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Mentioned that issue. and that tells me -- i talk to people in private about this, too -- the republican activists here feel like that issue, they need to move on from that issue. banning gay marriage is not going to happen and they're losing the issue and people here were talking about the new issue should be maybe religious liberty and think about it that way instead of thinking about banning gay marriage. and i thought the silence on the issue was very striking and tells me the republican party is moving on that issue. >> that's interesting, especially prisons, too, when you hear from someb...

Fell in 2012. let's bring in our strategists, the grio.com contributor and political analyst zerlina maxwell and suzanne del percio. good to see both of you. we talked about this ad nauseam, democrats made great strides with women voters and nonwhite groups. what happened, zerlina, to working class white men, and can they fix it? >> they can fix it, but it's really why white men are very important, because the makeup of that electorate is very different from a presidential election year, so like you said, you know, democrats haven't won the white male vote in those presidential election years,...

Who came out, said that he was gay. and also served as an inspiration for athletes who may be uncomfortable coming out to not only their teammates, but to their families as well. >> also making this list the transgender activist laverne cox. >> "orange is the new black" is a popular new show on netflix. she plays sophia a transgender kind of prisoner who was in for credit card fraud. she's a breakout star. but not only on the screen, outside of hollywood and the show "orange is the new black", she's become a voice, an activist for the transgender community, particularly the transgender communi...

Look at, the way that security is, all of our personal data being controlled by just a few -- by one word, by one password. whether that's sustainable and something that we can continue doing. >> sure makes you want to stop and take a look at that. thank you so much, from "the washington post," appreciate it. tomorrow is martin luther king jr. day and it's when the nation stops to honor and remember the life and accomplishments of the late civil rights icon known for his nonviolent activism, in the efforts to try to end racial discrimination in this country. yet as we celebrate his legacy, t...

Private business, a business trying to protect its relationship with viewers and advertisers. suspending robertson. it just seems really strange that they don't understand the suspension. no one in the government, no one anywhere, is telling phil robertson he can't go out anywhere across america and say the exact same things tonight that he did in that interview to "gq" magazine. joining me now for our rapid response panel, goldie taylor of the grio.com. and also the ring of fire radio host, mike papantonio. great to have you with us tonight. i've got a lot of opinions on this. my talk show th...