absolutely no clear front-runner. normaler new york governor george pataki declared his candidacy thursday. lindsey graham is expected to announce monday. the quinnipiac poll shows no fewer than five candidates on the republican side tied for first place. even they only have about 10%. one thing the early polling tells us about the class of 2016, the republicans are going to have a real contest. the democrats, maybe not so much. and that is a big problem for democrats. you see, vigorous contested primaries are needed in order for democrats to win. look, just take a look at the track record of the last three democratic presidents. jimmy carter who was a relatively unknown former governor of georgia, ran as a washington outsider. in the post-watergate era. but there was more to his strategy. carter understood the importance of building momentum early in the race. he traveled to more than 50,000 miles, visited 37 states and delivered 200 speeches before any other candidates even
a.m. out west. we have this breaking news out of cleveland. a judge has just found police officer michael brelo not guilty on all charges that would include voluntarily manslaughter in connection with the 2012 fatal shootings of timothy russell and malissa williams both of whom were unarmed. the incident became known as the 137 shots case because of the number of bullets fired by 13 police officers at the end of a high-speed chase. officer brelo fired the most shots, 49 total, but his last 15 shots resulted in the voluntary manslaughter charges. now prosecutors say the shots were fired from the hood of russell s car right down into the windshield with the intent to kill since at that point, the car was stopped and the ou pants did not pose a threat. the chase began after russell s 1979 chevy malibu back fired as it drove past police headquarters and that gave officers the impression someone in the car had fired a gun. brelo waived his right to a jury and did not take the stan