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calls it the battle for the soul of the gop. senator thad cochran is the embodiment of the establishment. 36 years in office, mostly unchallenged in his re-election bids. but chris mcdaniel edged him out in the primary, riding a wave of rebellion from tea party groups and conservatives fed up with washington. chief congressional correspondent dana bash is in jackson, mississippi. good morning. reporter: good morning, carol. absolutely, this is so much bigger than each of these candidates. it is a battle, probably the last battle for this primary season for the soul of the republican party. but when it comes to thad cochran, the incumbent, he s trying to keep his seat by broadening beyond his party. 36-year senate veteran thad cochran flew in a famous establishment republican, john mccain, to help close the deal with mississippi voters. send thad cochran, a good and decent and honorable servant,
wig a role democrats want to see mr. obama play in their re-election bids. the president about to make remarks on job training outside milwaukee. here s a look at his travels, basically, this year, since january 15th when he came back from vacation in hawaii. the only state president obama hit where a senate democrat is facing a tough battle is in north carolina. senator kay hagan, normally a big presidential supporter, managed somehow not to attend that event with the president. elise i have beck is a writer for the hill. post-state of the union speeches are quite common every, every prosecute in my memory has taken them on. is there anything different about this one? there s not a lot which is different except president obama s approval rating, so we know he s seeking to get the public back on his side by talking about what are, frankly, old policy ideas of his, but
the act to requirement for a year to cover people or be penalized. he now has for another year extended the right of insurance companies to cancel people. plus there is no obligation to go back to people who have already been notified and say they re covered. all the things he said he wasn t going to do and all the warnings that were given i feel like he s ignored. i do agree he s lost credibility and i frankly believe he looks very political in this, problematic for the democrats. political certainly in the sense this president never has to run for re-election again. i want to listen to what the president said on thursday if where he s clearly trying to provide some cover for his party, for congressional democrats and senators, as they face tough re-election bids. i want them to know their senator or congressman, this were making representations based on what i told them and what this white house and our administrative staff told them so, it s not on them, it s on
i m uma pemmaraju. coming up, dozen of democrats break rank and vote for the house plan to fix flaws of obamacare. what impact will it have on lawmakers who are facing tough re-election bids? we talk to pollster frank luntz. and congressman pete king. then ivy league school. meningitis outbreak hits princeton university. now the federal officials are looking overseas for help to treat the disease before it turns deadly. msnbc vented alak baldwin after another outburst. we tell you what led to this. more on this and rest of the top stories at the top of the hour. stay with us. check out the got inurious