you are in is in charge of not reach for some minorities for president george debut bush. sion's the republican party will try to use these this opportunity the make up for the character of the party but also with murky men and women, the middle-class and though suspire? >> you hit the nail on the head. it is unjust minority voters but those will look for economic opportunity, personal responsibility, to defend our freedoms. that can bring a lot of people together that is the foundation so there is tremendous opportunity. the positives are you see many more hispanic candidates running statewide and winning the happen to be republican as blue or purple states they're not said gerrymandered district but overall the tone will be set and the leadership of this party. >> that is not exactly encouraging. [laughter] >> we need to be aspirational. >> one can hope the republican party seizes this for a new direction and have given the republican is an opportunity to move forward. lou: and thank you very much. old times. good to see you both. and now time for your comments. >> if it

debuting today on the "hardball" website. it's called "above the fray: the lessons of dukakis '88." the 1988 presidential race between michael dukakis and george h.w. bushs considered one of the most negative races in history. this is the story of that election, told by dukakis himself. how an aggressive, negative campaign can knock off a favorite for president. how a democrat up 17 points in july of election year can lose by 8 points in november. of course, one of the most lasting images of that campaign was michael dukakis, donning a helmet here, and riding around in a tank, an ill-advised photo op that the bush campaign turned into an unforgettable campaign ad. dukakis talks about that in this new film. >> i was challenging the administration's defense policy on the grounds that it was putting much too little into conventional warfare and much too much into high-tech stuff, that was very expensive and of questionable value. >> don't call mike dukakis soft on defense. today he rolled across the plains of michigan, like george patton on his way to berlin. >> i don't know who at time thought it was a good idea for me to show up in tank and drive around

george h.w .bush. end be discharged soon. he believe hospitalized for shortness of breath. two years ago he spent a month in the hospital with bronchitis. >> headaches for sony following the day debutf the interview. >> one year behind bars, the fight to release our colleagues from an egyptian prison for reporting the news. >> the big quote is about our colleagues in egypt: >> who said this: >> our big quote is from al jazeera's peter gresta, released from a jail in egypt. we mark one year since our three journalists were put in prison. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >> that is a milestone we hoped that we would not reach. one year ago today all three of our colleagues were detained in egypt simply because they were doing their jobs. >> their issue has highlighted press freedom and led to a massive media campaign for their release. we have more. >> news rooms across the world start to mark an anniversary people find hard to absorb. it's one year since an al jazeera team was arrested in cairo on false charges a whole 12 months behind bars for just doing their jobs. the three were all convicted in june. it was a trial that had no compelling evidence against them. peter's