his negative numbers were on par with christine quinn's. now there's been a ceiling. no, he will not win now. >> kelly, can you say that? are you still live reporting straight here? you can't give us the verdict. what's going on? >> i think anthony weiner at this point is as likely to become mayor as i am and i'm not running. >> well, i think you would be in the running. thank you, kelly goff and steve. monday on "hardball," we're joined by former new york governor, eliot spitzer. we'll have a very interesting discussion. it will be within bounds. but there's questions he's got to answer about his decision to run for public office again and we'll ask him about that. >>> coming up, another civil war in the republican party, and it's the hawks versus the doves. i love this fight. rand paul the party's front runner, the intellectual debate over privacy is dangerous. he's picking a fight in the republican party. is the republican party, however, still the hawk party it was under "w"? i'm not so sure. >> plus, what are we to make of of the juror in the zimmerman case? she

christine quinn, city council speaker and leading candidate for new york city mayor is the first oute gate with a tv ad running on broadcast and cable channels across the city. "new york times" poll yesterday found quinn leads the field with 27%, nine points ahead of former congressman anthony weiner. quinn recently accused the disgraced comeback kid by using a kardashian to compare. >> we all think people deserve second chances. none of us are perfect. the thing about second chances is one, you need to earn them. two, we need to really look at what people were doing before their fall from grace and if you compare anthony weiner's record, he passed one bill in congress. >> the race will also and test of new york city's love/hate relationship with its current mayor, michael bloomberg, though he's stop first of an official endorsement. quinn's critics point she's too cozy with the mayor. according to "new york" magazine, with all the democratic candidates mostly aligned on a host of issues, the key question isn't about the big cultural political issues, abortion, gay rights, gun contro

his chief rival, christine quinn, weighs in on that. and the larger question. how much more can voters take? >>> and we're back with our political roundtable. joining e pe now, former senior adviser to president obama, now an nbc news senior political analyst, david axelrod. republican strategist mike murphy, anchor of cnbc's "closing bell," maria bartiromo, former democratic congressman from tennessee, harold ford jr. welcome. scan zals, scandals, everywhere, and they have to do with sex and misconduct. let's get right to it. you can't make it up. this is the cover of "the new yorker." it is anthony weiner sit eight stride the empire state building the picture tells a thousand words about his scandal. he is talking about these sexting relationships that he had. he was asked about it while campaigning earlier this week on coney island. this is what he said. >> it's not dozens and dozens. it is -- it is six to ten, i suppose, but i can't tell you absolutely what someone else is going to consider inappropriate or not. >> and what is so inappropriate, david axelro

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christine quinn tried to capitalize on her opponent's latest controversy. >> he qualified himself but not because of scandals. he didn't have the qualifications when he was in congress. >> reporter: in the september primary, voters will have their say. kristen welker, nbc news, washington. >>> now here's your "first look" at this morning's scrambled politics. a shakeup for rush limbaugh and sean hannity. the second biggest broadcaster is planning to drop the very expensive host at the end of the year in 40 cities. >>> rand paul surprised some people when he praised edward snowden and compared him to martin luther king jr. republican congress peter king blasted the kmeps saying this is mad ne madness. >>> three democratic senators tom harkin, jay rockefeller and max baucus are busy trying to protect the affordable care act, but the lawmakers who helped pass obama care are all retiring in 2014 when the law is fully rolled out. jack lew weighed in on the latest talk of a possible government shutdown. >> congress needs to fund the kinds of things that the american middle class need and we

he's not getting that job. >> you're another christine quinn fan like me. here he is live.e he is live, anthony wiener. >> he's at the podium. give us a couple seconds. >> good afternoon, take your time. take your time. you ready to go? good afternoon, my name's anthony weiner, democratic candidate for mayor of the city of new york. i have said that other texts and photos were likely to come out. and today they have. as i've said in the past, these things that i did were wrong and hurtful to my wife and caused us to go through many challenges in our marriage that extended past my resignation from congress. while some of the things that have been posted today are true and some are not, there is no question that what i did was wrong. this behavior is behind me. i've apologized to my wife huma and i'm grateful she has worked through these issues with me and that i've had her forgiveness. i want to again say how sorry i am to anyone who has received -- at the receiving end of these messages and that the disruption this has caused. and my wife as i said are moving forward togeth

