reverend wright in 291 segments of his show since the president's inauguration. we've got a fantastic panel here with us on friday. in philadelphia, professor james peterson, director of africana studies at lehigh university and a blogger for "washington post" and in washington, julian epstein. good afternoon with all of you. dr. peterson, if i might start with you, the president. he's left an invariable trails of tears from the likes of herman cain and sean hannity, right? >> right. to think they haven't covered it enough is absolutely absurd. as you mentioned hannity has had it on his show consistently for years now. i'm not sure what mr. romney is talking about. this is a huge issue in the previous presidential election. >> dr. peterson, you can't expect mr. herman cain to pay attention to anything. >> you're right. here's what's interesting. when you look at mr. ricketts and that super pac and all the politics around chicago and the cubs and mayor rahm emanuel, he had to move away from that. romney still needs donations and support from the ricketts super pac so it's a very complex political situation. and what i hope here is folks move away from the