laura: good evening, i m laura ingraham on the ingraham angle. joe manchin announced he would not seek reelection in west virginia. joe manchin saw the writing on the wall, he was going to lose and lose big. i made one of the toughest decisions of my life, i will not run for reelection in the united states senate. i will be traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is interest in creating movement to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. laura: the truth is, over time, voters saw through joe manchin s mask. he couldn t play good old boy in virginia and buddy up to schumer in d.c. democrats had grown tired of him. he has not been a reliable ally to the white house or democrats, i don t know if they shift strategy that we real democrats can play. he s been more reliable than a republican would be, though. better than to not have the seat at all. that is money that can go elsewhere. laura: joe manchin s exit is a huge problem for democrat
your dressing room and now that i have your hair products what is all this telling us about the network morning wars? what s the impact of matt lauer reupping at today? keith olbermann and current tv filing scorching suits against each other just days after his firing. in the court of public opinion, keith takes his case to david letterman. i screwed up. i screwed up really big on this. but is he. the media endorsing mitt romney wroosh. nothing will stop him from being the man. the race is effectively over. the only person that doesn t seem to understand that is rick santorum and newt gingrich. and, of course, the pundits are never wrong. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. we ll get to all that, but, first, breaking news this morning. we learned within the last 90 minutes that mike wallace has died. mike wallace, the legendary, and i don t use that word lightly legendary talk show host, correspondent for 60 minutes really a giant in the bro