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failed to be trained. How do you explain this to an average white person right now, what went wrong . How does this person contract ebola . Well, there was a breach in the protocol, but we dont know the precise breach. We continue to investigate by interviewing every Health Care Worker who had anything to do with the care of eric duncan. And we brought in two Infectious Disease specialists from the cdc and a host more epidemiologist to try to get to where that breach was. We have improved over the last 24 hours some of the Infection Control protocols there. But there was a breach, we dont know whether it was isolated, or whether it was something that affected more people. Thats what our focus is on now. Thank you, judge. Less than a month ago, president obama said it was unlikely ebola would reach our shores, but it
has. When the first case landed in dallas two weeks ago, center for Disease Control director Thomas Frieden announced they were stopping it in its tracks. Today the tone of the conversation is different. We have the first ebola infection in the United States and the cdc assumes more cases are on the way. Were concerned and would not be surprised if we did see additional cases in the Health Care Workers who also provided care to the index patient. Were concerned there could be other infections in the coming days. Would not be surprised if there are more cases, especially of those who cared for the first victim here. Cdc director frieden called for an elevated level of readiness at hospitals around the country. Heres more of what he said today. Well work with hospitals throughout the country to think ebola, in someone with a fever or other symptoms who has had travel to any of the three affected countries in the previous 21 days. So, anthony, thank you very
much. Youre very used to this, but most people are not, Infectious Diseases. Right. What do you think we know and what we dont know . Whats the known unknown here about whether it could be this person apparently did follow the rules, they thought. Right. Nina fong, and caught it. First of all, when we say breach, we better be careful that we dont give the impression that its her fault or she did something wrong. Breach is a Public Health terminology. It could possibly be that she may not have been actually trained or practiced in what she was doing. So she tried her best, and then you have to look at more proactive training, making sure theres good supervision there. So a breach can be a lot of things. Its that catch word for something went wrong. I think the important thing you just mentioned, there are things that did go right, despite the tragic event. One, this person was being
monitored because she was selfmonitoring. Soon as she got a fever on friday night, she reported it the next morning, went into isolation, and thats what tom frieden was talking about, when he said, there wont be an outbreak, because when you do Contact Tracing and do the isolation, youre not going to have an outbreak. So americans should not be concerned about an outbreak, but thats different than a significant serious situation, about making sure you protect our Health Care Workers. Weve got to make sure they get the best of equipment and the best of training so that we dont have an unfortunate incident. But dr. Frieden also said he would not be surprised if there were more cases coming out of people who were in contact with the first victim . Right. Health care workers, because if in fact what was going on in that intensive care setting allowed a single Health Care Worker to get infected, none of us would be surprised, we hope it doesnt happen, but we wouldnt be surprised if we saw
another one or more Health Care Workers, thats why theyre being monitored extremely closely. Whats the atmosphere like in texas . Are people concerned hes wouldnt be surprised if there were more cases of ebola . The vast majority of our people are calmly concerned for these Health Care Workers and are praying and thinking about nina and her family. And let me say this, i consider her to be a hero. She is a person who knew when she went into this field that theres always a risk of getting the very disease youre treating. Its happened to her. And shes dealing with that, with grace, and with dignity. And she has a brave and heroic family, and theyre giving her
great support. And im pleased but the president said it was unlikely that there would be cases in this country. And now the implications seem to be in the first couple days here, that we would be unlikely to see any more cases develop because of contact with this first patient, mr. Duncan. And then here we are, is there any way to spread the news that its possible, its unlikely, but its possible and throw in that word possible so people retain their authority to speak on the matter . Judge . Well, yes. Heres the situation. If you didnt come into contact with the bodily fluids of eric duncan, you dont have ebola and youre not going to get ebola. But in this situation, we have a new area of concern for Health Care Workers who we believed were following protocols sufficient to keep them safe while caring for mr. Duncan. There was a breach, which is a term of art, but there was a breach that allowed her to get
