. >>> coming up, megan mccain is talk about how the immigration debate is influencing some voters in know. bob carey may be having a change of heart when it comes to running for the seat being vacated. he is reconsidering his initial decision not to run next year. he's got until thursday to file. >>> i'm happy to introduce a son of detroit, a friend, a guy who makes great music and introduces me by dvd everywhere i go. kid rock. >> kid rock rocked it out for mitt romney on the campaign trial in michigan last night. he performed "born free". the song romney made his campaign anthem. ♪ >> a little guitar there for you. >>> brian williams last night. >> some democrats are certain the president should stand by his initial opinion that unlimited corporate money could erode the foundation of our democracy. >> you ain't lying. bry, bry wills the be super pacs are getting super freaky. ♪ it's the super pac i get congested. but now, with zyrtec-d®, i have the proven allergy relief of zyrtec®, plus a powerful decongestant. zyrtec-d® lets me breath freer, so i can love the air. [ male announcer

in a strongly-worded column, megan mccain called gingrich selfish and wrote "you know what real piouslogna is, gingrich postponing his campaign until the election for self-serving purposes." you really don't hold back on this one, megan. >> i never hold back on anything. >> you say gingrich is a hypocrite driven by his ego. if that were true, why would he bow out, why not stay in this for as long as he can and take this ride until the convention? >> he speaks daily about the good of the republican party and being a reagan republican and wanting us to beat president obama but this is giving more ammo to president obama and the democrats. i wasn't saying he should bow out now because of the delegates, but he's saying he might take this to the convention, so if he takes this to the convention, the kind of uprising and chaos is detrimental to the party. >> you see this as some would call the prolonged vetting process, good to see these candidates tested, hardened through the entire process, but you see this as a blood bath of the gop cannibalizing itself. >> i think democrats are sitting

the governor will sign the measure and last night megan mccain spoke about the bill. >> i feel like nowave to go on national television and delineate between the two things. i'm horrified by this as a woman. as a republican woman i'm horrified. it scares me that this can go on. it scares me that a woman can be vaginally probed without consent and a doctor's consent. i think this is radioactive for governor mcdonnell and say he would pass it. i think it will get a lot of play on right wing blogs but i think when it comes to mainstream more moderate republicans, with independents, it's radioactive. governor mcdonnell will get a lot of evangelical votes but he will not get any of the regular republican votes. >> don't miss the "rachel maddow show" here on msnbc. here is your first look at how wall street is going to kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,965. that's after adding 15 points yesterday. the s&p is up a fraction. the nasdaq lost three. taking a look into overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei rose 90 points. the hang seng gained 70. >>> a wave of optimism pushed the

i want to bring in megan mccain. an arizona native.om sheller from the university of maryland, baltimore county and wrote a great book called "whistling past dixie." which is about the partisan divisions in this country. a chapter, i believe, on arizona. >> yeah. >> spent some time on that. megan, let me start with you. i find arizona's politics extremely fascinating for a few reasons. it seems in some ways a vision of what america will look like in 30 years in this respect. you have two populations migrating into the state. old white people and young brown people. and they are both getting there, and the politics seems like a death battle in some ways between those two groups for power and you see this kind of rear guard action by the people who are very skevenive, tend to be older and whiter, against what they see as this just terrifying encroachment into their state and that produces like 1070. is that an accurate way of understanding the access of the state's politics? >> i think definitely. i was just in arizona last weekend. ariz

msnbc contributor megan mccain will join me this hour.e new rihanna/chris brown song? it's raising eyebrows in the music world. >>> have you seen this? the obama campaign is putting family out front in a new web ad. it shows mrs. obama posing with the president and their two daughters sasha and malia. as far as politics goes, family's a valuable asset. same reason mitt romney and rick santorum are playing up their own families. it's good to see you salinda, good morning. >> good to see you. >> 73% of americans, for example, have vaifavorable viewf the first lady. she's going to be out on the campaign trail three days a week. the girls are a little older than they were last campaign. does a web ad like this help? >> it helps a lot. and in fact, remember, 3/4 of the voters also personally approved of the president and did so even when they were negative about his job performance. so for this president, family's a huge asset and this is one of the most popular first ladies we've ever had. >> just the idea he seems like a good guy and they se