'Severely' desperate Romney tries to talk up conservative cred
The Rachel Maddow Show [video] February 10, 2011
Dave Weigel, political reporter for Slate, talks with Rachel Maddow about the highlights from this year's CPAC convention and the desperate insistence by Mitt Romney to the conservative Republican base that he was a "severely conservative" governor.
Rachel Maddow rounds up political stories of the day, including that Newt Gingrich's billionaire sponsor is not likely to deliver another big check to the campaign, and conservative candidates clinging to contraception as an issue despite President Obama's resolution of the controversy with Catholics.
Appointed by fiat, town manager puts local radio station on eBay
The Rachel Maddow Show [video] February 10, 2011
Rachel Maddow reports on the latest outrage in the case of Benton Harbor, Michigan, which has had its democracy hollowed out by Governor Rick Snyder through an "emergency manager" law that suspends nearly all of the authority of local elected officials in deference to a Snyder appointee.
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