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Official memorial flower. then and now we feel that this signifies not only at the bloodshed on a battlefield, but it also evokes the memory and emotions associated. >> you and ive been talking over the past couple days about the symbolism and it is inspiring and sat at the same time. you said that to me. why? >> its inspiring and makes you grateful because men and women in our country will raise the write-in and volunteer for service willing to sacrifice their lives. and in fact they. the sad n...

Residents and voters that opted for two other candidates over you were dooped? >> yes, im saying they were misled by the presidents son to six or seven separators to the department of justice and a whole host of other people. because everyone joined in to this lie about my having something to do with the explosion. i was never even tried for anything to do with the explosion. and president obama claims that he knew what happened at the coal man before anybody went underground. >> neil: im sorry,...

Possibility, professor? >> that he would run as an independent? >> neil: yes. >> we can always run as a write-in candidate. most states have a sore loser law. you cant run in a primary and lose and turn around and run as an independent. >> neil: they do. they do have such a law. but obviously the write-in effect alone because hes a fairly popular fellow, numbers still ticking up. what do you make of how that could halter this race? >> if he runs as a write in, hes very wealthy and spending freel...

He did it in the right way and on election eve. thats when you should do something like that. thats going to be all the headlines tonight and tomorrow morning. so he said i dont care who you nominate among the other two candidates, just dont nominate don blankenship. that ought to work. well see about the fall and whether he runs as a write-in. who knows. >> neil: im wondering whatever you think about blankenship in the background and prison and et cetera, did the party itself, the republican pa...

Half century industry of new york senator robert f. kennedys announcement for president. march 15th, 50 years ago, he gave an instruction to his aide frank mankowitz "better reserve the senate caucus room for tomorrow 0i6789 robert kennedy hoped to put off walking into this room to declare for president and hoped to do it in 1972 when the matters nomination would be open. as i readed in bobby kennedy, he didnt want to challenge a democratic president. kennedy was a good politician and knew this ...

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This is blameless. he has a fractured and fragmenting party. if he wants to be the head of it he has to do better than what happened there. he gave the exact right formula to people that wanted to roy moore, and he said write in, somebody, anybody, and that was the margin of defeat for roy moore. >> what is your biggest take away, patrick? >> the authoritarian impulse from trump. trumps desire to re-write history and to make the point about collusion, collusion, collusion as much as possible, an...

Much for him but against his opponent. >> there is also that segment of this population who voted against roy moore. i understand that. i get that. but you know what? thats not a bad thing. when that kind of politics for a segment of the population in alabama to help reject that kind of history and that divisive rhetoric, i think thats a good thing. >> maggie haberman from the "times" is back. joining us as well is paul begala, jack kingston, tara setmayer, scott jennings, and josh green. maggie...

Segment of the population in alabama to help reject that kind of history and that divisive rhetoric, i think thats a good thing. >> maggie haber man from the "times" is back. and josh green. you werent there last night with us. what did you see in the victory of doug jones? how do you interpret it? >> i think somebody made this point to me on twitter and it was a fair one. i was talking about turnout among african-americans pivotal. it was pivotal. write-in was a factor and a lot of people stayi...

He was very low key. he didnt jump on the roy moore thing in a craven way from the beginning. and he handled himself with dignity, but his organization built on the ground. there wasnt a democratic organization to speak of in the state of alabama, statewide, and he had to build and they had to build an organization to bring out the kind of vote that they brought today, and then the use of the obama robo call, governor patrick, cory booker, and others who came in late, of course, bakari sellers n...