even just in the senate, senators like rand paul and marco rubio and lamar alexander, all within the last few months, not just that the minimum wage should bchbt raised, but maybe the minimum wajs should not exist at all. maybe the minimum wage should be zero. republican voters not only want the minimum wage to exist, they want to raise it. just like all the other voters want to raise it. it is an overwhelming thing that democrats support and republican politicians don't, despite their own voters. and that is your definition of political opportunity. if your side supports something that is wildly popular, and the other side is against it, that is a political opportunity. if you support something that is so popular that even the voter from the other parties are with you on it and they're against their own politicians on it. that is a political opportunity. on paper, this is a simple things, but it is also the greater wedge issue that has ever been invoented in the history of politics. why haven joining us now is noam shriver, he's the author of the cover story in the lailtest issue, c

there's marco -- that's the pat robertson law school guy on the left there. he is the guy who put out my nominee for the single greatest obama care press release title of all time. obama care will mandate free sex changes. really? incidentally, also when that george reeker's riling boy came out in the miami news times, he is the one that defended george reeker saying that clearly this was a setup. somebody planted the hooker there. i don't believe the massager thing for a minute. but here's marco rubio doing -- public food, that erected over the past 48 hours in wyoming and in the "new york times," and on facebook and in the pr shop hired by the family so they could have their family change in public. that delightful fact was sparked by these ads being run against liz cheney in wyoming as she tried to mount her senate campaign there -- back to the future, to have mike huckabee's daughter, running attack ads against a candidate who has a gay sister that says see this shows you're not anti-gay enough. but that ad was effective enough in wyoming, it got liz cham

marco rubio said a majority of americans are conservatives. politifact looked into that, found that that is not true, and then they ruled his statement half true. president obama made two claims about jobs numbers in a big speech, claims that were true. politifact admitted the claims were true. they rated his statement half true. politifact fact-checked a statement by lawrence o'donnell that the gi bill had once been denounced as a form of welfare. that happened in real life. that is a true statement. politifact rated it mostly false. politifact is terrible at what they do. politifact is terrible. fact-checking is an important, important job, and there are people who do it well. politifact does it terribly over and over and over again. here was politifact being terrible in may of this year. this was something they completely messed up when they tried and failed, as usual, to fact-check the cbs show "face the nation." >> we still don't have equal rights. i have been getting on twitter, oh, why does this matter? i don't care, which is kind of co

his last name of big name surrogates were senator marco rubio, anti-abortion guy, rand paul, bobby jindal, mike huckabee, rick santorum. those were his last list. where is this gender gap coming

his last name of big name surrogates were senator marco rubio, anti-abortion guy, rand paul, bobby jindal, mike huckabee, rick santorum. those were his last list. where is this gender gap coming from? how did the republicans lose this governorship? nbc news again, projects tonight that the winner of the gubernatorial race is mcauliffe gubernatorial race in virginia is terry mcauliffe. "first look" is up next. >>> good wednesday morning. right now on first look, the voters have spoken with the winners in the books and the country set on a new path. >>> and the man at the center of the dolphin's bullying scandal speaks out. >>> a drunken stupor, a crack pipe and the man who says he feels a thousand pounds lighter after apologizing. plus senator rand paul on what will make people leave him the hell alone. a and a look at the earth once the icecaps melt. we start with election day highlights in two high profile races. first to virginia where democrat

anti-abortion republican senator guy, marco rubio. rand paul, anti-abortion republican guy rand paul, and anti-abortion republican governor guy bobby jindal, and anti-abortion rick santorum. and the anti-abortion family, the duggars, 19 kids and counting. there was another one brought in, a blast from the past. the long-time republican governor, scott walker. governor scott walker did not draw a particularly good crowd for ken cuccinelli in virginia in the closing days of the campaign. but not for a lack of trying or a lack of congruant politics between the two men. governor scott walker is up for re-election next year. if he runs for election, as expected, that will be his third election in four years. the fight over union rights in the recall effort made wisconsin the center of the political universe for a while. governor walker surviving the effort. his win in the race made him a national republican darling. so now he pretty clearly is running for re-election in wisconsin. but also he is just as clearly apparently running for presi

