in part, for what i began. he accentuated gay rights. we re getting energy dependence. he said we shouldn t be on a war footing forever. he ended two wars. these things may take awhile to get into the history, but if he set things in motion that show a forward movement in social justice and defining inequality as the issue of our generation, then he will be remembered. how do you see it, rich? i thought the state of the union was a banal speech in the service of picuyne agenda. big clinton played small ball with strategy in the mind as part of an effort to associate him with middle class values. this to me feels different. it feels is much more like exhaustion, and doris kearns-goodwin can cite all these historic executive orders over the decades. none of the things they re talking about at the white house are anything like that. i would say it s a nod to the reality that this term is not going to finish with some flourish of legislative accomplishment as we saw in 2009 and 2010.
and that s exactly what my amendment does. jeff denham is the republican congressman from california. thanks for coming in. wolf, good to talk to you again. thank you. thank you. the former president big clinton is on the campaign trail today, this time in virginia lending support to a close friend running for governor. we re taking a closer look at that race and how the 2016 presidential race potentially could be shaping up. that s next.
unemployment still above the national average. many of the most formidable political leaders of our time have been scum bags. just a fact of life. doesn t disqualify him. let s talk about politicianal political comebacks after a sex scandal. newt gingrich, bill clinton, mark sanford. big clinton, people will forgive him anything. something special about him. they got a second chance. the other guys some people have not. john edwards, forget about it. never. eliot spitzer, jury is still out on that one. anthony weiner. so what is it that makes people forgive a newt gingrich, bill clinton and mark sanford and anthony weiner is unforgive be. i think bill clinton showed he was sincere and contrite. and went out there and won us back over. they re all contrite after they re caught. yeah, but there has got to be sincerity and backed up with real earnestest. you expect the person to be a paragon of moral virtue or not. who believed that anthony weiner was a par gone of moral
deeply unpleasant man. but i think that new york city needs a deeply unpleasant man as mayor. i m not saying i rooting for him, i m a rrngs i want a republican to win. but he is someone who has mettle and not bought and paid for by local public workers. but he s a guy who couldn t even use twitter properly. thought he was sending direct messages. i m not sure how much confidence, frankly, it will give to people in new york and for other, you know, businesses to get the economy going, unemployment still above the national average. many of the most formidable political leaders of our time have been scum bags. just a fact of life. doesn t disqualify him. let s talk about politicianal political comebacks after a sex scandal. newt gingrich, bill clinton, mark sanford. big clinton, people will forgive him anything. something special about him. they got a second chance. the other guys some people have not. john edwards, forget about it. never. eliot spitzer, jury is still out on t
because of wages you can t go to clinton. newt gingrich likes to win things. it has been a while since he has but it was at that point still in 2007 the democrats were in control of congress. the model was 1996 when you had a democratic president and big clinton. newt gingrich likes to win things. it has been a while since he has but it was at that point still on a roll. you had dick armey who was the majority leader who was dead set