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This would be the equivalent of a ceo coming out a day before the earnings report saying this is going to be one of our finest quarters on record, and then having the absolute worst on record, worst earnings report on record. this would be like a football team being 40-point favorites and then losing by 40 points. but it even goes beyond that, mark halperin. this is not just the football team or the corporation. it's the entire feeder system. the democrats not only lost at the top, but they have been wiped out. there is no bench. they have lost 900 legislative seats across the country. they ha...

Packed the same court full of conservatives. this rhetoric has been used in the past. people know it is incendiary and get it and that's why they're using it. that said, this is totally different because we're talking about three appointments. obama is not trying to increase the size of the court. he's trying to fill appointments that are already -- vacancies that already exist. this is a purely political argument on both sides where the president knows the more democrats on this court, the more likely not only about the health care law, but also he wants to change environmental law and that w...

Eight. and of those eight, only three have actually been elected by popular vote. ed brook from massachusetts, carol moseley braun from illinois and someone named barack obama. the others were appointed and served briefly. when it comes to governors, the same story. just four african-americans ever have served as state governors and only two of them, doug wilder from virginia and deval patrick were popularly elected. the other glass ceiling in politics. barack obama broke a massive barrier when he won the presidency and dozens of african-americans currently serve in the house of representative...

These issues? >> absolutely. the attorney general has taken the lead in articulating a vision of the obama administration that says let's stop wasting resources of the american public and compromising the futures of young people who because of nonviolent drug offenses have been treated to disproportionate forms of severe punishment by the law. let's figure out a way to not punish these young people because guess what, amnesty international did a report that said little white girls and boys are hit on the back of the hand while black and latino boys and girls are sent to detention which becomes...

Schools have closed in the past dozen years. >> it's a breeding ground for leaders. what's going to happen to that feeder system? that's what i'm most worried about. catholic schools traditionally have been the pathway out of poverty for generations of kids. >> and you're aware with all these closures that can change? >> i know it can change. don't worry it might change. it will change. >> she says she hopes to go back to the school at least one more time before it finally shuts its doors for good. as always, for more on this and other stories, go to our website cnn.com. just ahead, rand pau...