0 country. whatever else you want to say, whatever other arguments we re going to have about entitlements, about war, about medicare, about medicaid, it s not going to be about having an african-american first family because they have done it so beautifully. and by the way, to have walked the tightrope of race the way they have, having come up as baby boomers in the affirmative action era when people thought, hey, wait a minute, maybe they don t deserve it, they ve got to prove themselves, barack and michelle have proved themselves into that sense and proved themselves also as parents. i think every signal my kids went to the same school their kids are attending. every word you hear is they re dedicated parents. they go to the meetings, they do it all right, they cross the t s, dot the i s. that s beyond politics and yet it s the essence of america. and the ole story i have heard from african-americans is the bar keeps being raised on you all the time. if you re going to be the
tonight, we stand and watch again at the political abyss of mitt romney. he may win tonight and avoid a devastating fall, but if he loses, the fall could be deadly. how does romney explain losing in michigan? how does a candidate who outspends a rival 2-1 explain rejection? and how does anyone explain losing to a candidate who makes himself so challenging to vote for as rick santorum? this may be as big a night as we have had in this political season. and we ll have it covered now until the dust settles. then rachel maddow and i will be joined for full coverage of the primaries. we begin our coverage tonight right now with time magazine s joe klein and howard fineman, also an msnbc political analyst. i want to start with you, joe. tonight, this thing about mitt romney. i want your general stance. i don t think he s a good politician. i don t think he has the human touch or bedside manner. he s not what we think of as a good politician. that s his problem. that s true. and
how does romney explain losing in michigan? how does a candidate who outspends a rival 2-1 explain rejection? and how does anyone explain losing to a candidate who makes himself so challenging to vote for as rick santorum? this may be as big a night as we have had in this political season. and we ll have it covered now until the dust settles. then rachel maddow and i will be joined for full coverage of the primaries. we begin our coverage tonight right now with time magazine s joe klein and howard fineman, also an msnbc political analyst. i want to start with you, joe. tonight, this thing about mitt romney. i want your general stance. i don t think he s a good politician. i don t think he has the human touch or bedside manner. he s not what we think of as a good politician. that s his problem. that s true. and today was an incredibly significant day in the history of mitt romney. he finally admitted that there was something that he wouldn t do to get this nomination. wh