sick. It means that we are focused on those other Health Care Workers. Of the 48 people outside of those Health Care Workers that are contacts, theyre asymptom attic and have no fever and were now well past the most likely time for them to get sick. Theyll be fully in the clear on october 20th. But now we have a new concern, and thats the protocols and the Health Care Workers. The United States has been without a Surgeon General now for more than a year. In july of last year, Surgeon GeneralRegina Benjamin resigned. In november, president obama nominated a replacement, dr. Vivek murthy. Then democrats passed a measure to make it easier to confirm. Only a simple majority is needed. But then they moved to bock the nomination. Including comments where murthy said guns are a health care
issue themselves. Th the confirmation vote was called off that same month. What do you think of this . Im looking at a pack of cigarettes right now. I dont smoke, havent in 25 years. But for an authority figure, we look at this, Surgeon General warning, smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth and low birth rate. It talks about cancer. So the Surgeon General is the big daddy of the country who tells us what we should be afraid of. We dont have one. We have you, dr. Frieden. Do we need a Surgeon General to come on television to do psas and say, heres what you shouldnt be worried about. This is what you should do . Well, it would be nice to have a Surgeon General, but the problem right now, chris, is not not having a Surgeon General. I think its a problem with the american government. Im in a different field. Politically, we cant even do the basics, like approve a
Surgeon General. Thats a different story. I think theres a bit of a nonsec witter. Were not in the situation we are now because we dont have a Surgeon General. That would be making some majestic leaps. But we need somebody to talk to the American People. Sure. Health officials and i have been on the air almost continuously, as has tom frieden and secretary bur wel. Theres a lot to be done. Were in an epidemic of fear, and we need to break that so we dont need a tsar . I dont think so. We have good coordination from the white house, from the National Security council. We have the division in labor, in country, its usa i. D. Here its health and human services. The military are doing a great job helping with logistics. Its working smoothly. We need to get more resources. Right now, the thing that people forget when they see the headlines that you just showed about a single case, which is tragic, that should not have
happened. But the way we can stop this from ever happening is to get rid of the epidemic in west africa. If we do that, we wouldnt be talking about this right now. Well send 3,000 guys over there. The question is, will they get it . We must stop it in west africa. The lack of a clearcut personage, for the president to say, this person is in charge. When he was asked who was in charge of the rollout for health care, he said its the coo are the someone he never met. But thats a problem. But he knows you. Thank you judge clay jenkins. Coming up, my interview with senator kay hagan. Shes Holding Strong in North Carolina, where republicans have tried to take away the vote of minorities and young people. Guess what . Its driving people to get out their vote in reaction. They might vote more in greater numbers because of this effort
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coming up next, will the republican effort to screw the minority voter in North Carolina and elsewhere work . Or it will backfire . Looks like it might backfire in North Carolina where kay hagan could be one of the big standout victories for the democrats this year against what looks like could be a sweep this year. And well be right back. 75 in checked bag fees. Priority boarding is really important to us. You can just get on the plane and relax. I love to travel, no foreign transaction fees means real savings. We can go to any country and spend money the way we would in the us. When i spend money on this card i can see brazil in my future. I use the explorer card to earn miles in order to go visit my family which means a lot to me. receptionist Gunderman Group is growing. Getting in a groove. Growth is gratifying. Goal is to grow. Gotta get greater growth. I just talked to ups. They got expert advise, special discounts, new technologies. Like smart pick ups. Theyll only show up when you print a label and its automatic. We save time and money. Time . Money . Time and money. Awesome. Awesome awesome awesome awesome all awesome i love logistics. Just three weeks from now, in fact, tomorrow, a handful of crucial states will determine whether democrats keep a majority in the United States senate, or whether republicans get control. Among the battleground states, North Carolina, where the race to finish line is intensifying even as we speak. We were there this weekend and heres what we found. With control of the u. S. Senate in the balance, hardball took to the road this weekend to check out the race in North Carolina. Its where democrat kay hagan is in a tough fight with thom tillis, her testy republican
