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Do you have a sense that there are some white voters who will vote for an african-american say once and hold that person on are to a rigorous standard, and they'll give him one thought and then dump him the next time? i look hat this, look at ed brook, the senator from illinois, i think about -- i wonder if this is a phenomenon you have looked at analytically, okay, you've got your shot, but let's see you do it. if it isn't really good, you're out of there. professor, your thoughts? >> we have to parse this a bit. there's democratic interpretation. the older white vote will have a different fe...

African-american, say, once and then will hold that person to a very rigorous standard, perhaps a much higher standard than they would a white politician and they'll give him one shot and then they'll dump him the next time? i look at this, i look at the ed brook, i look at the senator from illinois. i think about this -- i wonder if this is a phenomenon you've looked at analytically at all this sechbs you've got your shot but let's see you do it, if it isn't really, really good you're out of there. professor peterson, your thoughts on that. >> yeah, we have to parse this a little bit. remembe...

Rethink possible. >> the biggest lie in wisconsin was when republicans kept repeating they were simply doing what they were elected to do. when scott walker was campaigning for governor, he never vowed to strip unions of their collective bargaining rights. let me repeat that. never. you see, they want you to vote for them and they think you won't if you know what they're really up to, which is true enough. that's why according to some polls, walker would lose if the election were held again today. but walker is not the only republican who failed to play it straight during the 2010 campaign in ...