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perhaps his biggest benefactor is christine quinn.l organization of women a. >> when former congressman weiner decided to get in the race, i thought it was his decision to make. now it's the decision for voters to make come primary day. this is the greatest city and it deserves a lead who aer who is serious. all we've seen is a pattern of reckless behavior, an immaturity. i'm going to folks on having a conversation with voters about my record, about my vision for the future because that's what they deserve is a substantive conversation, not the kind of circus the former congress member has brought us. >> you're in a strange position. you're the beneficialry politically of anthony weiner's indiscretions. how does that feel? >> i feel my race has been about my record and my vision moving forward. come primary day when the voters elect me, it will be about the work that i've been in the past eight years, the work i've done on creating new jobs for middle class workers, the work we did together adding 10,000 new full-day prekindergarten s

christine quinn at 22. although "the new york times" had christine quinn, who is the new york city council president leading him 27 to 18. you already have bill de blasio coming out, calling on him to withdraw. can this turn the polls upside down and cause an erosion that he cannot stop? he being anthony weiner? >> it's certainly not good for him. those polls essentially show that this is a tied race. whoever comes in the top two, they will face a runoff. i think if you're christine quinn, this is a good, good day for you. and you got to figure out how to capitalize on it. oftentimes, in debate segments, if you come off as the aggressor and you sort of kick somebody while they're down and you lob personal attacks, it gives them an opening to sort of take the high ground. so she has to really calculate how she wants to play this out. everyone is going to be talking about this. everyone is going to be tweeting about it. late night comedians are going to be making hay of it. so in some ways, the sort of damage

christine quinn leads the pack now. it's 50/50 on this time, michael, as you report this story for "time," i'm wondering, it seems like this guy has all kinds of problems. but new york's got a problem. they don't have a great list of candidates. he's probably on par with some of the other candidates as far as backgrounds, but at least a sixth of new yorkers, as of late last night, they're saying they can live with this guys. like joan, i'm not ready to write him off completely. if nothing else comes out, you only need to get 20%, 25% to get into the runoff. in a field like this -- >> a two-person runoff. >> he's not that far from being there right now. if there aren't future revelations and the question becomes -- >> you noticed my opening. >> but these revelations don't -- >> by the way, the bottom line -- >> what he said as of thorpe, he said while there -- there were dozens -- he's into a fall back, you know -- >> especially in big city election, this -- >> this is reaching out to strangers. >> what's hurting weiner

and that means adult leadership. >> well, christine quinn, who mentioned the irish already. i never forget you're irish. christine quinn, just kidding here, the speaker of the new york city council and the front-runner in the latest polling we've got. congratulations and best of luck in this race. it's going to get hotter. >> that it will. >> we'd love to have you back. >> okay. >> joan walsh is editor of salon. she looks like she has cheered up a bit there watching as a person and a new friend of mine. i'm impressed by she is upbeat. she is cheerful. this is a weird race to be in, i think uncomfortable for everybody. but she seems to be doing pretty well right now in the polls. your thoughts about the women's issue. i want to get to that. is there something aggressive about this behavior by -- nastily aggressive by mr. weiner? >> you know, i think there is. i think there is a problem here when he said last week he was sorry to the women he inconvenienced. you know, the young woman who has come forward now, sydney leathers, she may have some issues in her own life, but she i

christine quinn, like her or not, she is good. bill thompson is solid. bill de blasio is the actual progressive in the race. he has policies. he has programs. he is saying all the right things and speaking of police brutality, racial profiling. >> roger ailes, the head of fox news will be doing back flips. >> oh, god, yes. >> he will be in heaven. it will be a poster boy for everything he opposes. anyway, thank you, michael sherer. sorry to go after you. but you are here. joan, we agree once in a while. thank you, joan walsh. i guess it's catholic school coming back to haunt you. >> yes. >> this guy is too much. you didn't like to hear that? >> that's fine with me. >> you don't like being called prudish. thank you so much for coming on. as always, joan walsh from salon. >>> coming up, anthony weiner on the couch. we're going to talk to experts about this strange kind of sexual addiction and what it is that drive people to gout and become these digital streakers. i'm not sure it is sex, but they think it is. >>> president obama has essentially declared wa

