explain it. quoting john, ten years ago i was called a liberal because i supported gay marriage and medical marijuana while opposing the iraq invasion and bush s economic plan. it turns out i was prematurely mainstream. the washington post used the hash tag when he sent out this column this week, he explained moderates need not be afraid of a liberal resurgence. as a result, our entire debate has been dragged in a conservative direction, the center pulled that way too. to create a real center, you need a real left. talk about all of this, i want to bring in al frum, who founded the democratic leadership council which he led for a quarter of a century. the book is the new democrats
republicans, mitch mcconnell. some reasons for that. one of them became apparent this week and we ll talk about that after a this. s. did you download that book i sent? yah, nice rainbow highlighter. you ve got finch for math right? uh-uh. english? her. splanker, pretend we re not related. oh trust me, you don t want any of that. you got my map? yeah. where you can sit can define your entire year. and what s the most important thing to remember? no face to face contact until we re off of school property. you got this. sharing what you ve learned. that s powerful. verizon. get the samsung galaxy s3 for $49.99. wi drive a ford fusion. who is healthier, you or your car? i would say my car. probably the car. cause as you get older you start breaking down. i love my car. i want to take care of it. i have a bad wheel - i must say. my car is running quite well. keep your car healthy with the works. $29.95 or less after $10 mail-in rebate at your participating ford dealer. so you gotta take ca
comedian liz winstead and author of the book liz free or die. a democratic political consultant and former member of hillary clinton s staff in the u.s. senate. so, texas and north carolina, i want to kind of take them separately. we have the action a from the justice department is in texas right now. the idea here is basically section five has kind of been stripped away from the voting rights act and section three still exists. this is the bail-in section of the voting rights act where anybody can position the court. doesn t have to be the government. anybody can petition the court. what do you make of this strategy? is this something that you think it will work in texas and a model for else where or is this not really a sustainable, long-term strategy? unfortunately, i believe it is the only thing they have left to do and i m not sure it is going to work in texas. might actually work in north carolina. but, unfortunately, the justice department s hands are tied here and i m not s
offered no evidence it s a widespread problem. sadly, it could be an eternal series. the voter suppression is not over. south carolina and pennsylvania passed voter id laws that while suspended by judges for 2012 could impact elections next year. in some states like wisconsin and missouri, republicans are considering enshrining roader id laws in their constitutions. some want to fix voting problems, others think things are fixed just fine. back with my panel, richard kim, bob herbert, liz, author of liz free or die and raul reyes. let s go to washington, d.c. judy brown is co-director of the project. i want to start with you.
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