and let the good life in. guess what? mark sanford is the newest member of the united states congress. congressman sanford was sworn in late today. there he is on the house floor. looks like he s having fun. by the way, political comeback is under way for sanford. the former republican governor of south carolina which he was. he went missing while in office to be with his argentinian mistress. sanford defeated democrat elizabeth colbert busch by nine points in a special election just last week. seems like old news already, doesn t it? we ll be right back.
0 down. i just spent the whole afternoon listening to eric holder saying, oh, i don t know. i was recused. it was my deputy. what can i tell you? you know what? he recused himself from this particular case involving leak. he didn t recuse himself from being a defender of the constitution and the first amendment. it just seems like everybody s free to say and do whatever they want. they re not afraid of repercussions from this coming from the top. you know, if you think about running a little business, a bakery, someone s stealing the doughnuts or something, alex, something simple, any met tapho you want. there s usually a boss who owns the place and then there s someone running it. i don t understand the model of this administration. weak chiefs of staff afraid of other people in the white house. some undisclosed role for valerie jarrett. unclear. a lot of floating power in the white house. but no clear line of authority. i ve talked to people who ve been chief of staff. they were ne
states that fall, but truman still won the election. there was a lot of commentary this week about mark sanford s surprise victory over elizabeth colbert busch, that sanford won tuesday s special election by nine points, we ve been told swb a credit to his savvy as a campaigner or to the public s increased willingness to look beyond personal scandal. but the reason he won and won so handedly is a lot schismer than any of that. it s nothing more than the story about how race and politics have played out in the south since that 48 dixey accurate walkout. the story is this, white southerners, in the deep south especially, almost always vote republican. it can be hard to fath thom now, was from the end of reconstruction through world war ii, white southerners voted almost universally for democrats. 1936, fdr racked up more than 98% of the vote in south carolina. 98%! in the south in those days, the republican party was at best a
fall. it wasn t mark sanford elizabeth colbert busch was fighting, it was six decades of history. kansas on a collision course with the federal government, and know, this isn t 1854. that s next. [ agent smith ] i ve found software that intrigues me. it appears it s an agent of good. [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines
0 problem at the same time, we have a gnash structural issue. sharing the stories of moms bringing them forward is a powerful political impact. i guess when i think of the let s take issue of guns in particular. we re at this moment now where the background checks bill failed last month in the senate, but it doesn t seem dead. it seems like it could come back and be enacted and if that happens, then this mobilization of moms is going to be a big part of that. i guess what i m wondering is, politically, celinda talks about women, mothers who have sat out over the last decade coming back. is it about mobilizing them and making them a part of the process, or is it more the idea, there s a particular power of mothers to shame public officials, to generate whether it s sympathy, whatever, to sort of move wider public opinion, because they re mothers. sort of the status of mothers. so, there is. and i think it s a very powerful symbol, right? i wish my children would see this powerfull