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. >>> mitt romney plus a mustache equals george hamilton as zoro. >> i'm mitt romney, and i approve thisack at 24 past the hour, joining us now from washington, the moderator of "meet the press" david gregory, and here onset in new york, political director and host of "the daily rundown" chuck todd. i want to start with olympia snowe, you brought it up during the break and i think it's a great conversation point because we've been talking about the primaries last night. we'll get to that and hear you guys break it down. but here's what she said yesterday as she decided not to run again. i'm well prepared for the l electoral battle. however, i've had to consider how productive an additional term would be. unfortunately, i do not expect the partisanship of recent years in the senate to change over the short-term. obviously a lot of reasons, david gregory, go into decisions like this, but she's putting it squarely on problem number one in congress and how people feel about it. >> well, i think she knows so many people around the country know that congress is not getting anything done, and t

even at mitt's most human, he resembles george hamilton without the humor or the perma-tan.in a way you could be saying about another candidate or another sitting president depending on the vantage point you take. there is not that desire to jump in there. having said that, i think obama's better at it. >> yeah, i think romney has a ken doll problem. >> ken doll problem. >> and he looks -- >> that's what i wanted from a pulitzer prize winning historian. >> you could put him on rushmore now. and the question is, will the reassurance he projects -- which is true, i don't think anybody's -- maybe i'm wrong here, but i don't think anybody thinks, boy, if you elect romney, he's going to go crazy in there. >> that's true. that's true. >> but that's different than inspiring passion. >> joe? >> but how fascinating, though, jon meacham just a few weeks ago you were talking about at the end of the day barack obama doesn't seem to genuinely like being around people. and you said that's certainly a fascinating characteristic for a guy that's running a nation of 300 million plus. you cou

hamilton? >> yes. >> here is washington's genius. and, by the way, if you want a contemporary parallel, look at dwight eisenhower, whose great hero was george washington and who was like washington, you know, the man who won world war ii didn't need a favorable story in that day's new york times to burnish his reputation. eisenhower and what became famous as the hidden hand approach to the presidency, the idea of pulling strings in behind the curtain in many ways because ike didn't need the ego gratification of a teddy roosevelt and the bully pulpit. but also that's how he preferred to operate in many ways from the shadows. and part of that was the example of washington whose great success was to keep both hamilton and jefferson in the cabinet long after both of them wanted out. again, it's all part of buying time. and the consequence was that washington, first of all, subjected himself to some very unpleasant cabinet meetings and occasionally lost his temper. we have jefferson's account of one at which the president threw his hat on the floor. i don't know why he was wearing his hat at the cabinet meeting, but in any event -- but we know t

george huguely to yeardley love. >>> baltimore city police are looking for these men seen on vanes vanes. investigators say they were involved in an armed robbery on hamilton. the robber shot a 46-year-old man in the chest. if you recognize the men you're asked to call crime stoppers. >>> baltimore county will do a traffic survey. >>> we begin with a developing story. women product ises are outraged -- women advocates are outraged as another state -- >> it may not be on the fast track. we have just learned that governor mcdonnell opposes requiring ultrasounds for women seeking abortions. the battle of abortion being waged is no exception. there was a protest at the state capital over the bill requiring ultrasounds for women seeking an abortion. a delegate said it's all about informed consent. >> informed consent has always been to make sure the woman has the right to all of the information, not just some of it. >> i have a body which is my right to control. >> reporter: seven other states have passed similar laws and one is being considered in pennsylvania. while it does require an ultrasound, it does require the women to view it. virginia's bill requires

hamilton? >> yes. >> here is washington's genius. and, by the way, if you want a contemporary parallel, look at dwight eisenhower, whose great hero was george washington and who was like washington, you know, the man who won world war ii didn't need a favorable story in that day's new york times to burnish his reputation. eisenhower and what became famous as the hidden hand approach to the presidency, the idea of pulling strings in behind the curtain in many ways because ike didn't need the ego gratification of a teddy roosevelt and the bully pulpit.

george washington's birth. you go back and look at the founding fathers, they'd have had very clear messages. hamilton have jobs and economic growth to get back to a balanced budget. you're never going to balance the budget on the back of the highly unemployed country. and so i would be committed, first of all, to a program of jobs and economic growth. second, the energy issue is enormous. the leading developer of north dakota oil estimated recently that if we would open up federal land and open up offshore you would have $16 trillion to $18 trillion in royalties to the government in the next generation, an enormous flow that would drive prices down to $2.50 a gallon, balance the budget and create jobs. finally, we need to reform government. i think if we were prepared to repeal the 130-year-old civil service laws, go to a modern management system, we could save a minimum of $500 billion a year with a better system. if we then applied the tenth amendment, as governor rick perry has agreed to head up a project on, i think we can return to the states an enormous share of the power in washington, d.c. >>

hamilton. here is a live look from the lick observatory. >>erica: temperatures trending in the '60s. you could pick up around a showers stretching into monday. coverage of the morning commute with george. half of >>george: on the golden gate, 101 southbound, we have passed the peak in the traffic. there is still some sluggish conditions on interstate 80 westbound and on highway 4, but no problems or unusual delays. 101 is lighter than usual. your north bay right, 101 southbound, you can see what the drive times are under 30 minutes from novato to the golden gate. >>mark: the big bay bridge shutdown westbound into san francisco this weekend. jackie sissel is live at the bay bridge with more. >>jackie: the question right now is whether or not the weather will cooperate. caltrans has for a ton of money into this. crews are getting ready for this close to that is supposed to happen from friday-tuesday morning. it is all predicated on mother nature and whether or not it rains. they cannot do the work they need to get done if the weather does not cooperate. if the weather does not cooperate they will have to push things back one week. a think the people at caltrans are hoping that the rain