Serve well as president. and of course texas governor rick perry. running for the presidency not an iq test. it s a test of an individual s resolve. mitt romney mitt romney might be back. and bobby jindal of ynd, scott walker of wisconsin and many more. but who is it going to be? and our political panel is back. the the national reviews rich lowrie and the wall street journal s jason riley. all right gentlemen. hillary seems to be right up there with the democrats but what if she doesn t run? i think you see a very crowded democratic field. i think a number of governors could get in including andrew cuomo of new york. i think the sky is the limit. if hillary doesn t run a lot of people get in this race on the democrat side. jim web is another person that would occupy the space trying to
when someone does bring that up, as happened on meet the press when rich lowrie said, the lesson of this is don t steal stuff. when a policeman tells you to do something, don t attack a police officer, the faces on his fellow panelists on that program were absolutely amazing. they were just they looked as if they were astonished that anyone would say such a thing. that s a prevalent attitude among some people and i think the president, i m afraid, is one of them. just before we came to air, there was a headline over on a competitive cable channel, brit, that reads as follows. can racial profiling ever end? what are they talking about? how did this case get turned into all about racial profiling? there s zero evidence that michael brown was racially profiled. well, that, though, has widespread belief. racial profiling and profiling
To you in terms of your thoughts on what rich lowrie said on meet the press. it s kind of like, hey, just don t do bad stuff and you won t get shot. in the specific case of michael brown, it s really worth emphasizing that the narrative is one that fits the evidence presented to the grand jury but it s not the on one that fits the evidence presented to the grand jury. it s very interesting, i think, hour darren wilson s account, which is the one lowrie is using, has become essentially the truth of the matter, despite the fact it s disputed by witnesses, that there are other narratives that fit the same evidence and that we never had a trial to adjudicate which narrative is most plausible. so i think there s a little dishonesty in using that in critically putting forward darren wilson s account as the only possible account. the second thing is that this really is about more than michael brown.
The courts are there to enforce the constitution. the constitution is there. it s a promise to our self to the country about what equality meanings. the constitution is there to live up to the principles that we ve agreed to. so we definitely need to work in the legislatures and ballot campaigns. james essex, thank you for your time, sir. thanks a lot. well, that wraps things up for me. craig melvin will be here tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern. now with alex wagner is coming up next. hey, mara. we are live in washington with a look at the state of immigration or more specifically the state of president obama s second term agenda. we ll talk pathways and potential thoughts. you heard that correctly. potential thaws with michael steel, e.j. dionne, a.j. lowrie and michael cher ra. plus, the guardian s glenn greenwald joins me to discuss the snowden effect and the next port of call, and behind every
How you create change, and that is what dr. king and my father and dr. lowrie and others did during the civil rights movement when they were fighting bigotry. and unfortunately, that is what the president obama is going to to have to learn to do with the go gop. what are your thoughts as we get ready to see president obama sworn in for a second time tomorrow? i think that it s shows great respect that he chose to do it on the dr. king holiday. i think that it is vy important that we across the country continue to remember the great impact that dr. king had on our country. i think that it s a huge tribute that president obama chose to pick dr. king s holiday for his swearing in. your father, of course, marched with dr. king in selma in 1965, and he was one of the close advisers. what remains to be accomplished