0 but this whole thing here, i think boehner has never accepted the fact that the rates have to go up at the top. there s something about deductions and all this finesse. they lost the debate. if there s any issue that came out of the campaign, the president is dead right on this, he made his case clear. the polls show it. the public wants to have some tax fairness. they don t want the top 2% to hold this thing up. boehner doesn t want to hear that. why not? is he unable to hear it? does he not want to hear it? he afraid of the people in his party that won t let him do what he wants to do and has to do which is cut a damn deal before christmas? i think it s the latter. i think john bain ser in a nightmare situation. it could not be a cleaner case for republicans defending only the tax cuts for the top 2%. this is very clear. mitt romney tried to parse it and say, well, maybe we ll get revenue from capping deductions. maybe we ll go aefer the mortgage interest or some other deductio d
0 49 years later, it is least we can do. thanks for watching. i m al sharpton. msnbc s special coverage of the republican national convention starts now. after losing the white house to the democrats four years ago, the republican party is back with a variation on the theme. the old e establishment repeat presidential candidate and i don t thinker lesser known conservative hardliner for a running mate. don t you think i picked a great guy to be my running mate? the first day of their convention lost again this year to the storm season. hurricane isaac bearing down on the gulf coast. republicans citing their convention in the crucial swing state of florida for the first time in 40 years. democrats, meanwhile, see their own opportunity in florida on the republicans platform and pledge to privatize medicare. target lag tino voters that tampa s schedule includes speeches from every statewide elected latino republican in the entire country. for women voters, the todd akin legitimate
the republicans platform and pledge to privatize medicare. target lag tino voters that tampa s schedule includes speeches from every statewide elected latino republican in the entire country. for women voters, the todd akin legitimate rape controversy and the republican platform s hard line on abortion stays center age i m very proud of my pro-life record. the last round of republican presidential leadership banished from the convention stage. but the new round of gop governors will talk pride of place. tonight the keynote from new jersey republican governor chris christie. highly anticipated speech from the would-be first lady ann romney. msnbc s prime time coverage of the 2012 republican national convention begins right now. thanks for joining us. i m rachel maddow, msnbc headquarters. reverend al sharpton and chris hayes as well as the mccain/palin team senior strategist from 2008, steve schmidt. lawrence o donnell will join us as well. leading our coverage from tam
contrast. true, but james, the last them the campaign needs is this idea, and you wonder if he doesn t win here, the pining for somebody else. it s the might have beens, chuck, and it shows up in your poll this morning. it s interesting, republicans seem to becoming more unhappy with their field rather than saying we feel good about these guys. there s still pining for who might have gotten in and who chose not to. i ve got to leave it there. robert, shameless plugs, go. i know this is sappy, but i say war horse over the weekend. i think it s an excellent movie. everyone should see it. we like sappy here. go. this morning in roll call about john bray bender, i call it a tale of two yenzers two
s hipped rick santorum. and we have brand new poll numbers that show the wind is at newt gingrich s back in south carolina. but what happens if romney s story goes from 3-0 to uh-oh? first, gingrich has to overcome an explosive interview with one of his ex-wives. and back in washington, the obama administration hits the brakes on the keystone pipeline plant. the president bolstering his base at the expense of critical independence? by the way, he s up with his first ad and advertise defensive. good morning from south carolina. it s thursday, january 19th, 2012. it s the daily rundown. i m chuck todd. i m right here in rock hill. we got some early risers here. of course, you know, 9:00 a.m. on a college campus, how many people are here? let me get to my first reads of the morning. could mitt romney s coronation be stalling? two days ago it looked like romney was on his way to wrapping up the republican nomination by the end of the weekend. going three for three in the firs