anthony weiner and eliot spitzer surprising everyone with their solid polling. [laughter] which, to be fair, is kind of the story of their lives. for more on this we're joined by senior political correspondent samantha bee. >> yeah. >> john: sam, it look like weiner and spitzer could actually win their races. that is unbelievable, isn't it? >> i know, john, it truly is a great day for children across this nation. >> john: sorry. how on earth is this a great day for children? >> oh, no, john, think about it. most of today's young people feel like they could never have a future in politics and it's hard to argue with them. you know, they're on facebook 24/7. they're sexting and twitpicking and oversharing everything they've got and destroying any chance of a political career before they even know they want one. every parent dreads that moment when they have to sit their college-aged kid down and say, honey, you're never going to be president or even city comptroller because you like instagram and tequila makes your clothes fall off. >> john: i see. i see. so in a

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eliot spitzer. at least i want to come back. i intend to come back. and i'm going to run for controller of the city of new york. what's that all about and why and how's it going to get there? eliot spitzer joins us next here on the "full court press" this monday morning. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show." live on your radio and on current tv. (cenk) it's go time! it's go time! it's go time! go time. you know what time it is. go time! it's go time. it's go time. what time is it rob? here comes the young turks go time! it's go time. oh is it? oh, then it's go time. anybody? anybody? what time is it? oh, right. it's go time! this show is about being up to date, staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 14 minutes before the top

the eliot spitzer, former governor of new york, eliot spitzer, will join to tell us why he is getting back into elected politics. >>> all right. pop quiz. which single industry spent the most money on the 2012 elections? wasn't the oil industry, not the pharmaceutical industry. it wasn't lawyers or even lobbyists, actually. the single industry that gave the most money directly to campaigns and superpacs during the 2012 election, there's no drum roll, i'm hearing, wall street. the financial sector spent more last year on politicians than any other single industry. they gave $61 million, $61 million to the romney campaign and about $19 million to the obama campaign, which by the way is like you and me giving a quarter. but wall street was also the biggest single sector donor to superpacs. wall street spends a ton of money on politics and politicians, and that might be why, although there is much main street versus wall street grandstanding in washington. most politicians do not make a habit of trying to actually take on wall street in any real way. that was one of the things that shocke

i'm not saying eliot spitzer is a more peaceful guy, but eliot spitzer for better or worse, i think for better, really took on the big institutions in -- on wall street. he, of course, went overboard in many cases, especially later in his career, but i remember, mika, you and i having a debate on whether to hahave him on the show. >> it was a fight. >> it was a fight. you did not want to have him on the show. i said he can explain a lot of this wall street stuff as well as anybody else. and we really did, we were very angry. you got very angry at me. i only bring this up, mika, first of all you're a new york voter, i'm curious how you'll vote there. not really that curious. secondly, because i know how you're going to vote, against him, but secondly -- >> no -- >> don't you think the fact that he's economy tept and would actually be the best comptroller for the city most likely. >> all right. >> wouldn't make a lot of sense to vote for this guy regardless of what's in his background. >> i would like to clarify our fight which you still get wrong, still get it wrong today. it's unbelieva

we know he's going to be the aggressive eliot spitzer. he just doesn't have the infrastructure behind him, the investigators, the attorneys, all of the fun stuff that he had when he was the attorney gene l general. he won't have that assuming he gets elected. >> katherine, i can't imagine that eliot spitzer, should he win this position, is going to retire as comptroller of new york. this has got to be a stepping stone, don't you think? >> it certainly is. and i would say, you know, with regard to the martin act, that's a law from 1921, and spitzer and many of his predecessors, took it, found it for their own purposes, found the law on the book and expanded their powers within it. there's no reason to think he won't do that again. there's a lot of old laws on the books. >> give me ten seconds on the martin act. i read about it this morning and i've forgotten. >> it gives guys like eliot spitzer tremendous power to get information from companies and not go through the traditional court system. >> it's a fishing license. >> it's a fishing li

