it was all about herman cain. when the debate is all about you, then it's not a surprise when you wake up the next day and sitting atop the polls. this race is all about herman cain right now. >> howard fineman, i want to talk about this poll we just released. nbc poll. many stunning things in it. one of them being the mitt romney number. the only number in the poll to hold steady, absolutely unchanged at 23%. the front-runner status switches around him. rick perry drops out of that slot. herman cain moves into that slot. what's going on with mitt romney in. >> well, his numbers don't move any more than his hair does, but if you talk to people in new hampshire, when i was up there yesterday and today, was at the debate then i heard herman cain before the new hampshire legislature which i want to tell you about. first on mitt romney. somebody observed to me a very shrewd politician up there observed to me that even though romney's numbers in new hampshire look good, and he's in the low 40s in new hampshire, the roa

herman cain shows you exactly how to do that. with his ill-conceived 9% corporate tax that does not allow corporations to include reasonable and normal business expenses. i'm not talking about their wild complicated tax loopholes. i'm talking about all normal reasonable business expenses. they're not allowed to be deducted under the 9-9-9 plan. now, if a democrat had proposed this, fox news would be screaming about a crazed anti-business socialist who was going to destroy american businesses and the american economy. now, let's restart that tape and listen to the rest of what herman cain had to say. >> on the first 9, relative to corporate profits, you are allowed to deduct -- this was in the calculation -- you are allowed to deduct purchases and capital investments. 100%. no depreciation schedules. capital expenses and purchases. if those purchases were made here in the united states of america. if you purchased components from a country outside of the united states, you can't deduct them. what does that do, folks? it makes u.s.

herman cain. 33% of republicans say herman cain, above governor romney and governor perry. if you're mitt romney, that's the first big flashing warning sign, isn't it? >> no the flashing warning sign for mitt romney is he ain't gotten above 23% despiting in the race for five years, despite living in new hampshire, despite being the best debater, despite raising all of the money, consolidating the establishment. he can't get above that mark. herman cain and perry, who i do not write off yet, still have 75% of the electorate not going for mitt romney. if he gets it, they'll be wildly enthusiastic about it but the warning sign was way back when for mitt romney. >> but you know, john, there is a survey out that has rick perry versus mitt romney and romney gets 54% in that one to perry's 39. republicans are willing to go there, but i think we're so concerned about, a, the economy, and, b, about losing to obama, that we're looking for a candidate who's equal to our fears and that's superman, and he doesn't really exist. >> we'll learn a lot about herman cain. he's risen to the to

say how dare you herman cain? he says i left the plantation, they wanted to keep me on the plantation where you're a bad african-american. how is this playing out the rise of herman cain, which many african-americans whether a democrat or republican, agnostic, one should say great in both parties now, you have leading politicians, leading figures who are african-american? >> it's fundamentally a good thing that you have herman cain running well in the republican side, it's well past due. the problem with herman cain is he said outrageous things. he's talked about african-americans being brainwashes. you can't say that all african-americans are brainwashes because you can't think the way they thought. there's a lot of people in the south where they grew up who take note that here's someone who talks about personal responsibility and doing it on your own. when the time came for the civil rights movement marching and what have you in atlanta and the south, the heart of this, herman cain didn't take part in that. he d

of herman cain's life. is one of the things about herman cain that makes it hard to imagine him as a viable mainstream candidate for republican nomination for president of the united states. it is not the only thing, though. mr. cain is out and proud about not wanting to know the names of leaders of other countries. >> when they ask me who's the president of ubeki, ubeki, stan, stan, i'm going to say, i don't know. do you know? >> when asked about foreign policy over the last decade, neoconservatism, herman cain said he was unfamiliar with the movement. of course, there's herman cain on abortion. >> my position is i'm pro life, period. >> if a woman is raped, she should not be allowed to end the pregnancy? >> that's her choice. that is not government's choice. i support life from conception. >> so abortion should be legal? >> no. abortion should not be legal. i believe in the sanctity of life. >> i'm not getting -- i'm not understanding. if it's her choice, that means it's legal. >> no. i believe -- i don't

