president obama holds a 34-point nationwide lead. that s who is being purged. from the state that gave us a 537 margin vote victory in the year 2000 and trying to revoke voting rights. what could possibly go wrong? joining us now is michael waltman. thanks very much for your time. nice to have you here. great to be with you. having studied voting rights cases all around the country and over time, what do you think is the motivation for what s going on in florida right now, and what do you think is the outcome? it s true for election fiasco buffs, the question is what s going to be the next florida? and what do you know, florida. this comes on top of many other problems with the way we run elections and things that have sought to kick people off the
you showed who are not in this really to make partisan points but try to do a difficult job of running elections. those kind of push backs can make a difference. already the state of florida just recently said, maybe we ought to double check this before we start purging people. the more people yell, maybe the more impact it will have. once we re done with the partisan shenanigans which we re seeing in florida so much this year and elsewhere, we really ought to modernize our voter registration system. if we put aside these fights and said let s make sure that everybody that is eligible to vote and the government has an obligation to put them on the roll and keep them there and use computer records, that s the kind of thing that could add tens of millions of people to the rolls nation wide and curb fraud for people that are worried about fraud. mickey mouse doesn t have a social security number even in orlando where he lives. we could get past this easily. it raises a lot of questions ab
lieutenant governor in the senate race in texas today by virtue of that endorsement, the lieutenant governor is the republican establishment candidate for kay bailey hutchison senate seat. he does have a challenger who has been endorsed by the artist formally known as the alaska governor sarah palin. if neither the perry endorsed lieutenant governor nor the palin endorsed general gets 50% of the vote in the senate race in texas tonight, they will be in a run off at the end of july. at this hour here are the latest results that we have in that race. in the texas senate race with 32% in. david dewhurst is at 47%. ted cruz at 29%. again, one of these candidates has to go above 50% to avoid a runoff. we ll be watching that tonight. this is the race to watch tonight in texas although there s some other down ballot action there. at the tip top of the ticket, there s some news even though there s not been much suspense. nbc news is projecting that mitt romney is the winner in texas
has been endorsed by the artist formally known as the alaska governor sarah palin. if neither the perry endorsed lieutenant governor nor the palin endorsed general gets 50% of the vote in the senate race in texas tonight, they will be in a run off at the end of july. at this hour here are the latest results that we have in that race. in the texas senate race with 32% in. david dewhurst is at 47%. ted cruz at 29%. again, one of these candidates has to go above 50% to avoid a runoff. we ll be watching that tonight. this is the race to watch tonight in texas although there s some other down ballot action there. at the tip top of the ticket, there s some news even though there s not been much suspense. nbc news is projecting that mitt romney is the winner in texas and importantly, that he will win enough delegates in texas tonight to clinch the republican nomination for president. texas has ended up having a really important role to play in the presidential race. we will no longe
republican republicans. rick perry has endorsed his lieutenant governor in the senate race in texas today by virtue of that endorsement, the lieutenant governor is the republican establishment candidate for kay bailey hutchison senate seat. he does have a challenger who has been endorsed by the artist formally known as the alaska governor sarah palin. if neither the perry endorsed lieutenant governor nor the palin endorsed general gets 50% of the vote in the senate race in texas tonight, they will be in a run off at the end of july. at this hour here are the latest results that we have in that race. in the texas senate race with 32% in. david dewhurst is at 47%. ted cruz at 29%. again, one of these candidates has to go above 50% to avoid a runoff. we ll be watching that tonight. this is the race to watch tonight in texas although there s some other down ballot action there. at the tip top of the ticket, there s some news even though there s not been much suspense. nbc news is