his opponent christine quinn joins me now from 30 rock. polls show you've pulled ahead since this has all taken place but we still have a plu rralityf people saying he should not drop out. so even though you are ahead in the polls, more people are telling us he should not drop out of the race. do you think he should drop out? >> i said when he was decided whether or not he should get into the race. this is a decision for him to make. now i think the voters are saying, it is a decision for them to make about who the next mayor is. one thing i know, this is the greatest city in the world and it deserves a mayor who is serious, has a real record, has a vision for the future, someone who is responsible and mature. and all we've seen from former congressman weiner is a pattern of reckless behavior, a lack of responsibility and maturity, difficulty with the truth and he's brought really a circus to what should be a discussion about the future of middle class new yorkers. and in the 46 or 47 days we have left until the primary, we need to get bac

and later this morning, kate will talk with weiner's opponent, christine quinn. she's in the lead and she'll be here at about 8:05 eastern time. >> definitely talking about those latest polls for one thing. lots to talk about there. >>> now to the nation's capital. someone is vandalizing great american landmarks in washington, d.c.. the national cathedral, that beautiful, beautiful building, is the latest location to be targeted with green paint. and now police have made an arrest. pamela brown's in the nation's capital live from the national cathedral. so what are you hearing, pamela? >> reporter: well, it's really a bizarre series of vandalism here. the national cathedral right behind me here is the fourth d.c. landmark to be targeted just in the past few days. now, there is one person who was taken into custody yesterday in connection with only on one of the crimes. so this is still very much a mystery here. investigators are looking into whether this vandalism is perhaps connected or if these are copy cat crimes. authorities do tell us, though, that at this p

his negative numbers were on par with christine quinn's. now there has been a ceiling imposed. we will not win now. >> kelly, can you say that or are you still reporting live here that you can't give us the verdict that i'm always looking for on the show, what's going on? >> i think anthony weiner is as likely to become mayor as i am. i'm not running. that tells you. >> i've only gotten to know you, but i think you would be in the rung. >> well, thank you. >> thank you, kelly golf and steve kornacki. from the east coast, a growing scandal. maybe it's topped already out on the west coast. remember the anchorman who said stay classy san diego? well, there are some women now on the record on tape, five of them that i can count, accusing san diego mayor bob filner of sexual misconduct in the office. on monday, his former communications director filed a lawsuit against him and spoke to the media about some of his conduct. listen closely to this, these are axzs, accusations, of course, but he hasn't denied them, which is interesting. listen to this graphic information we're about to

christine quinn also came on, very impressive. so i think you're right. i mean, does everybody agree? >> i agree. >> just a second -- >> governor in a different way. those are offices that -- >> and a congressman. >> i live it every day. i know how the public feels about congress. it's not -- it's interesting that it's been the year of redemption with sanford, weiner and spitzer, but they do have separate records that voters will look at. >> they do. that is, though, the takeaway here, the year of redemption. basically the year of voters frankly not giving a dam. >> right. >> yeah. >> true. >> about -- about. >> about past scandals, they don't care. i think that's pretty obvious. the question is who finishes second to weiner if he -- >> the other thing, candidates have learned how to apologize and they now come more with their heart on their sleeve as opposed to what we saw with gary hart, who was, you know, ready to be combative and push back, now these guys are like mea culpa, i'm so sorry. >> gary hart -- >> follow me. >> how would you like to be gary

this opens up a huge opportunity for christine quinn and other top candidate to take those vote votersthony weiner. >> i think they're going to step back and let him implode. we will see over the next couple of days -- once we thought he was one of the most gifted politicians in new york. we're going to find out over the next couple of days discussed how gifted he is. >> cornell is right, if your opponent is going to jump off a cliff, do not push him. >> let me ask you about another reclamation project, eliot spitzer. >> you've seen his new ad where he talks about i did bad things, i apologize. but what's worse, wall street. you hate them more than you hate me. >> let's take a look at that because it it very interesting. we have a clip. >> look, i failed big time. i hurt a lot of people. when you dig yourself a hole, you can either lie in it the rest of your life or do something positive. >> it's not just about eliot spitzer now, it says so much more. >> i think it's a brilliant ad. he's contrite, he apologizes and immediately pivots to what do you hate more than -- or who has negative