opponent. Usually races that are this close bounce back and forth, but shes maintained a two to fivepoint lead nonstop for the last six weeks or so. The latest polling has hagan up two points 4745. I think voter turnout is the key. Its certainly the key in my election, in an offpresident ial election year. We know voter turnout goes down. And i have put together one of the biggest voter turnout operations weve ever seen in North Carolina. But new voting restrictions passed by the conservative North Carolina legislature, might affect turnout on election day. The intent was to suppress democratic turnout. Its wrong. People have fought and died for the constitutional right to vote. They took away a number of early voting days, they took away sameday registration. We allowed in civics classes as a senior in high school, that students could register to vote. You want to ask yourself, why . Hagans republican opponent is the speaker of the house in the North Carolina legislature. He pushed for the new voting restrictions which he must have known would weigh heaviest on his democratic rival. Did he do this to suppress the vote . Yes. When you look at these barriers to the ballot box. There are two states in the nation that he brought suit in, North Carolina and texas, because of the egregious violation of the constitutional right to vote. Its 2014. Why are there barriers to the ballot box . Thats what theyve done. The restrictions are going to hurt the African Americans the most. The naacp has been leading the fight to inform voters . What do you think Voter Suppression is about . Partisan or racist . I think its both. The people who are going to be affected, its African Americans. There are people who dont want to see progress. But these folks here do want to see it, and theyre leading the nation. This is where the action is. This is where the leadership is right here. Among those leaders, a civil rights advocate in the tar heels state. When you talk to republicans and i think you do, about why they push for the new voter laws, do they admit its suppression . Thom tillis admitted on msnbc, where he said it wasnt about fraud. He admitted that. Why is this a legislative priority . We call this restoring confidence in elections. There is some voter fraud, but thats not the primary reason for doing this. Theres a lot of people who are just concerned with the potential risk of fraud. In our state, it could be significant. Reverend barber gained wide
recognition for leading moral mondays in North Carolina, a weekly protest movement with civil rights and voting fairness at the top of its agenda. We talk about whats constitutionally inconsistent. Weve had republicans and democrats stand on the stage and say, some politicians that will get elected and then use their power to keep from voting, is wrong. Senator hagan has for her part made Voting Rights a key component of her reelection fight. We need to have a huge turnout on november 4th. With your help and support, we are going to get out the voters. We are going to inform them, tell them what the rules of the road are. This election is that critical. So is this based on racial racism or partisanship . Why are they trying to screw the black voter to put it bluntly . I think they are trying to suppress democratic turnout. So its partisan . Sundays to the polls, done
away. The whole early voting concept, people have busy lives. They want to go and vote early. And to think you took another week of that away, thats wrong. That is really wrong. The African Americans think theyre being targeted because theyre African Americans not because theyre democrats. Well, you know, i tend to agree with them. Some say tillis might trigger a voter backlash trying to en80 these voter restrictions. It could cause African Americans to show up in greater numbers at a protest. From what i can tell, the states voter i. D. Laws are motivating the base like nothing ive ever seen. I think the Republican Party overreached to such an extent that theyll have a hard time for the next couple of cycles. Theyre going to have to own what theyve done. The consequences of these new laws are far reaching and could determine which party wins control of the u. S. Senate. Every vote in a battleground state like North Carolina counts. Every vote that gets suppressed does too. Joining me now is political analyst Gene Robinson of the washington post. You grew up with this stuff and theyre back at it. Well, yeah. I thought we had established the right to vote back in 1964 and 65. I thought this was interesting. I brought back a little bit of advice for voters. This is a placard i got from the naacp, a nonpartisan placard. A lot of people are spreading the word you need an i. D. Card, even though these pushed off for two years. So that intimidation factor worked in pennsylvania for the president ial election. People say, dont bother, because you dont have an i. D. What do you think of this, that groups like the naacp, they may be democrats, but its a nonpartisan issue. And its a group that doesnt get involved in politics in a partisan way. And i think thats highly significant. I think what we heard about motivating the democratic base,
frankly, in North Carolina, could well be true. The counterattack, the backlash . Yeah, there are some indications that in 2012, in some states, you know, attempts to suppress the African American vote resulted in a higher than normal African American vote, especially in ohio. Let me ask you a question, i dont think theres an answer, but im going to throw it at you. I asked kay hagan the question, African Americans down here think its at them. Not just democrats, its at them as a group . Well, how could you not feel that way, if you see something that clearly has a disproportionate impact on African American voters. That in particular, that is something they went way out of their way to get rid of, and thats something they targeted the black vote. If African Americans were
loyal republican voters, would the Republican Party be doing this . Im not sure they would. Its like nixon, was it antisemitic or jewish or democrats. Anyway, a new poll on the senate race in iowa. 47 for republican joanie arn eft, the hog castrator, and 46, one point behind her, bruce braley, who isnt the greatest campaigner, but hes holding his fight there. Thats a fivepoint move. Plenty of heat when they debated last night. Lets watch. Senator ernst is fond of saying things that sound good, but when you look at what they mean to iowans, they dont make iowans better off. I think its important to have farmers in the United States senate. When you talk about your word behind closed doors at a
