we welcome back now donnie fowler to help us make sense of this. donnie, what's going on here?ean, what's with ted cruz jumping on board with kristin gillibrand. >> there are two things that we know ted cruz and paul rand don't like command structures. they don't listen to their leadership in the u.s. senate. they don't listen to the leaders of the republican party it's not a surprise that they're not going to listen to the structure of the command in the military. there is a lot of good politicking going on by senator gillibrand in new york. >> michael: she's been very impressive on this issue. you say they like to buck authority, both cruz and paul. how are they going to get any other republicans to go along with them. >> well, it's not their job to get other republicans to go with them. this is gillibrand's bill. her struggle is not with the republican party, per se, but it's the view of how to deal with sexual assaults. this is turning out not to be republican and democrat issue as much of it is a philosophy of how much you respect military command structure and how much yo

we have ke llielli and donnie fowler. kelli i'll start with you.a recent article you wrote about the different standards the public sets for politicians carding to race and standard. hillary clinton is one. would she have been as successful if they got into the same trouble? >> no woman would have recovered from her husband's scandal. look at monica lewinsky she never recovered. and there are countless examples. kristin davis is running for city comptroller as well. i'm referring not to an actress but what was she convicted of? she was convicted of being the madam that run the brothel that that a candidate was accused of patronizing, and that was eliot spitzer. she's knowledgeable, she has an interesting libertarian sensibility, but the reason why she's a laughing stock is because she's a woman involved in a sex scandal. >> michael: i see the point you're making, but the most specific point is monica lewinsky. when eliot spitzer decided to run, he asks his family if he's going to run. he doesn't ask ashley dupree who is trying to live a private lif