democratic governor eliot spitzer is trying for a comeback. he launched a petition campaign today in a bid to become new york city's comptroller. >> john: that's right, eliot spitzer is running for office again, and i've got to say, that is a bold move for man still living down the hideous, embarrassing, career-killing incident where he and a... i don't even know how to say this. you must remember, he co-hosted a cnn show with kathleen parker. [laughter] the shame he put his family through. oh, and of course there was also that thing when he banged a bunch of prostitutes with his socks on. it's because of that last little sexual snafu that spitzer kicked off his campaign by going on jay leno for his official hugh grant memorial prostitute apology tour. >> how did you make this big a blunder? >> big a blundzer? that's a very nice way of putting it. but i don't think blupsder is the right word. there it's not like spitzer accidentally tripped and fell dong first into a prostitute on

here to tell us is candidate for new york city comptroller eliot spitzer. elliott, thank you for coming. good to see you. (cheers and applause) >> thank you. >> stephen: okay, elliott, you also got a book here. >> i do. >> stephen: it's call product tecting capitalism case by case. we'll get to that later. >> can we do that now. >> stephen: elliott. >> yes, sir. >> stephen: what is a comptroller. what does a comptroller do. >> i thought you were going to tell me. that's why i showed up. this is actually a hugely important position. you control or have a say in the investment of over 140 billion dollars of pension dollars that are the pensions for forming municipal wormer-- workers, you see overthe the budget, you see that the tax dollars are used for the purpose-- you seem so intent in listening. >> stephen: no, i do, it's good to know. given a position of this responsibility, shouldn't the job of comptroller go to someone who has shown a modicum of self-comptrol. (applause) >> you are right. >> stephen: why-- why, why should, why should the people trust ne

we saw a survey this week that showed eliot spitzer 11 points over his opponent. the manhattan borough president, who is not a household name. and you're seeing anthony weiner also inching up in the polls. the longtime frontrunner was the speaker of the city council, christine quinn, also not a household name outside of new york city but now you're seeing weiner in one poll in first place, another poll in second place. gwen: is it that voters have gotten used to the coarsening of politics and don't care anymore? >> i don't know if that's true. there are so many variables that go into these kind of races. you mentioned mark sanford. the former governor of south carolina who had an extramarital affair in office and misled the voters. mitt romney won that state by 18 points. he had a weak democratic candidate who had never run for office before and the voters in that district, all they saw was republican and democrat. not so much mark sanford's past. as one voter said it's not like he committed murder or something. >> is that the standard? criminality? these things h

using this forgiveness as eliot spitzer is doing, have to talk about this. he doesn't have to talk about that very dark past. all he has to do is focus on i'm in the forgiveness business now. >> voters should be a lot less forgiving of our politicians. i am not a believer in second chances for politicians. we have to take one more break. hits and misses of the week. [ female announcer ] nature valley protein bars, with simple, real ingredients, like roasted peanuts, creamy peanut butter, and a rich dark-chocolate flavor, plus 10 grams of protein, so it's energy straight from nature to you. nature valley protein bars. >>> time now for hits and misses of the week. >> this is a great big miss to all those members of the media and all of the commentators. you know who you are who have been busy excusing edward snowden who let all of the secrets out. that he is a great man of conscience and served the fourth amendment. this is one of those measly white washes of which the libertarians fanatics are in our world busy advancing. it allowed mr. snowden who is a trait

so they wanted eliot spitzer is campaigning for new york city comptroller a former new york governor resigned after a prostitution scandal and two thousand and eight he told the times over the weekend i am hopeful they'll be forgiveness i am asking for it but has the big apple exterminated this. for good in light of his recent endeavors let's revisit the profile of eliot spitzer he was raised in the affluent area of new york city and walked the halls of some of the most prestigious universities he received as an undergrad from princeton university and a law degree from harvard to prevailing in academia he went on to conquer white collar crime in the manhattan district attorney's office he became the chief of the labor racketeering unit and led the investigation that brought down the gambino mafia on an organized crime scene sting he soon took an interest in politics and successfully ran for state attorney general this is where he dug himself the sheriff of wall street where you played an untraditional role and prosecuted the federal cases against the most powerful firms on wall stree

