. >> bob shrum, ezra klein, great to have you. >>> rick santorum is using a chunk of north dakota oil to fearmonger. bernie sanders joins us to tell us what is driving up the price. >>> scott walker has done every conservative talk show on the face of the earth, raised millions of outside dollars. the rookie governor is spinning his wheels, new polling out of the badger state. >>> we're buzzing about it.

. >> bob shrum on the fight for the middle class votes on super tuesday. and ezra klein on the fuzzy math in mitt romney's budget. >>> the republican war on women's health is exploding in washington. >> 2.8 million jobs are at stake and we're debating birth control. let's beat the blunt amendment it's a disaster. >> the radical blunt amendment is up for a vote. big name republicans are running away from the legislation. we'll have the latest. >>> incredible numbers show scott walker is in for the fight of his life. >>> franklin graham has seen the light. >> do you believe that president obama is a christian? >> i think you have to ask president obama. >> dr. james peterson on the reverend's surprise apology to the president. >>> good to have i you with us. mitt romney and rick santorum shifted attention to the working class in the state of ohio. now it's all about super tuesday. mitt romney won big in arizona yesterday, but his win in michigan isn't looking like much of a win today. romney won the popular vote in michigan by 32,000 votes, 41% to 38% over r

. >> bob shrum, howard deen, always a pleasure. >> answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen, share your thoughts on twitter, @edshow. >>> katrina vanden heuvel will way in on birth control. >>> scott walker's times as governor is getting short. mike tate and the nation's john nichols will be here with the latest breaking details from the badger state, stay with us we're right back.

bob shrum and sam stein coming up next. >>> president obama goes on offense. taking on the gop's criticism of his foreign poll circumstances e.j. dee yaun will weigh in. >>> members of the house judiciary committee calling for a hearing about a judge who sent a racist e-mail about president obama, we'll have details on that. share thoughts on twitter using #edshow, we're right back. to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! well, our company does that, too. actually, we invented that. it's like a sauna in here. helping you save, even if it's not with us -- now, that's progressive! call or click today. no mas pantalones! >>> the republican party is having a tough time wrapping up the presidential nomination. looking good for mitt romney way ahead in the delegate count but can't close the deal. his campaign is pulling out all stops. team romney said it would take an act of god for mitt to lose. romney had a good super tuesday, winning six states. but rick santorum is still fighting hard. here's his response to romney's act

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bob shrum and howard dean are here with the latest. >>> mitt romney drops a bomb on women. >> planned parenthood we'll get rid of that. >> a proposed law in arizona says bosses can fire women for taking birth control? katrina vanden heuvel will have reaction. >>> game on in wisconsin. the recall dates are set. now scott walker is complaining he doesn't get paid enough. >> my wife in some ways would love it if i went back to the private sector and made real money. >> john nichols has the latest. >> tonight, another "ed show" exclusive. >> professor ogletree took great pains to hide that. >> the man at the bogus theory, charles ogletree will tell us why he hid the tape of barack obama. >>> good to have you with us tonight, thanks for watching. there is only one thing keeping newt gingrich in the republican presidential race, it's ego. rick santorum pull off a six point win in alabama, a closer race in mississippi, but santorum, he won but never led in any mississippi polls. it was not a good night for mitt romney, who came in third in both states but it was a disaster for newt gingrich.

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an article by bob shrum suggests who's got the role of romney's dog in the 2012 presidential race.te from his column. republican voters are now the political equivalent of mitt romney's famously abused dog, seamus. mitt has put voters on the roof of his car and he's driving for the nomination, whether they like it or not. more accurately, he is sputtering toward the nomination as the roof-bound electorate periodically poops on his parade. there's a graphic picture for you. great picture words there, bob, thank you for that. >>> up next, on the offensive, chicago mayor rahm emanuel president obama's ex chief of staff, just delivered a dig at mitt romney. remember romney's reaction to rush limbaugh calling a georgetown university student a slut for supporting employer-covered contraception. remember that? watch this. >> not the language i would have used. i'm focusing on the issues that i think are significant in the country today. >> here's recalahm, the mayor o chicago, in his signature attack mode. >> give advice to the republicans, they don't take it, i don't want to give it. the

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an article by bob shrum suggests he has the role of romney's dog in the presidential race.his column. republican voters are now the political equivalent of mitt romney's famously abused dog, seamus. he put voters on the roof of his car, and he is driving for the nomination whether they like it or not. more accurately, he is sputtering toward the nomination as the roof bound electorate periodically poops on his parade. thank you for that, bob. >>> up next, on the offensive, chicago mayor rahm emanuel delivered a dig against mitt romney. remember his reaction to rush limbaugh, calling a georgetown university student a slut for supporting contraception. watch this. >> not the language i would have used. and i am focusing on the issues i think are significant in the country today. >> here is rahm in his signature attack mode. >> give advice to the republicans, they don't take it, i don't want to give it. they'll make whatever decision they want to make. but as you look at the fortitude and strength, the determination and vision the president made, juxtapose to mitt romney who d

. >> we welcome in our political power panel this morning, bob shrum, democratic strategist and senior adviser to the kerry/edwards campaign. and chip saltsman, manager for the huckabee presidential campaign. good to have you here. chip, mitt romney, his opponents trying to use the supreme court case to capitalize on what might be their last chance to link the president's and romney's health care plans. mitt romney way ahead in delegates in the polls, is this really going to have an impact? >> i think it can have somewhat of an impact, but i think romney's done a good job talking about the failures of obamacare, the extra spending, what it would do to small businesses and states. i think he's gotten out in front of this. i think it's been obvious from the beginning whether service senator santorum or speaker gingrich or rick perry when they were in the race and herman cain, they were going to attack romney on his health care plan.e well talking about the ills of obamacare. >> a "new york times" poll shows 51% disapprove, nearly four in ten want the entire law overturned. the supreme co

joining us, democratic strategist and former presidential campaign manager bob shrum.ser to mitt romney's last presidential campaign and is the president of new frontier strategy. phil, let's talk about last night. mitt romney walked away with the most delegates from this, but it didn't knock anybody out of the race. >> in a base line, i think gingrich did what he said he needed to do. santorum, you know, had some success in the south. but, look. we've had 22 contests in this race. mitt has won 14 of them. the mathematics of this situation are daunting for these guys. and what people should be focusing on next, the next turn in this corner is really the fight between santorum and gingrich is likely to emerge here. these guys have to reconcile who is going to be the alternative to mitt. mitt is on a clear pathway in terms of solidifying the intensity of support in the base of the republican party. a lot of polling reflected that. mathematically he's moving forward and winning. winning matters in politics. these guys have to continue to win in tough places. places like a