By MSNBC’s Xuan Thai

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) called out Republican leaders on the debt limit fight, saying that they’re trying to “create a crisis” over the debt limit to hurt Democrats, including President Obama.

“They want to create a crisis so people say ‘oh my goodness maybe we if we change everything, things will be better. Maybe we need a different president’,” Sen. Boxer told The Daily Rundown’s host Chuck Todd.

“It’s interesting that they’re setting up a debt fight, [Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell and [Republican House Speaker John]Boehner, over the future debt ceiling.  Making it a crisis when it isn’t a crisis and demanding more cuts when they’re not living up to the cuts the already agreed to,” Sen. Boxer continued.

Sen. Boxer was referring to Republican attempts to renegotiate the $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts agreed to during last year’s debt ceiling negotiations.  Republicans are trying to avoid the deep cuts in defense spending and are proposing alternatives to the sequestration. 

Both sides are gearing up for a battle over the next debt ceiling increase.  Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has said that the federal government could run out of money again by the end of the year. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chuck takes a deep dive into Ron Paul's bid to win delegates and how he and his supporters could greatly influence the Republican Party.

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.

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.

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.

Chuck takes a look at the John Edwards trial, and talks with Michael Toner, former Commissioner of the FEC, about whether or not what Edwards is on trial for is actually criminal.

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.

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.

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.

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.