i don't think hats the reason michael dukakis lost in 1988.ally got to the heart of the emotional appeal of the idea of capital punishment. people think of crimes where it's personalized like that or where the evidence seems to be so clear cut that it cries out for, you know, that kind of punishment. i wonder how in the political arena you can balance that sort of instinct that people have if it was my wife, if it was my child with, you know, especially in cases where it's clear cut. kirk what would you -- >> i have to say trying a case through politics is really not the way to go. you know, we have to really watch ourselves when we try cases from a bully pulpit, so to speak. probably mr. dukakis lost he was in a tank running across the road. i've seen all the willie horton ads. my thing is we cannot go forward and put people in the limelight when we don't know the facts yet about a case. you know, you're talking about, when we're really sure about something. i had five identification witnesses positively identify me as the last person. i had

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if you look at the republican lineup -- [laughter] it is like michael dukakis in an oversized tank hat. >> the idea that newt gingrich is now at the top of the heap. >> you do not want to be the top because they get shot out. >> it is seems like anybody but romney. >> herman cain is a breath of fresh air. [laughter] >> i am not going to reassess him as he reassesses his campaign. >> herman cain is fabulous. >> newt gingrich -- i am going to get serious on you. newt gingrich is an error lobbyist -- uber lobbyist. barney frank talk about michele bachmann. he also called out newt gingrich and said he held him responsible for the demonization of opponents that has contributed to the atmosphere we live in today. i do think he came into the house. he slashed all of the caucasus and civility. we are seeing this. this is a man who a few days ago talked about education reform in the context of firing the janitors in schools and putting the kids to work. a lot of the media called that unconventional. [laughter] let's repeal child labor laws that we fought hard for in this country. bring in dicke

michael dukakis and george h.w. bush. the thing is, you run into some of these racial issues. but it is an issue. the prison release issue possibly could work. the fact is that jerry brown is -- may be sort of a little vulnerable on this issue. on the other hand, some of the polls are showing, look, californians are saying, we don't want to build any more prisons. we know they're overcrowded. the three strikes was great, but we need to do something about the schools. maybe this public safety issue is not as slam-dunk as it used to be for republicans. >> but it seems like he did have a serious misstep, going back to the press conference. >> right. >> the whole racial issue. the naacp not wanting to apologize. how has he reacted to that? >> our editorial page editor said he was sorry about using the photo. but he's not sorry about raising the issue. i think we'll hear more from him on this issue. jerry brown, and the democrats, those are some of the issues they're going to have to face. the economic issues in california, taxes in california. maldonado is a very moderate republic

bush when he was running against michael dukakis. it was an ad that talked about a convicted murderer who was let out on furlough program and committed another rape and murder while he was out, right? and the ad showed this very scary looking black guy and said he was out on this furlough and exited these crimes and then note -- and committed these crimes and then noted that dukakis allowed this guy to go out. to the mainstream audience, it's an ad that says, hey, you know, it's an ad that supported a program that didn't work. but to people who are frightened of black people committing violent crimes against them, there's another message there. this is the guy who's going turn these dangerous black criminals loose in your neighborhood. and it can be very effective. i talked to dave weigel from slate magazine about covering newt gingrich and covering the republican primaries for president early last year. and he said newt gingrich won the south carolina primary right after running an ad that played up some to have attacks that he had

. >> i hate to play the michael dukakis of this conversation, but my reaction was oh, god this is horribleese things happen in a nation of 310 million, it is so horrible and luckily we have a legal system to deal with it fairly. cenk: bless your heart. you're absolutely right about that. that's why we don't let the victim's families decide the punishment because they would overreact. if it was your family you would overreact. >> sometimes they underreact and sometimes they are scared, so you kind of take that power away from them, so that is a benefit. >> aaron were you going to say something? >> no, i thought he was going to jump in. now, here's more -- wait, aaron is saying something, but i missed it. let me give you a further update. there is an amazing twist in this case. it turns out that one of these women was featured on america's most wanted and they have the clip of her best friend talking about right before she went missing, turns out her best friend was the daughter of ariel castro. look at this clip from back in the day. >> i talked to the last person who did see gina that day

the relationships and monica is right in the immortal words of mike cal dukakis, the fish rots from the, and in the this case it's all about him. i it was about benghazi and that's why i think that needs to gather it is about the -- >> the press has been inlating him and protecting him from day one and has gotten away with this. >> the president says there's nothing to it. john mccain says think again. he has so much to weigh in on and will be weighing in on it here in 90 seconds. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, it helps pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and could save you thousands in out-of-pocket

speaking of former presidential nominees, with the addition of walter mondale and michael dukakis thisupport marriage equality. all the likely 2016 democratic presidential candidates support marriage equality. the same cannot be said for republicans, not yet. we should know that canada is experiencing a scandal of it own. the editor of gawker reported he had seen a video of the mayor there smoking crack cocaine. two star reporters believe the man in question is in fact the mayor. whomever took the video is now trying to sell it for $200,000 and gawker started a crowd sourced campaign to purchase it called the "rob ford crack starter." in a press conference on friday, ford called the allegations ridiculous and said the toronto star reporters are "pathological liars." mayor ford has had an incredibly colorful career. he put rob ford mayor magnets on strangers cars once. he once pleaded no contest to drunk driving and he was once involved in a drunken altercation at a hockey game. after ford once said politics is too male-driven he invited any women interested in running for office to cof

>> you're in a suit with that -- do you ever sit there and go, do i have like george dukakis? am i looking ridiculous? >> not in a tank. >> getting on the bike in the beginning you feel that way. but once you start feeling the wind in your face and the smoothness of the road, this starts to become fun and by the end of the race, i was saying, hey, do we have any more to do? maybe you want to go fast. >> what are you, mr. brown? you did it as mayor, too? >> yes, and i always wondered why don't we have some form of a motor to assist? because believe me, when you have not been riding a bicycle for a long time, after about a block, a block and a half, you begin to realize that there is some prep requirements before you get on. >> all right. >> all right, guys. thanks so much. have a great weekend. >> thanks. >>> time now is 6:54. coming up, we have a minivan that slams into the south bay medical center early this morning. the major clean-up in that hospital lobby. more on that when we come back. [ male announcer ] want irresistible chicken made the way you say? get to subway now f

before that, miss mccarthy served five different massachusetts governors, including michael dukakis and mitt romney, the republican party's own nominee for president in the last year's election. now, these diverse work experiences on a broad range of environmental issues have provided miss mccarthy with the firsthand knowledge of environmental and public health challenges that we face. and they're evidence of her ability to work with people on both sides of the aisle to address the problems faced as we look at agencies like the e.p.a. miss mccarthy was confirmed by the senate to her current e.p.a. post with overwhelming bipartisan support in 2009 and that just makes the boycott last week even more shocking. in her current role as the assistant administrator for the office of air and radiation, miss mccarthy has worked with environmental advocates and industry leaders to reduce harmful emissions that threaten clean air. these efforts are particularly significant for downwind regions like in new england, where we serve as the tailpipe to the rest of the nation and suffer the effects of po