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Crisis? >> well, i think there's a moment of opportunity here. it may be a slim window, but iraq had national elections. they are in the process of forming a new government, and there's a period of horse trading coming up in baghdad. can the iraqis come together? can the major factions come together and essentially form a new government that does not involve president malaki at the head of it? can other shiite politicians coalesce around a rival candidate who will be more inclusive, who will seek to bring the sunni arabs in and get them to turn against these al qaeda militants who have came in...

Joint man never happened, sad to say. political campaigns do regularly do these kind of stunts. before they ran against bob dole in 1996, it was 1992 when bill clinton was up against george h.w. bush, and a guy in a chicken suit was sent to all the campaign stops. president bush did not love this, and he and his campaign ended up getting in a few well publicized fights with the chicken. this is just become a thing that campaigns do to try to get under the skin of the rival candidate, ruffle some feathers. use a great visual of the man in the funny suit on to tv or in the paper. in '08 a man in...

Joint man never happened, sad to say. political campaigns do regularly do these kind of stunts. before they ran against bob dole in 1996, it was 1992 when bill clinton was up against george h.w. bush, and a guy in a chicken suit was sent to all the campaign stops. president bush did not love this, and he and his campaign ended up getting in a few well publicized fights with the chicken. this is just become a thing that campaigns do to try to get under the skin of the rival candidate, ruffle some feathers. use a great visual of the man in the funny suit on to tv or in the paper. in '08 a man in...

Cigarette guy turning up at all their events, they floated the idea of not having a butt man but a joint man follow bill clinton around everywhere he went. basically to say that bill clinton's a stoner. joint man never happened, sad to say. political campaigns do regularly do these kind of stunts. before they ran against bob dole in 1996, it was 1992 when bill clinton was up against george h.w. bush, and a guy in a chicken suit was sent to all the campaign stops. president bush did not love this, and he and his campaign ended up getting in a few well publicized fights with the chicken. this is...

Prosecutors say involved stuffing the voting box with absentee ballots, destroying votes for a rival candidate and buying votes with an unusual incentive. senior correspondent eric shawn live in the new york newsroom with shocking details of this. eric, tell us how the scheme worked? >> hi, martha. the plan was vodka for votes, offering little half-point plastic bottles for vodka like this one we bought in arkansas to steal an election. that is what prosecutors say did happen in eastern arkansas. a scheme included absentee ballot fraud and buying votes in exchange for money and food besides th...