he wants to get to may. let's look at the may callen dear. we know why he wants to get to may. he thinks indiana is going to look like the other midwestern states. he doesn't want a midwestern primary yet. santorum has only won when they have been caucuses. north carolina, there is going to be a southern evangelical vote there. we know why once they get there. west virginia, the one congress

the district where santorum almost won. maryland was the one that borders west virginia. he thinks he can win nebraska. oregon is an interesting state, he believes. he looks at may and thinks if somehow he got momentum that he actually could sweep may or win all but one or two. the question is, can he win his home state of pennsylvania? we'll see. by the way, i want to give you a taste of what we are about to do. when we are in general election mode, you know what that means? we are going to start playing with the calendar here. what are the different paths to 270? should i tease it now? no, i won't tease it now. i will wait until later. coming up, we have got our big political panel. a lot to go through. it is the hump day panel, post primary panel. i have this debate clip from a senate debate that's just hilarious. you have to watch. first, white house soup of the day, ginger butternut squash. a fall soup in april. kind of odd. you are watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. can you get squash in april?

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i ask every citizen to reject the blind violence that has struck dr. king who lived by nonviolence. i no he that every american of good will joins me in mourning the death of this outstanding leader and in praying for peace and understanding throughout this land. daily flashback to this day in 1968, one of the low points in american history when dr. martin luther king jr. was assassinated at the lorraine motel in memphis. he was all of 39 years old. the race is on between president obama and mitt romney. after romney's clean sweep last night, he is halfway to the

magic number in our count that actually tries to be accurate as far as the state parties are concerned. my panel today, the "chicago tribune's" clarence page. "the washington post's" ruth marcus and national journalist, beth reinhardt. the general election is on. yesterday, we got the preview of what the white house wants to do. clarence page, a lot of republicans were upset that the president was partisan. >> i'm shocked, shocked that republicans represent the president. >> the president turned out to be partisan. running for re-election. i think he really -- he obviously wasn't as clear as he wanted to be in is had first statement. he kept walking back a little bit later on. >> overall? >> well, i think the president himself wanted to make the statement that the supreme court just did what conservatives criticize supreme courts for doing. it didn't come out quite that

clearly. conservatives criticized him for criticizing the court. i think president obama is laying the ground work for a decision that could go against him and this way, he can respond, whichever way it goes. >> it seemed like it was the entire speech, including the q and a portion, seemed to be as if the president is trying to run against an entire eideology. basically, the republican party has moved to the right. i am running against that entire ideology. if you don't like it, he wants to make mitt romney own that ideology. they realize romney isn't probably comfortable in that area but he has no choice but to be there. >> he thinks it would be marvelous for mitt romney to own that ideology. i thought that the notion that it was shocking that the president's speech was partisan in general is just silly. he is running for re-election. it was the, i thought, the first real speech of the general election campaign. it was perfectly book-ended by

mitt romney's speech after his victories. they were both general election speeches. both trying to paint the other guy in a sort of -- with a sort of broad brush tying him to an ideology that might not be accurate, actually, for either one of them. >> it is interesting, beth, that both now are, whether they want it to be this or not, they are going to be idealogical warriors for their party. here was mitt romney framing the choice in a way, frankly, that president obama wouldn't use the same words but he probably would agree with. here is what he said. >> there us a basic choice that we are going to face. the president has pledged to transform america. he has spent the last four years laying the foundation for a new government centered society. i will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of an opportunity society led by free people and free enterprises.

>> now, would david pluf be using the phrase government-centered society, no. but they wouldn't disagree in many ways with that framing. >> i think what you are seeing is, as you said, it is a very idealogical argument. romney is fiercely defending the principles of free enterprise. the president is trying to frame the argument more in terms of free enterprise for whom. is it for everybody or just lucky few? that's what you saw shaping up yesterday. >> go ahead. >> i want to disagree with you, chuck. i think that the white house would disagree with this framing. i actually think it is an inaccurate framing. because it goes to what the president was saying to the newspaper editors yesterday about how he was casting himself as, you know, what i'm arguing used to be sort of moderate thinking last centrist in america. in fact, i don't see what he is doing as trying to transform americans, more turning it into a government-centered society.