a look at spitzer's numbers 61% support eliot spitzer, 26% got stringer, 2% wouldn't vote and 10% don't know. cenk: huge lead. huge, his lead powered by african-americans in new york city which is awesome. >> when it comes to -- i think i can explain this. they both have got amazing name recognition and prostitutes vote. >> damn. cenk: damn. so anthony wiener is up among african-americans, that is a bigger lead than among whites. right? this goes to my overall theory, women, black, new york city residents overall. i think they view wiener less so but certainly eliot spitzer as oh, yeah, that's the guy who fought for the little guy. in the back of their mind, you know, in the back of their mind, that they would think like that's the guy who stand up for the banks and nobody ever stands up for us. they think i'm going for spitzer. >> that was going to be my point, it's because we're not by the way the overplay of the school impropriety card is mundane. all have done it. it's the only ones who have been caught. we're not freaked out anymore that they had i didn't mean proper sex. now it's

so they wanted eliot spitzer's campaign and for new york city comptroller a former new york governor resigned after a prostitution scandal and two thousand and eight he told the times over the weekend i am hopeful they'll be forgiveness i am asking for it but has the big apple exterminated this worm for good in light of his recent endeavors let's revisit the profile of eliot spitzer he was raise an affluent area of new york city and walk the halls us. some of the most prestigious universities he received as an undergrad from princeton university and a law degree from harvard to prevailing in academia he went on to conquer white collar crime in the manhattan district attorney's office he became the chief of the labor racketeering unit and led the investigation and that brought down the gambino mafia on an organized crime scene sting he soon took an interest in politics and successfully ran for attorney general this is where he dug himself the sheriff of wall street where you played an untraditional role and prosecuted the federal cases against the most powerful firms on wall street us

and spitzer for comptroller, remember he even has receipts. >> christian, it's the return of eliot spitzer, not john. and the rest of them, if you want to go to #waytoowitty, you can see what they are. "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >> i was working in the window because i was just working and i could realize we were basically it sounded like we were about t the whole plane shook. so we knew something terrible had gone wrong. >> the top totally collapsed on a lot of people. >> i was holding the things so tight. and bang. the impact was so powerful. i felt, you know, i was dying. that was the moment. nobody was moving. no sound, nothing. >> good morning. it is monday, july 8th. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set we have former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst steve ratner. a perfect morning to have you on, steve. you've landed on that runway in san francisco as a pilot many times. >> can i also be the senior aviation

all right i'm back with more from bart naylor we were just talking about eliot spitzer i'd like to correct myself is one hundred forty billion dollar pension fund that he wants to oversee what are his handicap his odds here of getting this position what is he well i know the voters as well as anybody right in new york as well as anybody raised in idaho would know them so i don't know if he's going to win this position but the new york controller is already one of the more active shareholder proponents bringing actually using their f.c.c. parag it's to bring shareholder resolutions they for example brought the resolution that challenge whether or not jamie dimon can be both c.e.o. and oversee himself as chair for example and did very well in the vote no campaign on ellen food or who was one of the risk committee members of j.p. morgan and brought the credential of being head of the natural history museum. in new york city but all sharp teeth are more than welcome in the field of shareholder activism just for example j.p. morgan allegedly spent five million dollars and trying to convince sha

in the former new york attorney general eliot spitzer you won't want to miss what she does up on him then i will do all the breaking the sets many of us follow all of these astounding cause of all these wiretaps we've been hearing about as well as c.e.o. bonuses. i would rather as questions for people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question more. on the. record every doctor from the field that you won't find it here if you're looking for relevant stories unique perspectives on top my scans. all right i'm back with more from bart naylor we were just talking about eliot spitzer i'd like to correct myself is one hundred forty billion dollar pension fund that he wants to oversee what are his handicap his odds here of getting this position what is he well i know the voters as well as anybody in new york as well as anybody raised in idaho would know them so i don't know if he's going to win this position but the new york controller is already one of the more active shareholder proponents br

