i'll ask john nichols and howard fineman, coming up. tweet us using #edshow, we're right back. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." some republicans in south carolina have put together their ultimate litmus test and it involves one of their favorite subjects, sex. republican party leaders in laurens county, south carolina, have written a brand new pledge for all the potential candidates to sign. you must favor and live up to abstinence before marriage. you must be faithful to your spouse. your spouse cannot be a person of the same gender. you can't now from the moment you sign this pledge, look at pornography. wow. look out republicans, laurens county gop are watching you. it sounds like a little porn might do these folks some good. the pledge included 28 principles, not all about sex. some predictable like you must uphold the right to have guns, all kinds of guns. but the sex pledge was the biggest eye opener since candidates must submit to an interview. candidates must meet in person with the candidate qualification committee of laurens

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. >> john nichols has the latest. >> tonight, another "ed show" exclusive. >> professor ogletree took great pains to hide that. >> the man at the bogus theory, charles ogletree will tell us why he hid the tape of barack obama. >>> good to have you with us tonight, thanks for watching. there is only one thing keeping newt gingrich in the republican presidential race, it's ego. rick santorum pull off a six point win in alabama, a closer race in mississippi, but santorum, he won but never led in any mississippi polls. it was not a good night for mitt romney, who came in third in both states but it was a disaster for newt gingrich. gingrich was selling voters on $2.50 a gallon gas and on his ability to "hey i can win the southern states" so far he has won georgia and south carolina. there is no reason for gingrich to stay in the race. but last night, he was defiant. >> we will continue to run a people's campaign. i believe after the primaries are over it will be obvious that the so-called front-runner in fact didn't get there and from that point on we'll be in a whole new conversation. >>

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and they released a -- john nichols is a correspondent that has written extensively on this organizationground law itself. i want you to listen to something right now. a variation of the law passed in the state of texas after the florida law paved the way. after joe horn -- let's listen to a portion of a scary 911 call from september 2007 in which he, mr. horn, describes two men breaking into a neighbor's home. >> listen to me carefully, okay? we've got officers coming out there. i don't want you to go outside that house. and i don't want you to have that fun in your hand when the officers are over there. >> i understand that, but i have a right to protect myself too. and the laws have been changed in the country and you know it and i know it. he is coming out the window right now. i got to go. i'm sorry, but he is coming out the window. >> don't go out the door. >> mr. horn? >> they just stole something. they have a bag of something. >> i don't want you going outside, mr. horn. you here the shotgun clicking? i'm going. >> don't go outside. >> hello, you're dead. [ gunshots ] >> wow, joh

[ gunshots ] >> well, john nichols, that's pretty graphic.s a live account on the 911 tape of two men who were caught burglarizing a house but killed and gunned down dead by a civilian who decided to use this law, and he was defended in court on the basis of this law. john? >> absolutely. necessary. you're going to find cases like this in places across the country. there was a case in wisconsin where -- >> how does he say he was defending himself? let's get back to the law and how it's used. stand your ground means if you're in danger of somebody beating you up or you're in danger of your life because somebody is coming at you, beating you up, threatening you with a gun and you're outside your home. how does this relate when he went after him? >> there are several variations on stand your ground laws. there is a castle doctrine law which suggests you can protect your property and its environment right out to the sidewalk. stand your ground is more something that takes it out into the streets. the bottom line on this, chris, is that the interp

john nichols is convinced the recall is going to work in scott walker will be out of office.m just hoping russ feingold runs for governor. [applause] [inaudible] >> the question is -- i think what has happened in madison, wisconsin has spread across the country and revitalizing the grassroots force in progressive causes around the country. people see that you can really make a difference. but, chris christie was going this direction. john kasich and they were all, by the way, coordinating and working together. thank you. and what happened to scott walker put the fear of god until the rest of them. absolutely. it was a tremendous turnout in madison. very exciting. >> let's think about eichin influence on american politics. american legislative -- >> i'm sorry. the american legislative exchange council i believe is what it stands for. it is one of the coat others organization that she probably never heard about. most people haven't. what they do is write model legislation for state legislatures and there are many, many cases where the legislatures, for example, at another prope

minor difference that basically actually makes the believe in more expansive coordination reporter john nichols alec wrote this law for lobbyists from the n.r.a. and wal-mart the nation's largest retailer of guns and republicans in the florida state legislature introduced it and republican governor jeb bush signed into law and now hundreds of justifiable homicides later on asides were nichols says wal-mart can no longer be sued for seller's liability because they're justifiable the african-american community is outraged in the sea is sanford florida is about to explode but the n.r.a. and wal-mart both long time funders of alec according to nichols got what they wanted free rein for gun owners to shoot first since alec approved the law in two thousand and five sixteen states have passed it creating a breeding ground for more senseless racially motivated violence so how many more kids have to die in the name of justifiable homicides so wal-mart can avoid liability lawsuits how many more teenagers have to be murdered and how many more communities have to be up ended by the violence so the national

wisconsin state senator chris larson and john nichols, thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> santorum visits a shooting range. a supporters a crack about the president and now the secret service is involved. >> pretend it's obama. >> richard wolf on the latest example of anti-obama ugliness. >>> the latest stunt in the republican war on women. live ultrasounds in the idaho state house. now terry o' neil are here with the latest. >>> tim tebow hasn't even taken a knee as a new york jet and there's already controversy. >> that injury comes back denver will find itself without a quarterback, and in my opinion, it would serve them right. terry. >> well, [ man ] hmm. a lot can happen in two hundred thousand miles... are you guys okay? yeah. ♪ [ man ] i had a great time. thank you, it was really fun. ♪ [ crash ] i'm going to write down my number, but don't use it. [ laughing ] ♪ [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] the all-new subaru impreza®. experience love that lasts. ♪ like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. bu

one book by mcchesney and john nichols, they used census data to show that the number of public relations professionals as a proportion to journalists has exploded. so we have a lot more people whose job is to manipulate our opinion. >> and as you pointed out, the referee is no longer have the respect are actually playing on one side or another, the referees in the news media. also the question of whether facts matter, is there? a mean, you talk about how you can give people facts ended may just reinforce there own biases and make it more likely that they will argue against what scientific fact about global warming or any number of those stem cell research. and those are complex issues for people to sort through to begin with, the average person to understand. >> facts often make it worse. one of the differences between liberals and conservatives as liberals will want to believe the people listen to facts, and that's one of the delusions'. >> if only we could explain. was anomalous stated that didn't agree with what i as a liberal wanted to think was true which was the evidence which is q