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colbert busch has a larger lead over bostic, 48% to 39%.oining me, nia malika-henderson, and ana maria cox for the guardian. you are the senior south carolina political analyst since you are from there. what are we hoping for here just in terms of fun. are we hoping governor sanford wins so we can take him all the way through the general election here against elizabeth colbert busch? >> you know, i think that's right for fun. here is a guy who has this checkered past, but is a charismatic guy, he comes across in early ads like a preacher with a slow drawl in the way he talks. he has so far resonated with south carolina voters there. of the internal polls, some ways you have to take any internal polls with a grain of salt, but i think they show a close race. they also remind us that in 2008 a woman named linda ketner ran as a democrat, ran as an openly gay woman, campaigned openly with her partner, and came within 2 percentage points of winning this seat. that was in 2008, it was an election year, so she was able to ride the obama wave and t

chad, sanford or bostic? >> i think sanford in a close one. >> dick?> i agree, sanford in a close one. i hope. >> because you think he'll be easier for her to run against? >> i think either one of them is tough but i think he is the poster child for liar. >> thanks to both of you. >> checking the news feed this morning, officials in texas are looking for a violent white supremacy group into their investigation of the weekend murders of a district attorney and his wife. back in december a law enforcement bulletin went out warning that members of the aryan brotherhood of texas might try to attack police or prosecutors. on january 31st an assistant d.a. was assassinated, though no connection between the murders has been established. >> in colorado, court officials admit a clerical error allowed a suspected killer out of prison four years early. evan spence are ebel is accused of killing colorado's prisons chief. he was supposed to spend extra time in prison for assaulting a prison guard. apparently a clerk failed to note the sentence was to begin after th

he's facing curtis bostic in the first congressional district.received the often covet coveted rick santorum endorsement. elizabeth colbert busch to take over the seat of scott. she's the sister of stephen colbert. she has taken the colbert to the bank. steve will host a fundraiser for his sister. here with me donnie fowler, welcome back in "the war room"." >> i'm glad to be from columbia and not charleston today. >> michael: because mark sanford would not part. your cabash. >> so colb ert busch campaign said she had a small lead over bostic. could she actually win. >> there are a lot of mixed numbers here. barack obama last this district by six points to mitt romney. that is working against her. there is more republicans in this district. it was drawn by the republican legislature to be a republican district. but we've got a really unpopular republican party nationally. we have a governor who is not very popular and we have two candidates who are less than ideal. >> so the governor is not popular. how has her popularity dipped. >> she's mixed ab

bostic did a nice job in the debate. professional, he's good at it, he's photogenic. it probably wasn't enough debates to make that much difference in the margin. at noon the turnout is a little under the original turnout. >> is sanford's key to success in the turnout? >> it is in that no new voters turn out. mark's supporters are pretty hard core. he's become the tiger woods of south carolina politics, fall from grace, he's back. lulu busch will be a very attractive candidate. >> let's talk about the lulu busch aspect of all of this. based on democratic polling, she's doing really well. does she have the advantage when it comes to the fact she does have some power with her brother coming in? they're doing a democratic fund-raiser to get some more cash into her pockets and also the fact that there is this -- it really depends on if sanford can beat out bostic. >> i found out the stephen colbert power when he was going to run for president and told me it would be more fun to get a mistress and a sports car. that was an in

he defeated curtis bostic. the biggest, most significant surprise of the evening, the person standing next to him on stage, his former mistress and now fiance was there with him along with his mother and their sons. he spoke of forgiveness on his road to redemption. >> i want to thank my god. you know, i used to cringe when somebody said i want to thank my god. it was getting uncomfortable. once you really receive god's grace and seen it reflected in others, you cannot stop and stop for a moment and publicliage knowledge that grace and the difference he's made in my life and the difference he making in so many lives across this state and that nation and this campaign. god may be a god of second chances, voters are a little less forgiving. >>> coming up on "morning joe," a live interview with mark sanford. with us right now, the chief white house correspondent from politico, mike allen. thanks for getting up early today. as we look ahead to the showdown with elisabeth colbert, it could be a close contest. >> mar

they'll choose mark sanford or curtis bostic, because they know elizabeth colbert busch will out of touche values. cenk: he's running on not spending too much, but then look at the unbelievable hypocrisy that he used a government funded trip to go down to argentina to have sex with his mistress. i don't want to spend money on you, i just want to spend money on me. >> like i said, i think his record speaks for itself object spending. that was a huge issue. i think he's answered those and he's had a lot of personal time to reflect on that that, and he's asked the voters for forgiveness. cenk: i'm not asking just about governor son ford. i get what you're saying. i'm asking about the republican party. you guys get that you've got an issue here that you're always talking about family values and it turns out there's the cheating and you're always talking about the spending and reagan and bush spent like drunk sailors, never balanced the budget. you understand that it's an issue for the party overall. >> i think the party's message is good, the messaging needs to be perfected. i don't think dem

