Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130914:13:04:00
Max cleveland, a decorated vietnam veteran who left three limbs on the battlefield. cleveland loses in 2002. bush and republicans defy history for the first time since the depression, the white house party gained seats in its first mid-turn. the democratic base grows rested. howard doan shapes the party for giving into bush for helping to authorize the war in iraq. he briefly rockets to the top of the polls. the democratic basis is practical. they want to win to beat bush, to beat republicans. so they turn to a war veteran. >> i'm john kerry and i'm reporting for duty. >> the politics of 9/11 ...