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answer the question. Even if she does answer it tonight, hell say, how long did that take you to do it . He can be a nasty sort of character to say the least. And hell use this. Anyway, eugene, thanks for having fun here. And i think kay hagan looks like a winner. Shes running a campaign against a guy who isnt that likeable and shes focused on North Carolina issues effectively. Thats what we saw down there. Up next, the round table and whos in charge of stopping ebola here in the United States . Plus, race and politics, could the Voter Suppression effort trigger voters going in the other way . People who werent supposed to vote are going out in droves. Youre watching hardball, the place for politics. Whats wrong with trying new things . Feel that in your muscles . Yeah. I do. Try a new way to bank, where no branches equals great rates. When diet and exercise arent enough, adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol up to 55 . Yeah crestor is not for people with Liver Disease or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. Tell your doctor all medicines you take. Call your doctor if you have muscle pain or weakness, feel unusually tired, have loss of appetite, upper belly pain,
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nor. North koreas leader reportedly attended a residential planning briefing, the first time he was seen in public for weeks. Protesters in the streets of ferguson, missouri today, hundreds of people marching from a church there to the police station, expressing outrage over the august killing of michael brown. And one person is dead after a tornado tore through kansas. Part of whats kpeakted to be a multiday stretch of severe weather. Now back to hardball. Welcome back to hardball. Time now for the round table. And tonights topics, diving into whos in charge on ebola and why is there no unified National Response to the virus, no tsar. And could Voter Suppression efforts in North Carolina motivate voters to turn out in
bigger numbers . Plus, fire wall, North Carolina, why the state could withstand a big sweep. Joining me now, howard fineman, and michelle bernard, and darryl weiss. His new book is right on the numbers here, billionaires, reflections on the upper crust. Want to talk about ebola. Reminds me of one of those movies, invasion of the body snarchs. Whos next . Even though its in small numbers, its against the promise we were given in the beginning, that it would be unlikely for it to get here. Whats frighten, we cant point to one person who is in charge. And now theres a breach in protocol in the hospital in texas where a nurse now has ebola. What if the protocol is just wrong . I have a friend who is a
physician in new york, here hospital treats a lot of african patients. She was sharing with me some details. And its frightening. The protocol begins with put up a map of africa in your emergency room. Train your staff on the names of the countries in africa and train your staff on the names of the cities in the countries where you find the ebola virus. Or the donald trump protocol, no more Airline Traffic from that part of the world. Its ironic, we spend a lot of times hearing from conservatives about the need for less centralized government, the more local the better. In this case, the exact opposite is true. We need the best, global, national information, carefully administered and supervised by a central figure. For political purposes and maybe administrative ones as well. I dont know that dr. Frieden at the cdc, as competent as he is,
is a big enough figure to match whats going on in the public sphere today. And after all, every Infectious Disease is also a matter of publicity and public affairs. So you need that strong person. If president obama doesnt have the time to do it, and hes busy with things like isis and so forth they need somebody of unimpeachable global stature to reassure the American People and every hospital in the United States. A chain of command, like eisenhower had. Right down the line, like general of the army. Or else people will be confused. The problem now is, no one is in control. The message now, the world is in chaos, no one is in charge, theres disorder out there. The problem for the administration, if this election gets framed around the themes of chaos and disorder, that will be damaging. The president has a policy. When he was asked about the
rollout of obamacare, it was, who is really in charge . Well, its the chief operating officer of the medicare, Medicaid Group in hhs. Thats part of hhs. You say, who are you talking to . It was the president didnt seem to be talking to anybody. There was no chain of command. On certain issues, he is brilliant in his measured responses. This is not one of those areas. We dont want to cause or create large amounts of panic, but somebody needs to be in charge and admit to the American Public that we dont have all the answers, and that we need to be stealth on this. Why are we not looking at this the same way we would look at an act of bioterrorism . We need to be very serious about this. President obamas leadership style has always been one of, lets be calm now, lets be cool. And i think thats a very useful and a very effective leadership style for him in many ways. In this case, you still need some you need calm, but you
