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awards here is your host, al sharpton >> good evening, and welcome t politics ex nations 12t annual awards. it is where we celebrate the best and worst, and give a words to those who deserve it. i am happy to have given you the most memorable moments thi year what year it has been. with that lets bring in our esteemed panel republican strategist and msnb political analyst, susan del percio daniel moodie, host of the wal and the democracy podcast. and ali velshi, host of velshi right he...

This cant even be true, including battle grounds, arizona, pennsylvania and georgiaa. nowth theres more business. net approval fell by thirtynt eight points among independentss in michigan. this is wild. ch.thirty three points among independents in georgia and minnesota. now to adds insult to injury, why not?ur hes only plus two approval in deep blue illinois. hes underwater in mymy home state connecticut and in new jersey joining me now, victor davis hanson, hoover institution senior fellow tom...

>> in 1950 nixon ran against helen douglas. it was a very rough campaign b filled a certain amount of inewe went do. he called her a pink lady. >> i was for communism is what he was saying. dirty tricks designed to avoid a discussion of issues. >> anything was acceptable if it guaranteed success. >> in california congressman richard nixon wins easily.

Frank about the way he has run this campaign. he has steered clear of the conversation himself about race. hes not made this about race. this is a man who attended a high school, one of 17 black students in this school of more than 800 white students. fire extinguisher was used on him when he was in high school by a teacher, yet he has sketeed clear of that conversation understanding the touchyness of it. hes been kind of forced into that conversation abos a resultf the past comments and as well...

The quotes here from trump, if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. when you read it, it seems like a threat. how does it sound to you? >> it sounded like someone who was told by president obama that north korea is the most eminent national security threat to america right now because its moving very close to being able to had the ut mainland with a a nuclear missile. so people see it as a serious threat. and u.s. policy, the policy of strategic patience hasnt worked. theres two thi...

Nay put together a benghazi special committee. what are her numbers today? >> its the first national television ad of her campaign b, take on republicans. but not overlooking the democratic race thats tougher than she is imagined. with bernie sanders catching fire with liberals and vice president joe biden waiting in the wings. >> now that im back on the campaign trail -- >> day by day, shes putting more distance between her positions and obamas. shes saying yes to a no-fly zone, no to the keyst...

Coverages, republican governors denying access. you uh ear talking a 20, 30 percentage advantage for the democrats. the ads we saw in the last presidential campaign b, you didnt have the president saying i got you all those jobs, the recovery is on its way, stay with me. he got auto workers to tell the story. its always more effective when you have real people telling how some politician has helped them because people dont trust the politicians to tell their own story. >> we have a couple more e...

Cruz is polling below him. that should not just create problems for investors in a christie campaign b, but people who are thinking about rubio or ted cruz. theyre looking at that going wait a minute, ted cruz is running behind him. >> he was on the cover of "time" magazine as the republican savior. it doesnt help that he was backing the senate plan around immigration. i think again you have to look at folks like a john kasich out of ohio. hes up for re-election. looks like hell win. hes polling...

Beginning of the end for mitt romney. >> how so? >> well, because he began to lock himself into a position of grover norquisting himself for the whole election. and that played into who he was as a businessman. that played into the -- >> its todays politics. they used to say you have to be the most segregationist guy in the south. you couldnt be an inch away from it. >> i guess you could say whatever an early primary season crowd claps for furiously is going to kill you in ohio. >> im thrilled t...

Smear campaign against john mccain. the former aid to president george w. bush said he was not the source of the rumor during the campaign b that mccain fathered a black child out of wedlock, but rove said he was an easy target for critics. that was a false rumor. the mccains adopted an orphan from bangladesh. the president welcomed the university of alabama football team to the white house today. he congratulated the crimson tide for their successful season and joked about an aid not in atten...