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none of the republicans, especially bostic, the most recent opponent, ran any negative television orio. and i think you're going to see independent expenditures and colbert busch campaign and the democratic party peeling the bark off him. and it is so easy to do. >> eugene, the national democrats have a decision to make about how much money to try to pump into the race. where do you think the outcome will be on that? >> well, it is worth putting a few bucks in to tell you the truth. normally you think of this deep in south carolina as basically a republican district and you'd say hard time winning this one. mark sanford with colbert busch, a very good candidate, i think they'll end up putting money into it, seeing if they can steal the seat. >> dick, does stephen colbert help or hurt if he comes down to the district? >> well, he helped because he is a state treasure. they love him in charleston, great for the state, through his comedy, is great to the state of south carolina. he is raising money for elizabeth, and i think he is a big, big plus. and i think she's going to win this thi

he easily defeated curtis bostic by claiming 57% of the vote.ide of charleston. >> i want to thank my god. you know, i used to cringe when somebody would say, okay, i want to thank my god. it was at that point, this is getting uncomfortable. but once you've really received god's grace and seen it reflected in others, you cannot stop and stop for a moment and publicly acknowledge that grace and the difference he has made in my life and he is making in so many lives across this state, across this nation and certainly in this campaign. and while god may be a god of second chances, at times, voters are a little bit less forgiving. >> sanford now faces democrat elizabeth coburn bush in the general election that takes place on may 7th. we will speak with mark sanford coming up in a few minutes and be sending an invitation out to elizabeth colbert bush. >> she has her own show. >> he is campaigning for her, right? he is holding fund-raisers for her. it's going to be a tight race. >> it's going to be "morning joe" versus colbert report. hey, let's talk,

sanford beat charleston city councilman curtis bostic last night in a republican runoff.lebrated the victory with his fiancee. the first time he's been seen with her, and, together in public he'll take on the democrat elizabeth colbert busch in the may 7th special election. here's what he said to supporters last night. >> incredibly humbled, incredibly gratified, incredibly thankful for this night, for what it means at many different levels. and i just want to thank every one of you for your part in making it possible. thank you very much. >> sanford admitted he was having an affair in 2009, and divorced his wife jenny in 2010. he's now engaged to the woman who he was having the affair with. >>> okay only on cnn the nra's asa hutchinson telling our wolf blitzer the expansion of background checks for gun sales is on the table. hutchinson is a former congressman who's heading up the nra's national school shield task force. while his new position on background checks appears to be softening, it comes with one significant caveat. >> i'm open to expanding background checks. yo

in 2009 he's in a republican runoff election with former charleston county council member curtis bosticopen congressional seat in south carolina's first district. she is the sister of tv personality stephen colbert. minding your business new signs the recession in europe is getting worse, but the recovery in the u.s. is picking up. unemployment in the eurozone hitting a record high of 12%. the debt crisis there still hitting the european economy. 12%. here in the u.s., though, features point to a 60-point increase in the dow with the opening bell follows a strong first quarter for stocks and comes ahead of auto sales today. edmunds.com forecasts march to be the strongest month for car and truck sales in almost six years. sign again things are going in the right direction in the united states. and the wrong direction in europe. >>> an exciting new show is airing all this week on cnn and it gets right to "the point." one of the hot topics on last night's debut broadcast, devastating leg injury suffered by louisville guard kevin ware. jason taylor understands what ware's going through afte

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he beat city council man kurtis bostic last night in a republican runoff.7th special election. she is the sister of comedian stephen colbert. here's what sanford told supporters last night. >> incredibly humbled, incredibly gratified, incredibly thankful for this night, for what it means at many different levels, and i just want to thank every one of you for your part in making it possible. thank you very much. >> sanford's career took something of a nose dive after details of an affair were revealed in 2009. last night a rare public appearance by the woman he had that affair with, she is now his fiancee right by sanford's side at the victory rally. i covered this on and off for a number of years now. i've never actually seen her and mark sanford together. >> it was during much of the race his sons were often there. but last night you saw the fiancee. the infamous -- after the infamous trip on the appalachian trail. what a comeback. all right the president and first lady are getting ready to welcome one of their favorite singers to the white house. part of

in polls he has a double digit lead, way more financing than curt bostic who is a former councilman.ea? >> not surprised. getting the nomination in south carolina is a very big ga advantage. as mike said, sanford will be the republican nominee. >> this is an exciting race. >> mark halpern, he has run a great campaign. you look at the commercials. you read even in "the new york times" you read the stories talking about him and he is just anybody that wants to come up and talk to him. >> ask himing in. >> ask him anything. he just sits there and he opens his heart up to them and it's really paid off politically for him. >> his personal problems did not eliminate from his arsenal. he has good people around him and smartly advised him what his personal problems would have had on portions of the electorate. >> i liked second chances in life and politics. mark, serving in congress along with him. i liked him then. he has taken on head-on what many people in life would have a hard time taking head-on. i wish him success in how he has conducted his campaign. >> mike allen, thank you very muc