>> a guy bill clinton was laughing and cheering for there, brian schweitzer.of his two terms of governor of montana. they have been trying to figure out how to traverse the red/blue state divide. the story of schweitzer intrigued and inspired a number of grassroots democrats. left office earlier this year and did so after touting with extreme popularity and did so even after touting a populous economic message in a state that voted overwhelmingly for mitt romney. schweitzer did it with some flair, folksy aforeisms, bow low tie, a branding iron he used to symbolically veto bills as you can see there. that's why for several cycles now in the names of perspective presidential candidates are bandied about, his name continues to come up. long time democratic senator max baucus announced earlier this year he would renear 2014, democrats begged brian schweitzer to run. he was their first choice. maybe the only choice. but he declined and said no thanks. but he didn't say no thanks to us because he's here now. former montana governor brian schweitzer joins us. no bolo

on the left brian schweitzer. on the right, newt gingrich. in the crossfire ralph nader, a consumer advocate who opposes nuclear power, and michael shell enberger featured in the cnn film "pandora's promise." tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." >> in the crossfire tonight, ralph nader, and michael shell enberg who supports it. after a third of a century of hysteria, we're finally having an honest debate, one of the energy sources that can sustain civilization. tonight crennel's presenting a provocative new film called "pandora's promise." it argue that is despite recent disasters. most of the fears are irrational. here's a quick preview. >> i came to realize they basically avoided looking at the whole picture. >> only looked at the questions that seemed to prove to them that nuclear power was dangerous. the only reason i changed my mind is i talked to experts, cysts in particular, who are the pioneers of nuclear energy. and who carefully one by one explained to me again and again, until it finally got through my head why it wa

i'm brian schweitzer on the left.

i'm brian schweitzer on the left. >> i'm newt gingrich on the right. in the crossfire tonight, ralph nader who opposes nuclear power and michael shellenberger who is for it. >> we're finally having an honest debate on nuclear power, one of the energy sources that can sustain civilization. tonight cnn is presenting a provocative new film called "pandora's promise." it argues that despite recent disasters like the one at japan's fukushima power plant, most of the fears expressed by anti-nuclear protesters are irrational. here's a quick preview. >> i came to realize they basically avoided looking at the whole picture. and only looked at the questions that seemed to prove to them that nuclear power was dangerous. as i had, too. the only reason i changed my mind is that i talked to experts, physicists in particular, who were the pioneers of nuclear energy. and who carefully, one by one, explained to me again and again until it finally got through my head, why it wasn't what the anti-nuclear activists felt it was. >> ralph, let me ask you for a second. the w

on the left brian schweitzer. on the right, newt gingrich.berger featured in the cnn film "pandora's promise." tonight on "crossfire."

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