but john tester said he would do away with lobbyists money. out of 535 members of congress, he is number one in lobbyists in the nation. it seems like a simple thing for us. this is what they said they will do and they failed to do it and that will be a compelling argument in most of these places. >> the sec is set to approve mobile app technologies which will allow campaign contributions in a mobile way. is the beginning of a building block? >> it is a way for us in particular to raise money among small contributors. it is something that will be used for the aggressively in this cycle. >> i agree, we are largely subsidized by small donations and it is important to us and it will be helpful. >> return to the scott brown race. it is a cross pollination between the brown campaign and the mitt romney campaign. the presidential race has an effect in every state but it will have a unique effect in massachusetts. is mitt romney an asset or a detriment to scott brown being as connected as he is to scott brown and being a former governor from that sta

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last night on "hardball" john tester told chris matthews what he thinks he and other democrats need to do to win their races, despite being so overwhelmed financially by the largely republican leaning super pacs. >> we've got to work hard and we've got to have enough money to get our message out. we're not going to be able to outspend these guys. they have more money than we can even come close to raising. by the same token, i've got a great record if we can get people understanding what we've done in the last 5 it 1/2 years. i feel confident in this election. i think the key is our ads have to be better than theirs, but more importantly we need to let people know about the secret corporate money being dumped into these races. back in 1916, montana voters, 1916, almost 100 years ago, they said, enough of this, when anna cop pa copper ran the stailts of mon, they said no more corporation volv am. i think if they understand where this money is coming from, and it's tough because there's no transparency, if we have people understand it's corporate outside money, maybe not even from this c

. >> same question, but i want to hear from you about john tester in montana. with a crew cut. looks like a regular guy. works on his tractor on weekend. he is known as a north eastern liberal. that's for sure. your thought on him, larry? >> i think she's right but i would call tester the most endangered democratic incumbent. that a race i see obama losing 7, 8, 9, maybe 10 points this time around. that should be enough to allow the republican to defeat senator tester. >> let's go finally to the hot race in florida. bill nelson has been around a long time. he may well face connie mac. it's not sure yet. he is up over mac by 8 points. again back to you sheera, has he been around too long, bill nelson? does he have a reason to be re-elected. >> there is that old saying, would you rather be lucky or good. i think bill nelson is lucky. republicans have a primary problem. >> his dad had a great record. his dad is was popular. >> his dad was popular but that was many years ago. his son is not running the solid campaign. >> the great grandfather to this guy was the ow

. >> suarez: next, montana where incumbent john tester took the seat in a squeaker of an election in '06. what's the dynamic there? >> well, tester has only served for one term and he's running against a congress member named denny rheeburg. they run at large in montana and denny rheeburg has been winning statewide for a decade so this is going to be a very competitive race lockd from the beginning to tend. it's a state where it's cheap to buy advertising so expect to see ads there. >> reporter: new mexico and open seat with the retirement of jeff ling man. a purple state, they elected a republican government in 2010 but went for obama by 15 points in '08. >> this is a better seat for the democrats. they are probably going to hold it but there is a competitive democratic primary for the nomination there and heather wilson, a former member of congress from new mexico is running for the republican nomination and at first people thought she would be challenged from the right and dispatched because that's what happened. but she wants to be the nominee and republicans are very confident t

he uses global capital on that, and second thing, look, where senators -- john tester, moderate democratsting any kind of immigration reform, so, yes, republicans, by and large will not support something broad, but there are democrats,a(i and the person needs to get democratic support from moderate democrats. >> if they are going to put arizona into play, for example. which they are claiming to. that feels to me, almost more likely to happen around economic issues, arizona hit hard by the housing crisis andç will they move on sb 1070 versus other kinds of questions. >> because arizona is ground zero for the immigration debate, you see the latino voter paying a lot of attention. a quick story. phoenix city council, underdog democrat ran, danny valenzuela. nobody expected him to win. he won, because there was a 480% increase in the latino vote. that's something. >> nearly 500%. in a local race. >> to swing a local race re-ele campaign is facing the enthusiasm gap. 2008 found like change america, woo-hoo! and now it feels like, okay, now we need to plod along to re-election. but if, in fact

