we re here on democracy plaza. the super panel, steve schmidt, melanie barnes, major garrett and joining us from washington former governor of mississippi haley barbour. governor barbour, good morning. are we having coffee with haley? isn t that what you ve within doing? did you tape your coffee with haley this morning? i did last night. we ve done 90 of them and it has been a very good response but, no, this morning i ve been doing things like morning joe. you ve been pretty blunt. you think hurricane sandy had a big impact on this race. you think it is the explanation if mitt romney comes up short, do you think it s the explanation if romney los loses? it s a national election, chuck. if you d gone back to the last friday in july, i would have said, you know, obama s really
we re going to be here for 14 hours. we are. we ve got newt gingrich, senior adviser to the campaign, and former director of the white house domestic council melanie barnes. up next, a special edition of politico with mike allen. and dan rather joins us on the set at democracy plaza. but first, let s go to bill karins with the latest on another storm headed toward the northeast. bill? for the first time in a long time, mika, i ve got good news for people, especially that were impacted so badly from sandy. let me first get you through your election day forecast and then i ll talk to you about the nor easter headed up the coast. the storm is located down along the southeast coastline. that s where we have the heavy rain. of course, a lot of interest in florida today with that vote. that i-4 corridor from tampa to orlando to daytona beach, heavy rain headed for the beginning of the opening of the polls early today. that rain should sweep out, no
outages. again, good news as far as the nor easter s concerned. you re watching morning joe. more continuing coverage from democracy plaza, we re brewed by starbucks. no, no, no, stop! humans one day, we re coming up with the theory of relativity, the next. stop, stop, stop! my car! not so much. but that s okay. you re covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car, and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility what s your policy? [ chuckles ] [ honk! ]
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