his last name of big name surrogates were senator marco rubio, anti-abortion guy, rand paul, bobby jindal, mike huckabee, rick santorum. those awere his last list. where is this gender gap coming from? how did the republicans lose this governorship? nbc news again, projects tonight that the winner of the gub fla torrial race is mcauliffe. stay with us. msnbc's election coverage continues with the last word and lawrence o'donnell. america. much of america. in new jersey, chris christie re-elected to a second term as governor. we are awaiting a victory speech from governor christie. likely within this hour. in virginia, nbc news project, democratic terry mcauliffe pulled off a narrow victory. defeated, ken cuccinelli, with 96% of the vote in. mcauliffe, has 47%. and libertarian candidate, has 7%. nbc news also projects that democrat ralph northam is winner of the lieutenant-governor race. political director, chuck todd is at the headquarters in tyson's corner, virginia. chuck, how did this race find its way to a terry mcauliffe viy

i said this week that marco rubio gave his anti-gay rights speech with a guy from pat robertson school, turns out with a guy from the jerry falwell school. always getting these guys mixed up and their law schools. i very much regret the error. the fact remains if you want the republican party to nominate you for president, you have to kiss the rings of the televangelist. be healed, republican party, be healed. . >>> good friday morning. right now on "first look," 50 years ago today the united state changed forever as president john f. kennedy was cut down in the premie of his life and career of public service. we have memories to share. >>> plus some airlines are saying no way to talking on your phone while flying. others are welcoming the change. >>> the senated a don' ed adopt nuclear option. >>> good morning. i'm mara schiavocampo. 50 years ago today, the nation lost its 35th president when john f. kennedy was struck down

his last name of big name surrogates were senator marco rubio, anti-abortion guy, rand paul, bobby jindal, mike huckabee, rick santorum. those awere his last list. where is this gender gap coming from? how did the republicans lose this governorship? nbc news again, projects tonight that the winner of the g

was supposed to champion this bill through congress when it first came up, was going to be senator marco rubio. not anymore, though. now they have taken it out of the hands of anybody who might conceivably be running for president in 2016. and instead, they gave it to lindsey graham, who is definitely not running for president now or ever, but who does face the prospect of an even more conservative right-wing primary challenger in his home state of south carolina. so, yeah, they want to keep pushing their ant-abortion agenda as they have been for these last few years, but they want it to be a lower profile affair. something that really only comes up in elections when only republicans are voting. like, say, south carolina republican primaries. in virginia this week, the republican party ran a hard line anti-abortion activist for governor, and they thereby lost a governorship that the republican party, by all rights, really should have won. the beltway diagnosis of what went wrong there is probably best stated in "the washington post" editorial about that election today, which called ken c

i said this week that marco rubio gave his anti-gay rights speech with a guy from pat robertson school, turns out with a guy from the jerry falwell school. always getting these guys mixed up and their law schools. i very much regret the error. the fact remains itch yf you wae republican party to

conservative republicans thought to be potential 2016 contenders themselves like ted cruz, rand paul, and marco rubio have hit christie as a moderate. last night sarah palin told sean hannity republicans shouldn't settle for the candidate the establishment wants. let's listen to this rhino hunting that's already going on thanks to that person from alaska who loves this kind of talk. >> this is not a coronation. this process hasn't begun yet, and there are establishment people telling tea party conservatives he's the only guy that can win. what's your reaction? >> those establishment people have been quite wrong, it seems especially in recent days. haven't they? we certainly, though, don't have to settle for any candidate, any politician that would go along to get along with an agenda that stifles our economy and would strip any of our freedoms. that are constitutionally protected. >> what is she talking about? anyway, scott hopster from connecticut took issue with christie calling him conservative. quoting with we're so frustrated with all this christie talk we can't see straight. he's no more

his last list of big name surrogates were senator marco rubio, anti-abortion guy, representative ron paul, anti-abortion guy, scott walker, rand paul, mike huckaby, rick santorum, last surrogates. all anti-abortion, male, republican candidates. where is this gender gap possibly coming from? how did the republicans lose this governorship? well, next news again, projects tonight that the -- the winner of the gubernatorial race in virginia its terry mcauliffe, and that does it for us. the action packed hour. back at midnight with more. stay with us, msnbc's election night coverage, and "the last word" and lawrence o'donnell. >>> it is election night

i said this week that marco rubio gave his anti-gay rights speech with a guy from pat robertson school, turns out with a guy from the jerry falwell school. always getting these guys mixed up and their law schools. i very much regret the error. the fact remains if you want the republican party to nominate you for president, you have to kiss the rings of the televangelist. be healed, republican party, be healed. that does it for us tonight now >>> tonight, we have more video of the new mexico state police reckless shooting at a mother and her five children in their minivan. eight more minutes of that video that has not yet been seen. and today, here in washington, it was a historic day in the united states senate. for the future of democracy. >> on track to go nuclear. >> nuclear. >> in the senate. >> so-called nuclear option. >> using a 51 vote majority. >> change the rules of the senate.