need the calm of utter scientific and administrative authority, which is not him. Hes president of the United States. Who is that person . Does dr. Frieden . Until a week ago, nobody knew who that guy was. And we dont have a Surgeon General. And hes not fully in charge. Right now, we have panic with two cases in the United States, what happens when we get up to ten . The Surgeon General plays a Critical Role when it comes to Public Health scares. The most famous was coop taking on the Tobacco Industry in the 1980s. This was him testifying about the dangers of tobacco. Maintains and encourages the social acceptability of tobacco use. It just doesnt make sense to me to have unbridled advertising and promotion in view of the overwhelming scientific evidence
that we have of disease and those 350,000 deaths a year. Authority is an interesting thing. Its not power. Its True Authority based upon election or expertise. Yes. He came off with that. He was appointed by the president , and hes the guy you check with about cigarettes. You may want to risk cancer if you want to, but its there. And theres something about his leadership style at that point in time that instilled confidence. We need that, whether the person in charge is a man or a woman, we deeply need that right now. We dont have all the answers. Either the World Health Organization or the United Nations or both, just said within the last few hours, that ebola is going to be the Biggest Health threat to human beings in history. They made that statement just a few hours ago. Talking about the deployment of u. S. Troops being a mistake occasionally and sometimes theyre necessary. 3,000 american gis, guys going over there, are they going to be trained in what not to touch, what not to be near . Theres the question of the extent to which they have been properly trained. I think theyve been trained to the limits of both what the army and the government knows. But again, as darryl said, one gets the sense that the cdc is here, the nih is here, the Surgeon General doesnt even have a Surgeon General now permanently because the republicans blocked that person. And while the president and theres hhs. The president has called people in for photo ops on sunday and monday, saying im on top of the situation, but who is really running it . This is a great question. Theres no clear chain of command, no tsar, so is it he like a president like kennedy in the missile crisis and get into the bowels of the government . Is he that kind of president . I dont think so. Hes not. In this political era, no one trusts authorities. We already have a situation where the hospital said one thing and it was wrong. We had obama say its not going to be a problem and we already have cases. Its not like this is the only crisis. Were facing challenges on the Foreign Policy front, on domestic policy issues, when you add ebola on top of the other things, that has the potential [ all speak at once ] the fact is exactly. At this point he needs two situation rooms. He needs a situation room for the middle east and the terrorism issue and he needs a situation room for this. And the question of the fat cats, the pigs from the 60s are going to spend millions of dollars to weed out liberals they dont like. Anyway, round table is coming up. This is hardball. Dad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future. You. Thank you for being my hero and my dad. Military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa Auto Insurance could be one of them. 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Howard, michelle, and darryl will talk about big money. The u. S. Military and our allies have dropped more than 400 bombs in isis in iraq and syria. And as Nbcs Richard Engel reports the Extremist Group doesnt seem to be degraded at all. In syria, they control more than a third of kobani on the border with turkey. In iraq, near baghdad, a campaign of suicide bombings. Only eight miles from the citys airport where some of our only military are stationed. Meanwhile, the iraqi army is withdrawing from more territory. Today the military made a retreat from a base in anbar provinc province. Two different takes on it this weekend. Susan rice said the campaign would take time but it was off to a good start. Our air campaign is off to a strong start. Weve seen important successes in mosul dam, sinjar mountain, where we rescued tens of thousands of civilians at risk. This is going to take time and the American People need to understand that our aim here is longterm degradation and building the capacity of our partners. On the other hand, senator john mccain had this dire assessment. Theyre winning and were not, and the iraqis are not winning. The peshmerga, the kurds are not winning. And theres a lot of aspects of this, but there has to be a fundamental reevaluation of what were doing, because we are not
degrading and ultimately destroying isis. Of course you have to agree with mccain. The trouble is, he has no alternative either. No. Even if hes talking about putting boots on the ground. To me, the key is turkey. Turkish friends that i know told me yesterday when the white house was saying, oh, the turks have agreed to a new situation where theyre going to help us more to do this. Well the turks came out today and said, essentially, no, were not. Theyre there. Theyre right there. But they dont want to do anything that they think will help the kurds, which shows you one of the many wheels within wheels complexities of that region that even 50,000 american troops on the ground, im afraid, is not going to solve. So in that sense, the president is right. But the bama campaign isnt working, either. So, michelle, whos going to
