he was a big defender of herman ca cain.sides. >> let me try something with you first, joy. let's put all ideology aside, let's put all values aside. let's just think about strange guts. this guy seems to be fearless to me. i know he had a pullback on the civil rights bill. we all went through that with him because he was a complete ideologue and didn't want to defend what was -- nobody wants to hear that. there's no reason to pose civil rights these days. nobody is going to listen to it. generally she's stuck with h ll guns. a guy a robert de niro should play in the movies like in "mean streets" who wants to get into fights and figures that how he's going to get there. >> he doesn't want to get into fights, hees will to take on the fights no one else is will to take on. he is not a patsy for the gop. >> there are reasons people don't take shots at bill clinton. he's a former president. there are reasons why people don't take shots at hillary clint clinton. she's female and you don't get quite that nasty with her. >> not jus

he was herman cain's biggest defender. being accused of sexual harassment contemporaneous to the same 1990s period -- >> i'm talking to a human archive. how did you remember that? how did you remember he defended herman cain? >> he was telling the "national review" that, you know, "politico" shouldn't have written a story about it because now men are afraid to make jokes in the workplace. there's plenty of google-worthy hypocrisy charges out there waiting for him should he become the nominee. i do think he is doing something politically smart which is saying best asset for the democrats is bill clinton, i'm going to take him apart and make him difficult to use. the war on women is a great issue for democrats, i'm going to destroy it. i think he is trying to do a scorched earth sort of rovian path to the nomination. i think it's effective, by the way, as far as the nomination is concerned. >> what strikes me is the opportunism. not only motive, passion, but spontaneity. can you jump at an opportunity? i think he's trying to

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we got into religious basis behind the bill from former presidential candidate herman cain linked ton his face book page." anderson cooper is either completely ignorant about this man's bill and about the teachings of jesus or he is just plain lying. what a disgraceful rant this is. you can go there, judge for yourself. as for the role in religion, there are a lot of different interpretations to the bible, many different perspectives. tonight we're joined by a leading cleric in the state of arizona, the most reverend roy mendez of the episcopal church in phoenix. >> as some people's faith are supporting this bill on religious grounds you're opposing the bill on religious grounds. why? >> well, we feel that this bill actually flies directly in the state the fate of our religion. we believe to love your neighbor as yourself. this bill is seeking to under a guise of religious freedom, it's seeking to give people license to discriminate. that doesn't love your neighbor as yourself. >> but why should somebody -- supporters of the bill say why should somebody of strong religious conviction

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michele bachmann, herman cain, rick santorum, rick perry commended gingrich, chris christie. now, a lot of you have kids. remember the sesame street songs. one of these things is not like the other. it is really, really hard to sort of look at all of these desperately wanted to nominate and then jump ball the way over to chris christie. and i just -- we have seen parties make huge swings, but it was usually after they had a crash and burn election. of course after goldwater in '64 republicans moved to the middle and nominated richard nixon and won the presidency, but they have a crash and burn election first. democrats have a crash and burn election in 72 with george mcgovern. republicans have not had their crash and burn. and so i just have a hard time seeing them do that. the other super big name is jim bush. i think he was a terrific governor of florida. i think he would be well-positioned and all of that. there is of less than thing. when push comes to sell that would cut down if he runs. is live despises politics. and you think, a running for president with a non support

. >> if i read herman cain's book, it is hard to believe he finds himself answerable to those republicans who will soon start to elect the nominees for the white house. and as such he probably feels obliged to assure him he is no angry black man. >> alan west was on fox and called you and other african leaders part of the problem. >> i think o-- >> he ain't -- >> joined the gop's version of affirmative action where black faces get racist to the front of the line then people get to put a bumper sticker on their cars which say how can i be racist, which would fit nicely over their bumper stickers saying how can i be racist, i would have voted for alan west? any black friend will do. >> your reaction, colonel west. >> first of all i would say if you go back and look at the fundamental principles of booker t. washington, he talked about education, and self-reliance. those were conservative principles. he founded tuskegee university. it was important to him to see blacks be successful. the black republican trail blazerer lunch, the director was there, he and i had a great conversation and talk

who can forget herman cain's 999 plan, quite the headline grabber and now house republicans offeringo simplify the u.s. tax code. wolf? >> what does it mean, this promo -- it's just a proposal right now by congressman camp, for some popular tax breaks? >> reporter: yeah. i mean, the simplification for those tax breaks really means that taxpayers could wind up, believe it or not, losing things like the deduction for home mortgage interest. but it may be worth it for some people. you know, just to have, you know, a simpler experience when filing their taxes. otherses say good luck, because some americans are concerned about eliminating those kind of things during an election year. it could cost voters. regardless, though, none of this likely to happen any time soon. lawmakers will maybe get around to it by 2017. and something to keep in to it, but this plan itself has been in the works for three years now. wolf? >> it has been in the works for a long time. don't expect this current president of the united states to sign any close to that into law either. he has a different view. maybe

he is conservative, which i decide i'm not watching michelle bachmann or herman cain is actually painful says to a lot of people in an articulate way, he has great command in the language and is skilled in that sense. that is how i would put it snow i think rush hit it. he is fighting for the soul of the republican party. you have to be as a democrat pretty happy when republicans are afraid of their own shadow, unwilling to fight and afraid people like you are going to go out there and blame him for kicking granny over the cliff. that fear seems to have overtaken them. >> i don't have a lot of influence on what the republican party does. a lot of people say look, we went with bob dole and john mccain, we went down this road. everybody said this was the pragmatic thing to do. you know, whether -- i don't know if pragmatism or idealism, that is a concept that the republicans have to flush out in 2016. >> don't you need, regardless of whether you run on the left or right, don't you need a vision that will inspire people? like obama, he had a plan. and he got people chanting yes, we ask. and