herman cain stops by november 1. we're working to schedule all the candidates if for center seat with the panel. still ahead, could you or loved one die because there is not enough medicine? we'll explain. >> bret: the u.s. trade deficit dipped in august to $45.61 billion. the lowest amount in four months. the deficit is running at an annual rate of more than $564 billion. up 13% from last year. applications for unemployment benefits fell by 1,000 last week. but are still well above levels considered healthy. stocks were mixed today. dow lost 41. the s& s&p 500 gave back four. nasdaq added 15.5. of course, wall street is getting a lot of unwanted attention lately, because of the protests there. which leads us to the question: are the people on wall street really to blame for the struggling economy? chief washington correspondent james rosen went in search of an answer. >> the member of occupy wall street tend to blame economic morass on service sector. >> i have in mind a system between government, wall street, and m

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let's talk about herman cain. the insults keep coming from the right-wing broadcasters, keep coming from many respects the main stream media. this is herman cain with lawrence walking back his comment on the unemployed. >> some people are unemployed through no fault of their own. i was referring to those people who have chosen to go and demonstrate on wall street for whatever reason and it's not real clear what reasons. >> he has no clue what he's talking about. >> what you have to do is go down this this and listen. in the media we often encourage people to tune in to find out what is true. what is happening there requires people to go and be present. i saw a society being built where there's free health care, there's education, there's housing and caring that people are finding there that they are not finding anywhere else. literally the learning circles are extraordinary. people in one corner talking about sort of french factory worker models, over here talking about the end of growth. it's kind of amazing. if

he's a 40% cain, 12%. you're at 6%. but herman cain, he's intriguing. he basically spent very little time in new hampshire or iowa for that matter. but he's doing pretty well in both of those states, even better in iowa. and he comes up with these crazy ads, including this one. watch. ♪ we can take this country back america ♪ ♪ i am america one vote ♪ >> that's his chief of staff who had a little puff of a cigarette there. but he's a 13%. you're at 6% in new hampshire. you spent a lot of time there. he has it. why is he doing so well? >> well, oftentimes can you spike for the moment. you're the flavor of the week or the flavor of the month. i remember when governor perry was at 20% in new hampshire. he came in with great fanfare. now he's in the low single digits. we're just trying a steady, gradual substantive rise in new hampshire. based upon real support, based upon 80 events that we have done so far. wolf, we did a telephone town hall meeting yesterday. we had 3,000 people on the line. our town hall meetings are packed these days. i say we'v

herman cain loses to the president 49-38 herman cain's support is rock solid among conservative republicans they love him. and no nonsense social positions. he's impressive in debates, now has become strong presence within the republican party. but the truth is that president obama would love to run against herman cain because independent voters are far less likely to vote for him than mitt romney. as propertied red if mr. obama doesn't get the majority of the independent votes he loses. conservative principles deserve to be spotlighted because liberal strategies failed. it's obvious to most of us america needs to get back to free marketplace and fair competition, unfettered by federal intrusion. cain supports tax reform. and is business friendly, we need that. the problem is that mr. cain lacks legislative experience and nos -- knows little about global affairs. independent minded americans understand that because of the trouble the inexperienced barack obama has had. the next president must know how to deal with china, putin and the powerful iranian threat there. is no room for on the job

herman cain. >> you think you know a lot about the republican party, here's haley barbour on herman cain's chance of success. in southern states. haley barbour, king of the south. >> i have a theory on this, too. >> let's listen to haley barbour. >> if this election is where ought to be, and that is a referendum on how president obama has done, a republican's going to win. if herman cain is our nominee running against barack obama, i think he'll sweep the south. >> "he'll sweep the south." do you want to counter haley barbour? >> if he's the nominee. >> okay. >> i mean, will he win north carolina, virginia? i don't think so. but i don't think he'll be the nominee. we won't have to worry about haley's prediction. >> i'm going to go back to what you were saying. he's not going to be the number two. he's not going to be number one. my argument is this. mitt romney is more vulnerable than herman cain as a nominee, because he is very vulnerable with 77% of the party who relentlessly won't support him,