you saw john tester who tried to distance himself from the president and you saw on many front, the healthnd the keystone pipeline voting with the republican, so his policies, the things that actually get done and not what he talks about on the campaign trail are popular. >> on the other side, donna, you've heard this from republicans and conservatives and democrats as well. they say is it fair that the top 1% earners in the country wind up paying almost 40% of all of the federal income tax every single year and almost half, about 45% of american households, they don't pay any income tax at all. they pay zero every single year. so they say is that fair? >> first of all, it's not fair for them to pay zero because they're paying -- >> we're talking about federal income tax, and withholding social security, but in terms of federal income tax they pay zero. >> earned income tax credit just like mitt romney was able to benefit from the current tax code. >> almost half of households pay zero in federal income tax. >> wolf, we have been talking for 30 years about trickledown economics, about rewa

. >> suarez: next, montana where incumbent john tester took the seat in a squeaker of an election in. what's the dynamic there? >> well, tester has only served for one term and he's running against a congress member named denny rheeburg. they run at large in montana and denny rheeburg has been winning statewide for a decade so this is going to be a very competitive race lockd from the beginning to tend. it's a state where it cheap to buy aertising so pect t see ads there. >> reporter: new mexico and open seat with the retirement of jeff ling man. a purple state, they elected a republican government in 2010 but went for obama by 15 points in '08. >> this is a better seat for the democrats. they are probably going to hold it but there is a competitive democratic primary for the nomination there and heather wilson, a former member of congress from new mexico is running for the republican nomination and at first people thought she would be challenged from the right and dispatched because that's what happened. but she wants to be the nominee and republicans are very confident that she can

currently, the senator john tester of the montana was courageous enough to respond to petitioners who signed the of initiative. he introduced the parental bereavement act of 2011. it sits in committee in the senate. it has five co-sponsors including center dick durbin who has lost a child. -- center dick durbin, who has lost a child. we visited the hill and mecca over 55 congressional people and staff -- met over 55 congressional people and staff. host: 202 is the area code. the numbers are on the screen. we are talking with barry kluger, who has not told us of his personal story, talking about his book "a life undone: if father's journey through loss." and how his daughter's untimely death has affected him. the family medical leave act and paid foreeks for unpai the birth of a child, urgent need and demand related to family members on active duty, and 26 work weeks unpaid for a service member with a serious injury or illness. i just want to put that out there. he is looking to modify the family medical leave act to include bereavement leave. mr. luger, how long were you off work? >>

currently, the senator john tester of the montana was courageous enough to respond to petitioners who signed the of initiative. he introduced the parental bereavement act of 2011. it sits in committee in the senate. it has five co-sponsors including center dick durbin who has lost a child. -- center dick durbin, who has lost a child. we visited the hill and mecca over 55 congressional people and staff -- met over 55 congressional people and staff. host: 202 is the area code. the numbers are on the screen. we are talking with barry kluger, who has not told us of his personal story, talking about his book "a life undone: if father's journey through loss." and how his daughter's untimely death has affected him. the family medical leave act and paid foreeks for unpai the birth of a child, urgent need and demand related to family members on active duty, and 26 work weeks unpaid for a service member with a serious injury or illness. i just want to put that out there. he is looking to modify the family medical leave act to include bereavement leave. mr. luger, how long were you off work? >>

testers is stepping down. and he's under criticism since that incident took place last year. >>> and, of course, there was this scene at the airport in portland, oregon. john brennan took off more than his shoes during the security check. tsa agents pulled him over after he went through the metal detector and pat-down. that's his way to have a political protest about the invasion privacy he feels he had to undergo at the airport. >> the sorry about the fish and the oozing sores. i think we've ruined everyone's appetite this morning. >>> it's the end of an era in women's basketball. tennessee coach pat summitt is stepping down. >> at that time, she spoke optimistically to abc's robin roberts about staying on the bench. >> i said i would probably coach for three more years. and then, go to the beach. or hang out here with the dogs or do whatever. roy what i want to do is get

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