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>> well, i asked david axlerod, the governor of colorado, the mayor of los angeles, democrat, mayor of stockton, california. democrat, asked them to come, and they were gracious and will ing to come and expose their views and they were warmly received. even though we disagreed on policy. the funding thing is, we're all americans, we all care about the country. we get along on a personal basis. i think it's helpful to have the dialogue that looks for common vision. >> did dade axlerod or you or anyone else mention all these percolating scandals? now it appears out of control. >> wel...

>> we'll let mr. hannity figure out race relations in america. let's turn to a different kind of scandal and bring in ken vogel, chief investigative reporter at "politico." sabiis so breen sabrina. and lilly, co-founder of excel alliance. lily, mark sanford of south carolina is the latest episode of a scandal tarred american politician. he resigned his governorship as you know four years ago after turning the phrase hiking the appalachian trail into a sexual euphemism. today he's poised to win his party's nomination for his old congressional seat. how did he do it? mow how to they all do it?...

Republican nominee, any republican were they to win the nomination today, would probably just crush any democratic nominee. >> exactly. >> sanford is a deeply, deeply flawed candidate, and he's done a really wonderful job of sort of reinventing himself and making a weakness into a strength. but that strength only goes for far, and in this district which is heavily evangelical, i think there are going to be voters who hold that against him or sit on their hands and not come out to vote for him who would have voted for any other republican candidate. >> i wanted to add to what ken is saying. i w...

Forgiveness from the voters of south carolina. i suspect that they are looking beyond this. as lily anna suggested, people do see extramarital affairs as a sin, if you will, but they also are extremely forgiving and they've come to sort of expect them of their lawmakers, sadly enough. >> gosh, that's rather depressing. ken, how does his image problem redound on a gop with its own image crisis? because, you know, here's a man who literally left office, didn't tell anyone where he'd gone. he was actually invested with the responsibilities that came with the position he held. and he was cheating ...

Centerpiece of his rollout. it puts gop in a tough position and something where they would probably prefer to have a candidate who's less well known, a blank slate, who would carry the district. it looks like he's going run the republican primary. he could be in a tough spot against elizabeth, the sister of the "comedy central" comedian, who is running okay in polls in a republican district and might force republicans to come do mark sanford's defense, and put them in a tough position. >> sabrina, last week sanford wanted to make the point no one knew his opponents' skeletons. why his opponent...