i did it last night with america's favorite mayor. he says -- >> rahm emmanuel. >> yeah. a data driven guy. the data doesn't support it. you've got all of this math. if you were to get that 30%, you would probably throw the election to the house where you have no possibility whatsoever of emerging. >> all right. >> this is a mayor who's not only america's favorite mayor, but he studied the matter closely over the last two cycles. >> had the money to do it. >> had the money to do it. >> if there were a way, he would be doing something. >>> all right, coming up, dnc chairwoman debbie wassermann schultz. and chuck todd digs into the nbc news/"wall street journal" polls out this morning. >> oh, my gosh, willie, we're not even going to bring up the miami hurricanes. >> no. it's sad. they're playing without half their team. they put up a good fight. >> "the washington post's" eugene robinson on the show today. up next, a major shake-up in the bachmann campaign, did you hear about this? >> did. >> the top story in the politico playbook. but first, here's todd santos with a check