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Shocked. that he would say that to me. >> what are we going to do with this filner thing? come on, ed. you're a democrat. >> this defies explanation. >> thank god he's a democrat. we've suffered through a lot, we republicans. thank god bob filner is a democrat. >> it's bounced out. >> it's balanced out. >> in my book i wrote that there are now 17 people who voted for bill clinton's impeachment who have gotten involved in their own sex scandal. >> exactly. >> 17. >> but now we got -- you democrats have weiner, you got -- >> we're on a roll. >> spitzer and thank god, you got bob filner because h...

The democrats. don't you agree, john feehery. >> i do agree. i also think that i remember when nancy pelosi talked about draining the swamp about all the republican scandals. these are scandals. the spitzer, weiner, filner thing, they're disgusting scandals. that's going to reflect on the democratic party especially if they survive. i don't think that's good for the democrats. >> doesn't sound like a great law firm, the three of those guys. thank you very much, john feehery. you're so smart usually. and nia-malika henderson, you're great. up next, three top officials at penn state. this is a...

>> well, that's not a great advertisement for the democrats. that's not staying classy in san diego, is it? >> it's not. >> let me go to john feehery. have i more fun following up with him on this one. you know what i think? i'm sort of on the center left most issues. some issues very left on war. i'm good on other issues. i do think look at this, if weiner were to pull an upset, the best he can do i think is third. but i think if he were to win and a couple weeks ago that was possible with all this stuff hanging on as baggage, i think the republicans would use that to make him a laughing stoc...

In food prep and service workers, including fast food. when you look at even, you know, the ability to move up the ladder doesn't exist with many of these workers. so there's no -- not even a growth potential for so many of these people. >> i think that's exactly right. they essentially have no leverage. that's what they're trying to create now, by organizing, by walking out together. at least then there could be some leverage and maybe some means to demand more from their employers. not only do they suffer from low wages, they often have erratic hours. 30 hours one week, 20 hours the next. th...

That sort of thing. fast food work, unlike other sectors, the manufacturing sector is highly unionized and pays more and has been kind of a backlash. people saying, well, we have to hold wages down to be competitive internationally. fast food work cannot be outsourced. it's something that will remain in the united states, obviously, because it's performed here and the service is all in front of you. they think there's potential here for unionization and for sort of building the kind of leverage that will increase wages over time. >> well, obviously these protests we saw, there were thousands o...