Happy Tuesday afternoon! Here's some of the stories we're watching today:
On The Last Word, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell slams Craig Sonner, the "cowardly" lawyer representing George Zimmerman, for canceling the interview at the last minute. Plus, New York Times columnist Charles Blow weighs in on the Trayvon Martin case.
As the discussion continues over whether or not the individual mandate to purchase health insurance is constitutional, NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro discuss the irony surrounding the issue, Romney's foreign policy gaffe and his huge spending lead in Wisconsin.
Thousands of people are expected to converge on Sanford, Florida today to mark the 1-month anniversary of Trayvon Martin's slaying...
Happy Monday, welcome to the new week! Here's some of the stories we're watching:
The parents of an unarmed black teenager who was shot dead by a neighborhood watch captain in Florida will be part of a rally tonight in the city where he was killed one month ago today to protest the lack of an arrest or prosecution:
The Supreme Court has finished the first of three days of arguments on the fate of the Obama administration's overhaul of the nation's health care system:
Newt Gingrich is out with his first ad attacking Mitt Romney in South Carolina, and it’s a doozy — targeting the former Massachusetts governor’s record on abortion rights.
As Mitt Romney's firm profited in South Carolina, jobs disappeared.
Mitt Romney is depicted as a financier “more ruthless than Wall Street” in a film bankrolled by Newt Gingrich supporters set to be released today in South Carolina.
Mitt Romney delivered a punchy, aggressive, and well-received acceptance speech after his New Hampshire win, tying President Obama to another continent: Europe.
Rick Perry: Mitt's company is "just vultures" who "eat the carcass" of companies.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), a tea-partier extraordinaire who’s been careful not to give out any presidential endorsement, said he thinks Mitt Romney is going to pull off a win in South Carolina.
Mitt Romney, under attack by his opponents over his record of layoffs and restructuring at his old firm Bain Capital, said today that President Obama was also forced to lay off people in the auto industry.
Rick Perry calls Mitt Romney's company "vultures" who "eat the carcass" of companies.
Rick Santorum: "The way he (Mitt Romney) came across just reminds you of your boss as opposed to someone that really has an understanding of what you're dealing with in your life. "
No, Romney didn’t actually say that he enjoys firing people — but what he really did say was actually worse.
Usually reluctant to concede error, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker now confesses to being embarrassed by the "Koch" call.
A narrower than expected win for Mitt Romney in the nation's first presidential primary – or a surprisingly strong finish from one of his rivals – could weaken the front-runner.
Mitt Romney still holds a double-digit lead in New Hampshire, but Jon Huntsman has cut into that edge.
National Review: Bain attacks "foolish and destructive;" Mitt Romney "tin-eared."
Team Mitt: Free enterprise is being put on trial by President Obama. And their first witness is Newt Gingrich.
Rush Limbaugh used a controversial new book about the Obamas to float some new theories about the First Couple on his Monday show.
A new CBS poll finds that 58 percent of Republican primary voters want more presidential choices, while just 37 percent say they are satisfied with the current field.
Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney tied when voters in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, cast the first ballots in the New Hampshire primary just after midnight on Tuesday.
Jon Huntsman was busy campaigning in the hinterlands of the Granite State, when he encountered Izak the goat, who hauled off and bit the former Utah governor.
Rush Limbaugh wades into the Newt-versus-Mitt scrap over Bain Capital and Romney's "firing" gaffe, fretting about what the Obama campaign will do to Romney in the general.
Mitt Romney says he likes being able to 'fire people' who don't provide adequate business services. He said Monday that he wants to allow people to shop for their own health insurance and fire their health insurer if they aren't happy with it. (Jan. 9)
Mitt Romney, who's under attack for his business record, said Monday that he likes having the option of firing people.
Rick Santorum cites an unnamed “anti-poverty expert” to claim that children are better off having a parent in prison who abandoned them than having two same-sex parents.
New York Times columnist Bill Keller argues that it's time to consider putting Hillary Clinton on the 2012 ticket.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called President Obama the “most pessimistic man I’ve ever seen” and said he is faking anger to win re-election.
The Wall Street Journal has taken the most comprehensive look yet at Bain’s record on Mitt Romney’s watch.
David Axelrod on Sunday pushed back on a forthcoming book about the first couple’s marriage, suggesting its portrayals of tension were inaccurate and exaggerated.
Seconds after insisting he hadn’t seen his super PAC ads attacking Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney defends ads in detail.
Newt Gingrich sharply criticized comments made by Mitt Romney that Americans who need to pay off their mortgage should perhaps not run for public office.
An African-American man confronts Newt Gingrich on food stamps comments, saying "stop using blacks as a punching bag."
A young woman poses for a photo with Rick Perry while saying it is "good to see someone as homophobic and racist as you."
During a rally for Mitt Romney, New Jersey governor Chris Christie was interrupted by demonstrators chanting “Christie Kills Jobs.” “Really?!” Christie amusedly boomed.
Mitt Romney seems headed to a win Tuesday night, but the race for second place in the Granite State is far from settled.
Mitt Romney took a lead in South Carolina last week, and it looks like the same thing is happening in Florida, the fourth primary state.
George Will says Rick Santorum is winning because Republicans "crave fun."
Herman Cain launches "Cain’s Solutions Revolution" to "keep 999 alive."
The Obama administration will unveil a "more realistic" vision for the military today, with plans to cut tens of thousands of ground troops and invest more in air and sea power.
Rick Santorum says he didn't say he doesn't want to help black people.
One of two relatively small Super PACs that helped Rick Santorum grab his upset result in Iowa looks set to close.
Mitt Romney slams President Obama's "union stooges" in South Carolina.
After a sixth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann ends her bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Watch her entire statement.
Michele Bachmann says she will "stand aside" after pulling just 5 percent in Iowa caucuses.
Perry stays in race, tweets: "Here we come South Carolina"
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels bows to public pressure, will allow masses to protest at statehouse today
Newt Gingrich is going after Mitt Romney, and in a recent interview Gingrich went so far as to call Romney a liar. The Morning Joe panel discusses Gingrich's remarks and what impact it will have on Romney. "Meet the Press" moderator David Gregory, the BBC's Katty Kay and Time's Joe Klein join the conversation.
Here's some of the stories we're watching on Iowa caucuses day!
Newt Gingrich called Mitt Romney a liar today morning in a tense interview on the day of the Iowa caucuses.
Rick Perry managed to flub a key detail in Iowa while attempting to use Alaska's notorious "Bridge to Nowhere" to underscore what he described as rival Rick Santorum's past embrace of reckless spending in Washington.
Rick Santorum says Ron Paul's campaign is responsible for robocalls that say the former Pennsylvania senator is weak on gun rights.
While speaking to a group of moms in Des Moines, Iowa, Newt Gingrich gets choked up while talking about his own mom. Time's Mark Halperin provides the latest Iowa analysis to MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.
Newt Gingrich teared up during a campaign stop today, speaking about his late mother in front of a group of mothers in Des Moines.
Nothing quite so illustrates the rightward lurch of the GOP than the demonization of candidates who backed George W. Bush.
Fox Latin America has apologized for a poll on whether Jews killed Jesus Christ that one of its staffers put on a Facebook page.
Veterans of the 2008 New Hampshire campaign have wondered when the Union Leader would try to repeat the daily, front-page battery of Mitt Romney that it accomplished last cycle.
Christian conservative activist David Lane is alarmed that the Drudge Report and Ann Coulter have "decided that Newt is the enemy" and are "going all out for Romney."
A judge in Wisconsin has ruled that Democratic recall organizers cannot challenge a lawsuit brought by the state GOP against election officials.