but talking points says three cheers for herman cain. he has made the primary season very interesting. and that is the memo. now, for the top story tonight. rick perry's decline in popularity has hit home. speaking in south carolina today, his wife anita said this. >> eaten up and chewed up in the press to where i mean we are being -- our opponents and our party so much that i think they look at him because of this state. >> joining us with reaction radio talk show star and fox news analyst laura ingram. so the christian, you know, it seems that mrs. perry believes that her husband has been singled out for scorn because of his religious beliefs. do you buy that? >> look, i think she is right, it has been a really tough month for him. as his wife, i mean she is probably hurting for him. and the truth i think about this is that when you get into this race as michele bachmann found, as last time around mike huckabee found, as sarah palin found when she was the vice presidential nominee, the media and, yeah, other conservatives aring ifing t

we'll hear from herman cain this morning. he's going to be speaking at the american enterprise institute, later the national press club. we've got mark block, the chief of staff, just minutes away and he says mr. cain will address the allegation and this story today. so who would benefit if the cain bubble bursts? well, of course it's rick perry who hopes he does and he has the most to gain. he is intensifying his ad campaign in iowa, heading back to the state twice this week in an effort to bring up his single-digit poll numbers. perry goes up with his second tv ad in iowa today. somewhat unslickish. >> if you're looking for a slick politician or a guy with great teleprompter skills, we already have that and he's destroying our economy. i'm a doer, not a talker. in texas we created 40% of the new jobs in the entire country since june of 2009. they say we can't do that in washington. well, they're wrong, and they need to go. >> perry also references less than stellar debating skills on his first sunday show appearance of the

now herman cain says it's a joke. an incredibly insensitive joke to say we have a fence that will electrocute people. they will say, you are not a serious candidate, you can't expand the map. not that many tea party candidates won statewide. they won in little house races. they didn't win state wide because you have a ceiling when you have controversial answers like that. >> rick perry and michele bachmann will really go after him. he's taking their votes. >> i read that michele bachmann was critical about his comments today on that electrified fence. thanks. >>> up next, a second evangelical with close ties to rick perry, taking shots admit romney's faith. are these attacks on the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, mormonism, becoming a problem or is it part of a campaign strategy? we'll talk about that. >>> the mother of a missouri baby breaking her silence with a string of new admissions. what she's saying about the night her daughter disappeared. they've been committed to putting clients first. helping g

i saw one guy as herman cain finish run up to the stage, herman, herman, herman, come back. some guy said to him, what are you running for? and the guy held up a handful of money. i want to give herman cain $200 right now. it seemed to work for him in tennessee. >> tomorrow's debate could be pivotal to the cain campaign. what does he need to do to maybe solidify his base and win over undecided voters? back us with is gloria borger. and let us bring in john king. are you surprised about the rise of herman cain? everyone is surprised. >> absolutely. you have to tip your hat because of his discipline, the 9-9-9 plan. however we're about to learn more about him. at the debate tomorrow you'll treat him as a viable candidate. in the other debate he was in single digits. the stakes are different now. the plan is being krut nized. a lot of the people in gary's piece saying i really like him, if he stays at this point in polls hirksz opponents will start running ads against him. you like it? you'll pay more taxes under him. you can see some people will pay more, and the people most l

this is herman cain again. herman cain speaking at the national press club in washington, d.c. about 45 minutes ago he addressed the allegations that surfaced in the political article relating to some sexual harassment charges. it is expected that he may address those claims once again here at the national press club. if he does that, we will, of course, bring it to you right here on msnbc. we'll be right back. e announcer] this is coach parker... whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ this season better than the last? how about making it brighter, more colorful... ♪ ...and putting all our helpers to work? so we can build on our favorite traditions by adding a few new ones. ♪ we've all got garlands and budgets to stretch, and this year, we can keep them both evergreen. ♪ more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutr

herman cain riding a huge wave into tuesday's gop debate. but the boost in popularity is bringing more scrutiny for him and his policy ideas. i want you to hear what he said in tennessee about keeping out illegal immigrants. >> when i'm in charge of the fence, we're going to have a fence. it's going to be 20 feet high and have barbed wire on the top. it's going to be electrified. and there is going to be a sign on the other side that says it will kill you. >> boy, he seems serious there. he walked back on the comments on nbc's "meet the press." >> that's a joke, david. >> it's a joke. >> that's a joke. >> that's not a serious plan? >> no, it's not. >> you got a big laugh. that's not what you'd do. >> it's a joke. i also said america fields to get a sense of humor. >> he has said it before about the exact same issue and in exactly the same way. >> you upped the ante with a 20 foot barbed wire electrified fence. were you serious? >> america's got to learn how to take a joke. >> so what exactly does herman cain find so hilarious about the illeg