defeat isis . Ultimately, i believe its going to have to be the United States. I love that people have to say this is the iraqis war, maybe iran. Whos going to do it . Do you think obama is going to put troops in. President obama is not going to have any choice but to put troops in. This whole philosophy of degrading isis isnt going to work. Isis has to be taken out. I dont think so. And he was wrong. He was wrong to take troops out of iraq. In this case, he was right. In the beginning, or a month or so ago, he said that countries have to do this. He wasnt acting that way a couple years ago when carefully nurturing and helping to build those kind of alliances and military capableties of the people on the ground would have been helpful. But to say that now
i dont think in Hillary Clintons way back machine. How do you get the turks . The turks, the iranians and the asad. Our nato allies are the turks. Where are they . And the bottom line, its in our National Security interest not to sit around and have other people take care of this. Lets talk about your book and the billionaires. Talk about the role that youre seeing in the reporting today. That theyre waiting until the last couple of weeks, these right wing, wealthy billionaires thats redundant are going to drop a ton of money. 2014 is going to become the battle of the billionaires. These are Smart Business guys. Theyre going to look at, you know, seven or eight Key Senate Races that ultimately are going to decide control the senate. Theyre going to focus on the three or four where putting a million in, five million or even ten million is going to move the
needle one or two percentage points. You shouunder the law, is th limit . Theres no limit what they can spend, if theyre working through nonprofit organizations. They dont even have to rorpt the expenditure. So from the voter standpoint, its probablymatic. The messenger is as important as the message. Most of the tv time in most of these states thats allotted to political advertising has already been taken. So more and more of it is going to go on to the internet. So what do you do if you you will hayou have a lot of money d you cant spend it . Aside from walking around, i dont know. You have to put it into the ground game, which the democrats have already been doing. Give credit to harry reid here. He focused on the ground game and not advertising a long time ago. The amusing thing is that
millionaires are going to have to pay a premium for lastminute purchases, but they can afford it. This is the place what an irony. This is the place to decide the golden election. If theyre spending another 10 or 20 million, theyre finding out how to capitalize. Even with all the advertising dollars for people who live in underserved communities, if you cant vote, it doesnt matter. The advertising or not, they are so successful in all of these states. Okay. Which is it . Its both. Okay, thank you. Thats what i think, anyway. Michelle, bernard, thank you, dear. And thank you, dear. I had a couple myself. Well be right back after this. One must project success. Thats why we use fedex one rate®. Their flat rate shipping. Exactly. It makes us look topnotch but we know its affordable. garage door opening sighs honey, havent i asked you to please use the. We dont have a reception entrance. Ship a pak via Fedex Express saver® for as low as 7. 50. Transit fares as in the 37 billion transit fares we help collect each year. No . Oh, right. Youre thinking of the 1. 6 million daily Customer Care interactions xerox handles. Or the 900 Million Health insurance claims we process. So, its no surprise to you that companies depend on todays xerox for services that simplify how work gets done. Which is. Pretty much what weve always stood for. With xerox, youre ready for real business. Which is. Pretty much theres confidence. Tood for. Then theres trusting your vehicle maintenance to ford service confidence. Our expertise, technology, and high quality parts means your peace of mind. Its no wonder last year we sold over three million tires. And during the big tire event, get up to 140 in mailin rebates on four select tires. Get to the terminal across town. Are all the green lights you . No. Its called grid iq. The 4 51 is leaving at 4 51. They cut the power. Itll fix itself. Powers back on. Quick thinking traffic lights and self correcting power grids make the world predictable. Thrillingly predictable. Let me finish tonight with the right to vote. The right to vote. Its not just about the power of himself or herself, its about whether the power of those who hold office is jell lit mat or not. True authority as opposed to the simple, brute force of any government comes from being elected by the people. True authority in a democracy is to be chosen by the people. The essential basis of its powers being elected in the first place. When you deny the 350edeny the
people the right to vote, it lacks the legitimacy of office. Who can say that they hold True Authority to make the powerful, moral decisions of government. I think i know why the republicans in so many states are making it harder for blacks and young people to vote. I think its their chances of winning elections. They can balloon the electoral power of older, white people. Thats a math mat cat fact. And weve heard a few republicans, a couple leaders from my home state of pennsylvania dare recite that fact out loud. Its about legitimacy. If we were to do to sports what we were doing to the electorate, we could reduce the number of black athletes. Think what that would do . Would the nba and nfl retain their status of having the best players available . Or would they be in the arenas that can no longer make that claim. The legitimacy of being the best