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For Republicans like Rand Paul, the 2016 campaign has begun

CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Seeking to raise money for the New Hampshire Republican Party, state chairwoman Jennifer Horn recently called the party's national boss, Reince Priebus, with a question: Could he get Rand Paul to visit?Full story

Rep. King: Obama elected because of Reagan

Ever heard somebody say that President Reagan paved the way for Barack Obama to get elected, in a bad way? It happened this week, thanks to Iowa Congressman Steve King. Full story

IRS official pleads the fifth in face of Republican ire

  Democratic strategist Julian Epstein and Lehigh University Professor James Peterson join Martin Bashir to analyze a day of high-drama at an IRS congressional hearing – and assess the White House pushback on this latest “scandal.”

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Two Dems in top races voted with GOP on health care repeal

Mitt Romney to visit ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ next week

NBC Politics: Cuccinelli takes page from Romney playbook with new tax plan

Mitt Romney to grads: Get hitched and have a ‘quiverful’ of kids

NBC Politics: In Va. governor's race, it's the Romney campaign in reverse

Axelrod, Christie land headlining slots on Romney’s all-star retreat roster

Boston terror attack a ‘cowardly thing’ to do

The rock star who’s ‘embarrassed to be a Republican’

Magazine releases recording of senior Republican's campaign meeting

Political consultants celebrate themselves at Washington gathering

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  How scandals drive politics

MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki talks to an Up panel which includes, Democratic pollster Margie Omero, Prof. Alan Abramowitz, The New Yorker’s Rick Hertzberg, Julianne Malveaux talk about the scandals plaguing the Obama administration and why the president’s approval rating has increased in spite of them.

  Vetting Marco Rubio and Trey Radel’s street cred

Another Florida Republican is vying to be the face of hip hop in the GOP. Alex Wagner’s panelists look at the possibilities for a battle of the rhymes between Rep. Trey Radel and Sen. Marco Rubio.

  Matthews: There’s no thrust to Obama’s presidency right now

NBC’s Chuck Todd and the National Journal’s Ron Fournier join Hardball to talk about the latest scandals that have the president under fire.

  Policy problems plague the GOP

The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd takes a "deep dive" look into the future of the GOP party, specifically looking at the policy side of the rework looking at the GOP’s views of the economy and the environment. The National Journal’s Coral Davenport and Nancy Cook join to discuss.

  Stark political contrasts in married vs. unmarried mothers

On Mother’s Day, Steve Kornacki reveals a telling statistic about the way married mothers and unmarried mothers voted in the 2012 election.

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