herman cain is not doing that. >> to be continued. thanks so much, chris. >> thank you. >>> now to new hampshire, one of the early states. jon huntsman is boycotting tonight's nevada debate to protest them raising dates. we are here in new hampshire, i'm not selling books. i'm not looking for a radio program. i'm just looking to save america, a country i love. >> you're looking to save america, but is there any proof that any nominee has ever won with a one-state strategy? you're not going to iowa, you're not going to any of the other states. even though you're in new hampshire, putting all your money in new hampshire, you're dead last in the polling in new hampshire. how will you make this happen? >> our numbers in new hampshire have moved up from zero. i came in as a margin of error candidate. we have done 80 individual events in this state. we will do 80 more. and i can't call myself the margin of error candidate anymore. in a recent poll, we are at 10%. all the recent polls have had us moving up. that's the kind of movement i like

herman cain. david corn's an msnbc political analyst and "mother jones" magazine's washington bureau chief, and jonathan martin is senior political reporter for politico. gentleman, i want to know how this ends for this fellow, herman cain, who's come out of nowhere. you're chuckling, but let me raise a couple of questions here. i'm going to give you a number of questions, the scenario. this guy keeps going up. he's ahead now in south carolina. he's ahead now in florida. he's ahead of the field against a guy who can't do anything but flatline. mitt romney won't get above 23. he stays right there, like a dead guy, politically. whereas cain keeps going up. my question to you, if cain can even hold second place to romney, who gets ahead of him? who beats him? >> it ends up with herman cain on fox news and a lot of book sales. this guy will not be the nominee, chris. maybe rick perry comes back, you know, it's true that mitt romney's in a weak position, can't get above, but herman cain, once mitt romn

i found this, the herman cain reaction was fascinating to me. he reacted to the story as we knew it in the "washington post," on television yesterday saying this is absolutely wrong. by the way, all of the information from the perry family about when they say they painted over that sign was in the "washington post" story. no new information emerged to make herman cain suddenly find the whole thing to be okay. is that because herman cain is calculating that within republican politics, you don't want to complain about anybody racist associations or past in any way? >> there's probably an argument to be made, lawrence, that this story for him to keep complaining about it is an unsettling reminder to his party and it eventually could order against herman cain. i think for perry's part, however, this has been completely bungled by his staff. his media people are clearly very inept and largely incompetent. they tended to in response try to parse how they reacted to this. first we knew about it on this date then he knew about it on this date. then he u

herman cain. >> you think you know a lot about the republican party, here's haley barbour on herman cain's chance of success. >> i have a theory on this too. >> let's listen to haley barbour. >> if this election where it ought to be, and that's a referendum on how president obama's doing, a republican's going to win. if herman cain is our nominee running against barack obama, i think he'll sweep the south. >> "he'll sweep the south." do you want to counter haley barbour? >> "if he's the nominee." will he win north carolina? virginia? i don't think so. but i don't think he'll be the nominee. we won't have to worry about haley's prediction. >> my argument is this. mitt romney is more vulnerable than herman cain as a nominee, because he is very vulnerable with 77% of the party who reless lently won't support him, even in polls. he's got a problem. it might be the religion problem, i don't think so opinion i think it's the ideological problem. they don't trust him as a conservative. whereas herman cai

