alison lundergan grimes. alison lundergan grimes. >> a former consultant said the ad was childish. it certainly looks like mcconnell is sticking to his whack-a-mole strategy. we'll see how it plays out. >>> finally, if you were in new york last week you may have been one of the 16,000 people who caught a special fourth of july-themed exhibit at the new york public library. rare original copies of the declaration of independence and the bill of rights were on display together, side by side, for the first time. a declaration of independence draft, handwritten by thomas jefferson himself, was one of a few copies to include a condemnation of slavery, which was later removed. and to boot, the early copy of the bill of rights actually included 12 amendments. two did not pass, including a amendment that would have tied the number of seats in the house to the growing population. had it passed, there would be 6,000 members of congress today, rather than 435. talk about too many cooks in the kitchen. >>> up next, it's the year of comeback and the end of the sex scandal. eliot spitzer is runn

let's talk about brave women one of whom is alison lundergan grimes. the other is wendy davis who may run for governor of texas. what do you make of the fact that these women candidates are running in red states now? it's not something that always happens. >> no, but if you think about the great ann richards who is smiling from heaven, and the first female governor of kentucky, who was at the announcement of allison lunderganallisonlundergan grimes. we have red state democratic women, and purple state democratic women who are taking a tanned. it's important for several reasons. one, there is a national network of women who are excited to see women run and get excited for that. and what both wendy davis and allison lundergan grimes, they can't just run on abortion rights. these women are so much more than abortion rights. fair pay equality of opportunity, you're talking about jobs, security, healthcare, and a range of issues. having strong women candidates, the more women who run particularly in places that have not tended to elect women the better off