>> it is more defending the idea of government. that's what i mean. when they would rephrase it, it is like the argument would be, yes, we would defend that you need government as a small "g" governor on the economy on free enterprise. >> there is a legitimate, important role for government. i don't think he is trying to transform us into a government-centered. >> i mean they would change the words. the framing of this basically is the larger role of government. >> it is the role of government election. >> the sub text, romney was saying that obama is a radical while i am the sensible, defender of free enterprise. obama was saying, the republicans are the radicals. i am the defender of the middle. these are your choices. that's fine. this is a way to begin a campaign between the two parties. romney has to redefine himself now.

romney couldn't do worse than to attack president obama right now, because that's the one thing that unifies republicans, is attacking obama. >> it is interesting. i feel like the way both presidential candidates are setting it up, we may be in for more of a parliamentary style vote again. you are either on the ryan team or not on the ryan team on the republican budget. you are either on the president's team or not on the president's team. stick around. i will play a fun little debate moment from a senate debate. it is hilarious, welcome to the new world of technology and debates. trivia, we asked, who is the most recent democratic general to be president? you guys had trouble with this one. the answer, andrew johnson. president lincoln gave johnson the rank of brigadier general when he first appointed him the milita military governor of tennessee in 1862. take that all of you folks that said we were wrong. you are watching "the daily you are watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc.

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want to bring back the panel, clarence page, ruth marcus, beth reinhardt. we don't get to have music. i don't know what's going on today. but i have to point this out, there was a republican senate primary debate in nebraska, give me a minute to set it up, and john bruining, john stenburg, it does matter, people think of bob kerrey's only shot at holding that senate seat for democrats, if don inawins the primary. john bruining somehow found out his opponent was trying to follow his 14-year-old daughter on twitter and it became a point of contention in the debate. here it is. >> it's not an attack. my daughter -- you tried to follow her on twitter. that's kind of weird. >> dan parsans does it for me. we've got thousands and thousands of folks and as soon

as we get done, i'll call dan and make sure that's taken off. >> it's sort of -- beth, struck me as welcome to the new world, right? who you follow on twitter if you're a politician is going to be used against you politically. >> right. and they wonder why good people don't want to run for office, right? >> if suddenly who you follow on twitter -- it is weird that you follow -- >> i follow my 14-year-old daughter on twitter. i'd like to say. >> parents should, i agree on that. but should your political opponent? >> look, i think this is -- this, as you say, is the brave, new world that we're going to be in. it's not just who you follow on twitter but maybe what you said on twitter ten years ago, what you've put on your facebook page. it's everything is out there, as some of us keep telling our children. >> it's opening up -- it struck me, wow, we're going to have opposition research on who you follow on twitter and now have to figure out what's politically

correct. >> this is not the first time a political campaign as peeked in on a family's facebook or twitter account. however's really what is so volatile here the political etiquette, leave the kids alone. whenever you bring the children of a candidate in the public spotlight, republican or democrat, voters react negatively to the move. so in a way, bringing this into the debate was a smart move on the part of the dad here in termsterm s winning public sympathy. >> he said, hey, dad, that's kind of creepy. >> but the candidate said it wasn't even me, i farm out -- i sub -- >> it doesn't mat. >> which is another way to get yourself in trouble. >> and also made him look like he wasn't really on twitter. shameless plug time. beth, you first. >> i'll plug national journal's continuing series restoration calls looking at what's wrong with america, how to fix it. >> been enjoying it. >> i want to plug my hollywood

friend, kerry washington, a new series on tv coming this week. i want to see if they do a better job of portraying insider life in washington than most tv shows do. wish them luck. >> the thing is the reality's so much better than the fiction. >> this is sameless but my mom -- >> it's why it's called shameless. >> my mom, the tax account ant is taking time out from her schedule to have not one but two passover sedars. >> 11 days before the big day for a tax accountant. >> she nodes to ha needs to ha her house there a long weekend. i have a lot of cooking to do myself. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." next on msnbc, dnc chair and congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz will join chris jansing.

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