Train hub. Claire mccaskill is here and the politics of putting politician names on public places. If its wednesday, we have election results. A new generation of republicans is rising in nebraska as outside groups claim victory in the senate race. Ben sachs, a former bush official, who was endorsed by a host of National Conservatives and Tea Party Groups comfortably won his primary with nearly 50 of the vote, beating back an 11th hour surge from banker sid dinsdale. Shane osbourne, supposedly the chief rival, ended up finishing third. 17 outside groups are claiming to put some money into sasses campaign. All of them quickly declared victory because every one of them was responsible, right . Freedom works ignored the fact they had originally endosrsed hs opponent. Ben sasse won this race because he never stopped fighting for conservative principles. If this is the only win for the National Tea Party group, it was a failure. You had paul ryan and the National Review supporting him, clai
welcome to morning joe. with us on set we have the host of way too early, thomas roberts. hello, thomas. hi. msnbc and time magazine political analyst mark halperin. morning. and president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. and from boston where we begin today, contributor mike barnicle. mike, good to have you from a very, very and important place today. glad to be here, mika. so mika, first of all we re going to boston in a second, but how was your weekend? i m sure every easter is it niese or monaco? where are you exactly? usually i m in connecticut. that s exciting. south of connecticut. exactly. how about you? talk to us. that s not an easter thing. just exciting. got a new baby. i got a new baby. well, no. a new pickup truck. 150? yeah. i have pictures. you have pictures? are we supposed to coo and awe? is this what the easter bunny brought you? it s a steely gray. that s a powerful vehicle. it is. it s f