this time christine quinn is leading the pack in the polls. several union endorsements and the weiner scandal could force a runoff election. quinn's campaign is getting national exposure because of the weiner scandal, but she's having to explain her controversial position taken on the stop and frisk policy. >> you have raised constitutional questions about stop and frisk and yet you still support it. why? >> i think stop and frisk can be used in a way that keeps us safe. when i'm mayor, you'll see the number of stops go down. we'll be focused on quality stops that keep us safe and that are done in a constitutional way not just a rash to stop everyone. >> one of quinn's top political rivals joins us tonight. democrat bill thompson running for mayor of the city of new york who barely lost to michael bloomberg four years ago. let's talk about that issue, stop and frisk. where do you stand on it? >> i'm not opposed to stop and frisk, but what i have said the way it's been used in the city of new york, it's been miss used and abused. 600,000 of them

christine quinn is behind him there in that poll. by four points. she's at 22%.hey're all roughly in the pack there. eyes now will be on the new maris poll tomorrow. meanwhile, here's weiner today discussing his opponents. let's watch. >> there have been people since the moment i got in this race who didn't want me to run. there have been people who didn't want me to run at the very beginning. but a lot of people have been crying out for someone to talk about issues important to the middle class. and a lot of the same people not happy about me in the first place want me out. >> one of his opponents is bill thompson. thanks for joining us. i was rooting for you last time even though i respect bloomberg. i tried to get my kid to vote for you. i'm not sure if he did or not. >> i hope so. >> let's talk about this race. can you talk about weiner's problem that seems to have continued after he ran for the mayor. he keeps doing this up to as recently as whenever. do you believe his problems are behind him, yes or no? >> it's not a question of do i believe that are his p

been re-elected to congress and right now in new york city's mayorral race, city council speaker christine quinnand former penis self-portraitist anthony weiner are running neck and what i hope is his neck. now no surprise, folks, no surprise new yorkers are willing to overlook weiner's previous indiscretions. i mean if they were disturbed by seeing exposed genital those one would ride the subway. (laughter) but of course, the big story this week is the political comeback of former new york governor and registered lip donor eliot spitzer. jim? >> in the race, former governor eliot spitzer barely has been in the race for a week and already he's leading manhattan borough president scott stringer 48-33 percent. >> stephen: yes, eliot spitzer could very well be new york's next comptroller. do you have any idea what that means? i don't. because what the hell is a comptroller? here to tell us is candidate for new york city comptroller eliot spitzer. elliott, thank you for coming. good to see you. (cheers and applause) >> thank you. >> stephen: okay, elliott, you also got a book here. >> i do. >> steph

a new poll falls that anthony weiner has fallen behind christine quinn, quinn leads weiner 27% to 22%. the new poll also finds a dramatic shift of democrats. 55% now have a negative impression of him. a spike of 19% since june. 30% still see him favorably. >>> now to another shocking admission, this one from the second juror to speak publicly in the wake of george zimmerman's acquittal. >> george zimmerman got away with murder. but you can't get away from god. and attend of the day, he's going to have a lot of questions and answers that he has to deal with. the law could improve it, but, you know, you know the world goes in circles. >> maddie was the only minority juror on the panel of six women. she told abc that she fought to the end but ultimately realized there wasn't enough proof to convict zimmerman of a crime. she believes that she owes trayvon martin's mother an apology. sybrina fulton said in a statement -- >>> a ruling related to the 2010 bp oil spill, halliburton has pleaded guilty and will pay a fine in that disaster. it killed 11 workers and dozens of oil spilled into the

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. >> anthony weiner is steadily increasing his lead, pulling ahead of christine quinn 25% to 22%.ot spitzer barely has been in the race for a week and already he's leading manhattan borough president scott stringer 48% to 33%. >> john: wow. anthony weiner and eliot spitzer surprising everyone with their solid polling. [laughter] which, to be fair, is kind of the story of their lives. for more on this we're joined by senior political correspondent samantha bee. >> yeah. >> john: sam, it look like weiner and spitzer could actually win their races. that is unbelievable, isn't it? >> i know, john, it truly is a great day for children across this nation. >> john: sorry. how on earth is this a great day for children? >> oh, no, john, think about it. most of today's young people feel like they could never have a future in politics and it's hard to argue with them. you know, they're on facebook 24/7. they're sexting and twitpicking and oversharing everything they've got and destroying any chance of a political career before they even know they want one. every parent dreads that moment whe

