of staffers because when he left the republican party all of his strategists, pollsters and press people left him. now he has his older sister, margaret wood, who has never run a statewide campaign is in the role of campaign manager. but she s backed by some extremely experienced people, including, most notably, josh iseg, the head of skd knickerbockers new york office and someone who is a key strategist for senator schumer, one of the best known name in democrat politics and a fascinating connection to the obama white house. his partner is the president s former communications director and married to his counsel, bob bowers. so charlie didn t have the staff he wanted but he does have some tlept. what are the polls looking like down there in that race? he is still ahead. the press has no idea. reporters assume that mark rubio is going to win.
over monday. pat, congratulations. i pass the torch to you. have fun waking up at 2:00 in the morning. morning joe starts right here. on the view, obama said he won t be going to chelsea clinton s wedding on saturday because, quote, you don t want two presidents at one wedding. hillary was like, yeah, we get it, you won, okay? big deal! the guest list is star-studded. the people that are at chelsea clinton s wedding, for example, lebron james. really? yep he has been invited and rsvp his invitation tomorrow night on espn with an hour-long special. good morning. i m willie geist. joe and mika have the day off today. so i ve called in plenty of reinforcements. let s go this way. mike barnicle? what is with the tie? do i need to explain it again? ellen degeneres leaves and ? hello! there is an opening on american idol ! pat buchanan is with us and mark halpern is with us. he wrote game change. i invented the clip-on tie, for which you have benefited.