. >> herman cain, i have to ask you. you said, quote -- two weeks ago, you said don't blame wall street, don't blame the big banks. if you don't have a job, if you are not rich, blame yourself. that's two weeks ago. the movement has grown. do you still say that? >> yes, i still do say that. and here's why. [ cheers and applause ] >> the republican audience and the republican candidates have very strong feelings about illegal immigration. the new front-runner has suggested that the proper penalty for the men, women, children and babies who try to enter the country illegally is that they be put to death without trial when they come in contact with a lethally electrified fence on our southern border. willard m. romney has deflected comments about his religion with grace, but being accused of hypocrisy on illegal immigration was more than even he could bear. >> mitt, you lose all of your standing from my perspective because you hired illegals in your home and you knew about it for a year, and the idea that you stand here bef

cain tried to reassure supporters herman will stay herman. he did acknowledge some people will be turned off by the cloud and said the others won't be. he kept a full schedule of media interviews while they're unanswered questions, it's clear that cain will fight back hard. >> bret: is there, are they talking about the possible political impact here yet? the campaign? >> the campaign is worried about it. they worry it will potentially turn folks off. cain said that. the question is whether you get on the campaign trail and move back to the 9-9-9 plan and issues that brought him to the top of the poll in the first place. his rivals will likely remain silent on this. going with the long-standing adage best to leave your opponent alone when they're in trouble. >> bret: thank you. brit hume has thoughts on the cain story. good evening. >> we don't know the truth and we may never know. the case does illustrate the truth on the law in matters today. years ago, the board room employees were at a disadvantage subjected to unwanted sexual advances by

who is herman cain? >> who is herman cain. my question for you craig is as you join me here at the county park in lower manhattan does he feel the buzz of a reel contender? >> he has the buzz. you look at the crowds in pentagon city they came out in droves to see him. they are passionate and really believe in him. look how the recognition factor has gone up. it was 23 percent now it's up to 55 percent. people identify with them they identify with his message. they are tired of hearing the old negative campaign and he has solutions they say. >> see how he plays. maybe we will get the second spot. who knows maybe he gets the nomination. >>> my next guests embarked on an 18 city bus tour. the highlights poverty in america it will air on friday night and run all next week on public television. two of our nation's great thinkers the makers of tavis smiley and cornell west join us my friends. are you guys among the black -- the brain kaushed black democrats that herman cain spoke about? >> i was laughing while that segment was runni

when the debate paps you're going to see herman cain coming under more scrutiny. >> we know herman cain made a few gaffes in the last few days. he has to be careful. can't be quite so plain spoken anymore. >> he has definitely been under the spotlight. >> talk about jon huntsman. he won't be at tonight's debate because he's protesting nevada moving up its caucus. >> that's why he's placing all his chips, a gambling term, on new hampshire. if new hampshire moves its date, he's not taking part here and not even in the debate. more news on the primary caucus calendar. iowa announcing yesterday they're going on january 3rd, as we thought. take a look at calendar. january 3rd, iowa. january 14th nevada. new hampshire, first in the nation, primary's boxed in. saying to nevada, unless you move back we are threatening to move our primary to december. we'll see how that falls. >> and saying i'm all for it, candidates should be here talking to people in nevada, because this is a microcosm of the nation. different nationalities are here. people from all sorts of socioeconomic backgrounds. she says

to that herman cain fired back. this is the georgia businessman on "hannity" last night. >> people like harry bell font tee, professor west and others who attack me they don't want black people to think for themselves. and this is why they are so upset with herman cain who is now moving up into the top tier for the republican presidential nomination and that people are listening to me. they don't want me to wake people up and get them to read the fine print and think for themselves. >> reporter: there are a handful of polls show herman cain is statistical dead heat for the frontrunner status in iowa and competing nationally knocking on the door for mitt romney in second place. he does not have the kind of money that the rest do but he certainly has the ability to garner the attention. tonight's debate performance for him is the opportunity to show he belongs in the top tier. we'll have plenty more debates before iowa and new hampshire cast their first votes. bill: each one of these debates has been revealing in so m

i don't understand herman cain when it comes to race. i want to write about it given our discussion. we don't have a tortured relationship with race because it's clear where he stands on this, but i think other people watching him are having a hard time getting ahold of where he fits in all of this. >> jonathan and michael, thanks so much. particularly michael for staying with us. coming up, president obama takes his message on the road. [ male announcer ] take the fixodent 12 hour hold challenge. ♪ apply fixodent once, and it holds all day. ♪ take the fixodent 12 hour hold challenge. guaranteed, or your money back. ♪ an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pai