on "meet the press," another mayoral candidate christine quinn tried to capitalize on her opponent's latest controversy. >> he disqualified himself but not just because of this scandal, though that certainly has, he didn't have the qualifications when he was in congress. >> reporter: in the september primary, voters will have their say. kristen welker, nbc news, washington. >>> got some heavy rain to talk about in philadelphia. it broke the city's all-time record for one-day rainfall on sunday. over seven inches of rain fell within four hours causing road closures and flooding throughout the city. a flash flood warning has been issued in areas like pennsylvania and delaware. nbc's meteorologist bill karins joins us now. you think we pull this out of the archives, right? we are talking about july here. >> i know. eight inches of rain in a day. the records in philadelphia go back 140 years. that's the most rain they have had in a day in 140 years. it's not just a little "broke a record" high. that's impressive. more rain than some areas in the west get for a year. let's show you the bi

christine quinn now leads the former congressman 25 to 16. he's dropped nine points from last month. weiner has forfeited his lead among women voters as well. one number that is growing for weiner, the amount of women with whom he admits exchanging with messages. those include, the ones that he messaged after he resigned from congress. >> it's not dozens like i told the post and they made a big headline out of it. it's not dozens and dozens. it's six to ten. i can't tell you absolutely what somebody else is going to consider sexual. >> was it sexual in nature? >> i don't believe i had any more than three. >> you can't make this stuff up. we're hearing for the first time from the woman who reignited the scandal, sidney leathers, that's her name, from indiana, she said that he asked her to delete logs of their texts. >> he was making these campaign promises that he had totally changed and he was a better man now and he learned from his mistakes and i'm proof that that is not true. >> do you think he was trying to pull one over on the voters of

thompson was on "morning joe" and christine quinn. end up in the runoff and anthony weiner probably not, correct? >> probably not. you have to go back to the stone age of this story, i mean, back to april, which seems like eons ago. back in april one of the things that was really -- one of the things that enabled anthony weiner's entry into this campaign was the general complete lack of enthusiasm for any of the candidates that are running. i went to these mayoral forums back in april and christine quinn was continually being booed. thompson was inert as he always is. bill diblasio wasn't getting any traction. john lieu was considered to be not a winner. people were saying i came into this room thinking anything but -- anybody but quinnipi andw i'm for anybody but any of them. when weiner showed up he was considered to be -- you know, put all of this juice into the race. and people tend to forget that now because i think we wouldn't -- if he never entered you're looking at five or six months ever really kind of dreary reporting. so th

christine quinn may not want weiner to drop out. we'll explain here. one of those candidates trying to get into that runoff is bill thompson who in 2009 came within five points of beating mayor bloomberg despite being outspent by a whopping 14-1 margin. thompson rarely talks about race but on sunday, the former city comptroller and only african-american candidate in the race seized an opportunity to tie new york's stop and frisk laws to the trayvon martin case. saying the same suspicions have been institutionalized in new york city. joining me now is bill thompson. good morning. >> good morning, chuck, how are you? >> i'm good. i want to start with this stop and frisk. what i'm trying to understand about your position is on one hand you think the law is a good law. and you want the tactic used. can this -- but explain how you believe the tactic can be used without somebody believe iing they're being profiled in some form. >> there are certain constitutional safeguards that have been attached to stop and frisk. and in new york, they've been ignored in s

i was reading that you recently endorsed christine quinn here for mayor in new york. >> yes.john: are you absolutely sure you don't want to give anthony weiner a fifth chance? are you sure, tim? >> i think anthony weiner's name is a metaphor for how he is and will behave as a mayor if we're foolish enough to elect him. it's a little frightening. >> john: it will be amazing but i don't think new yorkers are going to do that. i can't believe if my heart of hearts. >> i'm going to be going around on september 10 which is the day of the primary making certain that they're well informed about their decision-making. >> john: project runway is back for your 134th season. >> i hope it doesn't feel like that. >> john: this time you have the ability to overrule a judge's decision. >> i do. john: you are god. thank you. i have to tell you though what happened was that in season 11, i intervened with the judging process near the very end of the season because an incredible designer was being eliminated. i went storming down to the judge's circle. i said, "you cannot do this. this is a gi

