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

Reps. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., and Jim Matheson, D-Utah, had the two closest House races in the country in 2012, and they're top GOP targets looking ahead to 2014 once again. Full story

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.

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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

New poll on conspiracy theories reveals profound distrust of government

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  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.

  One for the ladies: Venture-backed firms headed by women less likely to fail

Thomas Roberts talks to Farai Chideya from TheRoot.com, Monika Bauerlaein of Mother Jones, and The American Prospect's Jamelle Bouie about the fight for marriage equality, the role of the  Mormon Church in the gay marriage battle, and new information that's a win for women heading up venture-backed

  Dishonesty of GOP stall tactic exposed in numbers

Rachel Maddow reports on a Republican stall tactic to avoid confirming President Obama's nominee to head the EPA, flooding her with questions and then accusing her of being non-responsive to those questions even after she answered hundreds.

  Obama makes his case for jobs while Republicans push the Texas model        

Chris Hayes talks with Heather McGhee of Demos and Josh Barro of Bloomberg View about President Obama's trip to Texas and what the Texas economic model would mean for America.

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