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On election day in november 2000, a new sheriff was elected in dekalb county, georgia. five weeks after that new sheriff was elected, before he was even sworn in, the man who had just been elected sheriff walked outside his house and was shot 12 times and he died at the scene. december 2000. the man who he had beaten in the election to become the sheriff the month before was convicted of ordering that assassination as a hit. the previous sheriff who, again, lost his seat as sheriff of dekalb county and then was convicted of ordering the hit on the guy who beat him, that guy is now in prison do...

And started an amazing process in the country. bringing people and communities together. and united what i think many of us were worried was an impossible situation to unite a country peacefully behind his leadership. >> there are so many instances both during his presidency and afterwards where he brought people together where he was able to forge compromise. and we've heard a lot about president obama from him and from others about how he has been inspired by nelson mandela. you can't get a more vivid contrast than between the way nelson mandela operated and much of what we see in congress t...

But the american paem are really, really populist on this issue. if you put the minimum wage on the ballot basically anywhere, it wins. and not only does it win, it often wins by so much, it moves other racings on the same ballot. so in 2006, in missouri, then-senator jim talent, the republican incumbent, was up for re-election. he was being challenged by the then-state auditor, claire mccaskill. a democrat. missouri's a pretty conservative state. as an incumbent, jim talent probably should have won that race. but claire mccaskill beat him, and she has gone on to a distinguished six years and ...

Issue. if you put the minimum wage on the ballot basically anywhere, it wins. and not only does it win, it often wins by so much, it moves other racings on the same ballot. so in 2006, in missouri, then-senator jim talent, the republican incumbent, was up for re-election. he was being challenged by the then-state auditor, claire mccaskill. a democrat. missouri's a pretty conservative state. as an incumbent, jim talent probably should have won that race. but claire mccaskill beat him, and she has gone on to a distinguished six years and counting career in the senate. but when she first got that...

It wins. and not only does it win, it often wins by so much, it moves other racings on the same ballot. so in 2006, in missouri, then-senator jim talent, the republican incumbent, was up for re-election. he was being challenged by the then-state auditor, claire mccaskill. a democrat. missouri's a pretty conservative state. as an incumbent, jim talent probably should have won that race. but claire mccaskill beat him, and she has gone on to a distinguished six years and counting career in the senate. but when she first got that job in the senate, her win was a very close rate and it was an upset...