• Obama campaign moves quickly to define Romney

    Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter joins The Daily Rundown’s Chuck Todd to respond to their attacks on Mitt Romney’s time at Bain, and claims that the President’s same-sex marriage decision was purely for political reasons.

  • Clyburn: ‘I have evolved to a point of marriage equality’

    On today's show Rep. James Clyburn, D-SC., joined Chuck to discuss same-sex marriage. During his appearance Rep. Clyburn said he didn’t always support same-sex marriage at first, but now considers it to be a civil right and says that it shouldn’t be left up to a state-by-state approach.

    To view Rep. Clyburn on our show today, and to see what else he had to say, check out the video to the right.

  • Deep Dive: Running with Romney

    The Daily Rundown takes a deep dive  into the only other time Mitt Romney chose a running mate, his 2002 Massachusetts run for governor when he endorsed Kerry Healey as his lieutenant governor. Chuck Todd is joined by former Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey to discuss her time with Romney, how Romney may have picked her as running mate, and how he might chose his vice presidential running mate.

  • HOOSIER OUSTER

    Chuck talked to both state Treasurer Richard Mourdock (R) and Rep. Joe Donnelly (D) just hours after they officially secured the nominations to face off for Indiana's U.S. Senate seat November. Mourdock's drubbing of Sen. Dick Lugar (R) by more than 20 points shocked Washington and his response to Chuck about bipartisanship turned a lot of heads today. Check it out.

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  • Deep Dive: Economic swing

    On today's show Chuck takes a look at the latest jobs numbers within the critical swing states, breaking down how the numbers could affect the vote between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Check out more in the video to the right.

  • An end to the longest war?

    Senator Bob Menendez, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, discusses the President’s decision in signing the Afghan agreement, and talks about how Congress may allocate funds for the war.

  • Getting Down to Business

    Governor Jack Markell, D-Del., talks to Chuck Todd about job growth in Delaware and how several big companies are incorporated within Delaware. Check out the video from today.

  • A look inside the Florida Senate race

    Chuck took a Deep Dive into the Florida Senate race today and talked with senatorial campaign candidate Rep. Connie Mack IV. Learn more about the Florida Senate race and see what Rep. Mack had to say here.

  • Revisiting Gingrich's campaign

    From suggesting Americans should create the first moon colony, to proposing the idea that schools should hire children from poor neighborhoods to do janitorial work, Newt Gingrich has become infamous for saying some outrageous things during his time on the campaign trail.

    In today's Deep Dive Chuck takes a look back at Newt Gingrich's campaign and highlights some of the more unique remarks he has made over the last few months.

  • Swing State Scenarios

    In today's Deep Dive Chuck jumps into a few possible scenarios for Romney and Obama to hit 270 electoral votes. Chuck breaks down how the swing states may vote, and shows how there's even a chance for Romney and Obama to tie with 269 votes.

    To see more, check out our Deep Dive below.

  • Inside Indiana

    Chuck takes a "deep dive" into the Indiana Senate  race and talks with Democratic senate candidate Rep. Joe Donnelly. See what Rep. Donnelly has to say about the race at hand, and how things have been folding out for him thus far in the video to the right.

     

     

  • Senator calls for US help in Fukushima cleanup

    Senator Ron Wyden was the first U.S. Senator to get a look inside Japan’s Fukushima nuclear energy plant. On today's show, Wyden discussed what he saw inside the plant and whether or not imported food from Japan is safe to eat. Check it out!

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