. >> herman cain is ahead of mitt romney. >> debut here what rick santorum said. he's the man of the hour in republican politics. >> the latest leader in the republican race at the top of the national polls. >> and tonight, there is a new front-runner for the next republican presidential nomination, with the former front-runner chris christie hurt by overzealous and possibly criminal staff who, as he put it, embarrassed and humiliated him. the new front-runner is former preacher, former arkansas governor and 2008 republican nomination loser mike huckabee. here's what it took for mike huckabee to the the new front-runner. chris christie had to collapse in scandal and then mike huckabee had to say this. >> the democrats want to insult the women of america by making them believe that they are helpless without uncle sugar coming in and providing them a prescription each month with birth control because they can't control their libido without the assistance of the government, then so be it. >> a week after that, what happens? a cnn poll shows that mike huckabee is righ

herman cain brings us two war stories. we strongly suggest that the very least he should apologize.g on the tea party. the question is do they still have the boot on them for this year's elections. last day of february, here we go to finish off a great week. ♪ stuart: so tell me. where is the growth? gdp, the growth rate of the economy of our revised down the last three months of last year all the way down to at 2.4% annualized growth rate. you can blame the weather. janet yellen did. look at this. the market straight up. sandra smith is here. bad weather if you want to take that as the explanation for the weakening of the economy. hasn't weakened the stock market. sandra: a lot of retailers -- you hate this -- to beat expectations. the bar is set so low that many of them hurt and the stock market is being applauded. the performance, the retailers far exceeded expectations. the numbers were not great but when they weren't as bad as anyone thought they get a rally. stuart: individual companies are doing very well. they are making a lot of money and that is why they are going up. i ho

bachmann, herman cain, rick santorum, rick perry, nude gingrich, chris christie. a lot of you have kids so remember the sesame street song -- one of these things is not like the others. [laughter] to look at alld these people that they desperately wanted to nominate at various points in 2012 and then jump all the way over to chris christie. we have seen parties make huge swings but it was usually after they had a crash and burn election. incourse, after goldwater 1964, republicans moved to the middle and nominated richard butn and won the presidency they had a crash and burn election first. democrats have a crash and burn -- in 1972 1970's to with george mcgovern. republicans have not had a crash and burn election since then. the other super big name is jeff bush -- jeb bush and i think he was a terrific honor of florida and would be well-positioned. is that whole last name thing and i think he would love to run but when push comes to shove, i doubt if even would run. there is a lot of family reasons. his wife despises politics and hates every moment he spends doi

herman cain, with all due respect, there is not a connection to the black community. somebody like you, if you are running, your credibility, your history -- the same with me, a black person who happens to be a republican, i will do well with black voters. there are very few republicans that can say that. guest: what i want for this country is we are a party system, and it does not have to be a two-party system, but where all political parties compete for the votes of all people. that would be a better america. host: teresa. illinois. independent line. caller: good morning. i just wanted to say that me, myself, i do not party identify, republican or democrat because i know they both work for corporate america, and if you look at what corporate america is doing to the world, that says it for itself. back to the topic, i think it is important for black people to understand history. that is part of our problem. we do not read. we have to understand european history and ancient african and egyptian history. it is important. the civil rights movement -- the only thing the

john huntsman got only about four hours of screen time at fox compared to a candidate let's say herman cain who took very conservative positions 999 and all that stuff and wanted to build a fence at the border very conservative positions. he got more than 10 hours of airtime on fox during the primary. their campaigns were essentially essentially -- lasted for the same amount of time. that shows you if you are not on board with fox ailes will limit the amount of time you can get on his channel and therefore you're going to be in front of republican voters for shorter period of time and it will damage her real the t. to win a contested primary. romney fast-forward to the general election very much campaigned on the "fox news" style message and was ultimately that style of politics that turned off many voters in the year when many political analysts would say it was a tossup. republicans had a very clear shot to win. my book the pointed ends on is politics and television are very different things. what makes great compelling television and entertaining television is oftentimes not a winning po

herman cain, and with all due respect, there is not a connection to the black community.omebody like you, if you are running, your credibility, your history -- the same with me, a black person who happens to be a republican, i will do well with black voters. there are very few republicans that can say that. want for this country is we are a party system, and it does not have to be a two-party system, but where all political parties compete for the votes of all people. that would be a better america. teresa. illinois. independent line. caller: good morning. i just wanted to say that me, myself, i do not party identify, republican or democrat because i know they both work for corporate america, and if you look at what corporate america is doing to the world, that says it for itself. back to the topic, i think it is important for black people to understand history. that is part of our problem. we do not read. we have to understand european history and ancient african and egyptian history. it is important. the civil rights movement -- the only thing the civil rights movement

jon huntsman got only about four hours of screen time at fox compared to a candidate, let's say herman cain who took very conservative positions, 999 and all that stuff, wants to build a fence at the border, very conservative position, he got more than ten hours of airtime on fox during the primary. their campaigns last did the same amount of time. that shows if you are not on board with fox roger ailes will limit the amount of time you can get on his channel. therefore you will be in front of republican voters for a shorter period of time and it will damage your ability to route win a contested primary. mitt romney at the general election very much campaigned on a fox news style message. it was ultimately that style of politics that turned off many voters in a year when many political analysts would say it was a tossup. republicans have very clear shot to win. anthem -- the point it ends on its politics and television are very different things. what makes a great compelling television and entertaining television is often times not a winning political message and in that sense i regard roge