christine quinn on her bid for mayor of new york city. later basketball star ray allen heading to capitol hill for a push for health research that hits close to home for him. up next the top stories in the politico playbook. but first bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> good morning to you, mika. thunderstorms will be strorory the u.s. all eyes on tropical storm chantal towards haiti and dominican and possibly the u.s. southeast coast. 50 mile per hour winds. not expected to become a hurricane. we are watching the storm heading over haiti and dominican republic. by the end of the weekend the storm will be near the bahamas off the southeast coastline and what makes this forecast interesting is that then it should head towards the carolinas, georgia, or north florida come about monday or tuesday next week. we're also tracking pretty strong storms at this hour through minnesota. so minneapolis, to rochester and sioux falls, south dakota, be ready for that. this afternoon everywhere in yellow chance of strong thunderstorms that

that means adult leadership. >> well, christine quinn who mentioned the irish ever, i never forget you're irish. just kidding here, the speaker of the new york city council and front-runner in the latest polling. congratulations on the polling. best of luck in this race. it's going to get hotter. we'd love to have you back. joe walsh is editor of salon dealing through these issues. she looks like she's cheered up a bit watching her as a person and new friend of mine. i'm impressed by she's upbeat, cheerful. this is a weird race to be in. i think uncomfortable for everybody. she seems to be doing well in the polls. you thoughts about the women issue. is there will something aggressive about this behavior by a nastily aggressive by mr. weiner? >> i think there is. i think there's a problem here you know when he said last week he was sorry to the women he had inconvenienced, the young woman who's come forward now sydney leathers, she may have some issues in her own life but she's only 22. i think to reach out as a public figure to start poking her on facebook like an idiot juvenile, and to l

weiner has fallen behind city council speaker christine quinn. she leads weiner 25% to 16% right now. just a month ago, weiner edged quinn by 5 percentage points in the crowded democratic field. the new poll finds a dramatic shift of registered democrats' impressions of weiner. 55% now have a negative impression of weiner. a spike of 19% since june. 30% see him favorably. >>> a second juror spoke publicly in the wake of george zimmerman's acquittal. take a listen. >> george zimmerman got away with murder. but you can't get away from god. and at the end of the day, he's going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with. the law could improve it. but, you know, you know the world goes in circles. >> mattie, who is going by just one name to protect her identity was the only minority juror on the panel of six women. she told abc she fought to the end. ultimately she realized there was not enough proof to convict zimmerman of a crime. she says she believes she owes trayvon martin's parents an apology. martin's mother, sybrina fulton, sa

and christine quinn speaks out an exclusive interview on "meet the press." >>> she was a champion forssues and civil rights. we'll celebrate the life of lynndy baug straight ahead. that and many more. bill, back to you. >> we didn't get the memo. we're not allowed to pick on the people that are too easy to pick on. >> you're right, so sorry. >>> still ahead on "way too early," what's the worst you have ever used, real or made up? your best and most creative tweets. [ female announcer ] when you're ready to take skincare to the next level you're ready for roc® new roc® multi correxion has an exclusive 5 in 1 formula it's clinically proven to hydrate dryness, illuminate dullness lift sagging diminish the look of dark spots and smooth the appearance of wrinkles together these 5 elements create ageless looking skin roc® multi correxion 5 in 1 it's high performance skincare™ only from roc® but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good

the longtime frontrunner was the speaker of the city council, christine quinn, also not a household name outside of new york city but now you're seeing weiner in one poll in first place, another poll in second place. gwen: is it that voters have gotten used to the coarsening of politics and don't care anymore? >> i don't know if that's true. there are so many variables that go into these kind of races. you mentioned mark sanford. the former governor of south carolina who had an extramarital affair in office and misled the voters. mitt romney won that state by 18 points. he had a weak democratic candidate who had never run for office before and the voters in that district, all they saw was republican and democrat. not so much mark sanford's past. as one voter said it's not like he committed murder or something. >> is that the standard? criminality? these things have done embarrassing things and harmful to their marriages. but they're not exactly criminals. is that a condition that stops you from making comebacks? >> it would get in the way of reinventing yourself -- for example, eliot spi