herman cain. [applause] before he comes forward, i have the opportunity and the privilege to introduce our next speaker, dr. alverta king. thank you. [applause] >> well, hello, america. this is our opportunity. if you did not get cain's vision today, make sure you get it. don't leave here without it. it's excellent, yes, yes, yes. revise, renew, rebuild. 9-9-9 now is our time. hush little baby, don't you cry. now is the time for a lull buy. to all the hungry children in america, have hope. to all the people crying for jobs, have hope. now is our time. can a nation be born in a day? only if we listen and obey. hear the still small voice. america now is truly our time. people are crying. people are dying, yet there is truly hope in america. yes, jesus loves me for the bible tells me so. remember that song? our children will sing their nursery rhymes again. our boys and girls will stay in school and not rot in jail. in 1963, my uncle, dr. martin luther king jr. had a dream, that there be one human ra

i mean, how does that compare to what herman cain's got, robert, and can herman cain potentially play catch-up? >> well, i don't know if herman cain can play catch-up or not, but raising $17 million in 39 days, i did the numbers, that's $350,000 on average every single day. i mean, say whatever you want about rick perry and whether or not he has the horsepower to compete in some of these debates. he certainly is a prolific fund-raiser, and that tells me something, alex. it tells me this washington chatter class that we all belong to here in d.c. may have this one perception of herman cain -- excuse me, of rick perry, but others out there, the flyover country that i call it in kansas, in minnesota, and mississippi, and so forth, they clearly think that rick perry is someone to be reckoned with. no question about it. >> all right. i want to make note that your algebra teacher did well. you figured that out pretty well. karen finney, impressed with you, as always, too. thank you, guys. i'm alex witt. thanks so much for watching. you can always catch me on weekends with alex witt, saturda

they talk about herman cain as if they want to have him on the ticket. >> herman cain is his brother. rick perry's brother. >> exactly right. they want as many of those guys to stay in and stay viable. they want michele bachmann. you saw him throw a softball can question to bachmann at the previous debate. they want bachmann and cain to be viable. the question for them, if they can keep the people propped up, is there an opening for mitt romney to go to iowa, sneak in and win the caucuses because the conservative vote is divided? can he sneak in and win the vote and win new hampshire and shut the whole thing down? that will be the fundamental strategic decision they have to make in the coming weeks. are we going to play in iowa or not? it's going to be tempting for them to do that. >> you get the feeling romney wouldn't mind saying good-bye to rick santorum. from the sidelines, he gets in really hard hitting shots and does not make a fool of himself like some of the other ones do. >> i think, you know, beyond the fisticuffs quite literally and verbally with rick perry, it was rick san

i think everybody's just enjoying herman cain, he's different. he'll be down at 3% or 4% in a couple weeks. >>> now, dana, explain that to me. you had donald trump first, a big winner? the polls. then as sarah palin, then michele bachmann, then rick perry, now you have herman cain, i mean, what's going on here? have you ever seen this kind of volatility? >> volatility. no, it's been -- dana, you want to take this one? >> sure -- >> it's a volatile thing. i don't know if the tea party can't make up their mind or who they like. you saw perry come in and try to play the birther card. he's backing off of that now, but it's a volatile time. other than the fact that they don't like romney. it's 234ib but romney. that seems to be what they have decided. >> well, dana, on this show you have the last word. >> well, newt gingrich is making a run. i think you're going to see him peak pretty soon. they want anybody who is not obama, anybody who's not mitt romney. the lesson they have taken from herman cain is crazy works, it sells, that's why you have rick p

ed rollins will not work for the herman cain campaign. ed rollins, thank you for joining me this evening. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, herman cain met with arizona's sheriff joe arpaio to talk about the border fence and immigration. we'll see which side of the fence herman cain came down on this time. >>> and a new poll shows approval for legalizing marijuana at an all-time, pardon the expression, high, but the federal government still says pot is as dangerous as heroin. that's in the "rewrite." i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] only from aveeno. >>> coming up, south carolina's new voter i.d. law will prevent legitimate voters from voting and melissa harris-perry will explain why that is exactly what it is intended to do. >>> and sheriff joe arpaio of arizona is one of the most controvers