eliot spitzer is not releasing tax returns. he told mitt romney he had to release his tax returns but eliot operates for what's good for eliot and the rest of us have to play by the rules. the more we get the issues out and talk about integrity, talk about leadership and experience, i believe i'll win this race and i'm very confident and we're getting a tremendous response out on the streets throughout the city. i'm out in every neighborhood. i'm shaking hands talking to voters, and i think that's going to matter on primary day. >> are we going to see any bolder, surprising moves from you to try to grab the spotlight? because you're on the program with us now, but i have seen spitzer all over the airwaves since this announcement was made. it's the voters in new york that matter. i know you're out there shaking hands, but anything we're going to see you do to shake this race up? >> the way i'm going to shake the race is up by doing it the old-fashioned way. i'm going to talk about what people care about in new york city. look, w

all right i'm back with more from bart naylor we're just talking about eliot spitzer i'd like to correct myself it's one hundred forty billion dollar pension fund that he wants to oversee whatever was handicap his odds here of getting this position what is he well i know the voters as well as anybody in new york as well as anybody raised in idaho would know them so i don't know if he's going to get to win this position but the new york controller is already one of the more active shareholder. and it's bringing actually using their f.c.c. parag it's to bring shareholder resolutions they for example brought the resolution that challenge whether or not jamie dimon can be both c.e.o. and oversee himself as chair for example and did very well in the vote no campaign on ellen food or who was one of the risk committee members of j.p. morgan and brought the credential of being head of the natural history museum. in new york city but all sharp teeth are more than welcome in the field of shareholder activism just for example j.p. morgan allegedly spent five million dollars can trying to convince s

all right i'm back with more from bart naylor we're just talking about eliot spitzer i'd like to correct myself as one hundred forty billion dollar pension fund that he wants to oversee whatever it was handicap his odds here of getting this position what is he. i know that the voters as well as anybody in new york as well as anybody raised in idaho would know them so i don't know if he's going to win this position but the near controller is already one of the more active shareholder proponents bringing actually using their f.c.c. parag it's to bring shareholder resolutions they for example brought the resolution that challenge whether or not jamie dimon can be both c.e.o. and oversee himself as chair for example and did very well in the vote no campaign on ellen food or who was one of the risk committee members of j.p. morgan and brought the credential of being head of the natural history museum. in new york city but all sharp teeth are more than welcome in the field of shareholder activism just for example j.p. morgan allegedly spent five million dollars trying to convince shareholders

they felt the pressure of eliot spitzer on wall street. if you haven't seen the movie "client nine." you should see the movie "client nine." >> it will anger you. >> i don't know what motivates anyone to public office. i always hope it's a sense of public service and they want to make a difference. spitzer did make a difference. now it's in this odd way. he comes from the highest heights, after all maybe he wants to make a political difference and a public service difference in the state of new york. >> the things he did, of course, were wrong, of course? maybe in that aspect he can come back as a smarter better person to run for office. i mean, sometimes--i think he mentioned sometimes you get up with your own hype in what you think you can get away with. >> and you feel you're invincible. >> and maybe even though it was a witch-hunt, maybe he can come back, and there isn't really anything else they can come after him for. they've already done that. we've played those cards. it's over now. they can't hit him on that again. >> it's funny,

so they wanted eliot spitzer's campaign for new york city comptroller a former new york governor resigned after a prostitution scandal and two thousand and eight he told the times over the weekend i am hopeful that. the forgiveness i am asking for it but has the big apple exterminated this worm for good in light of his recent endeavors let's revisit the profile of eliot spitzer he was raised in the affluent area of new york city and walked the halls of some of the most prestigious universities he received as an undergrad from princeton university and a law degree from harvard to prevailing in academia he went on to conquer white collar crime and the manhattan district attorney's office he became the chief of the labor racketeering unit and led the investigation that brought down the gambino mafia on an organized crime scene sting he soon took an interest in politics and successfully ran for state attorney general this is where he dubbed himself the sheriff of wall street where you played an untraditional role and prosecuted the federal cases against the most powerful firms on wall street

eliot spitzer didn't make a lot of friends but eliot spitzer would come up to you and talk and engage and wasn't afraid to come on the show. i think we're going to see a big difference between how eliot spitzer tries his comeback and anthony weiner tries had is. >> there's something else which you have mentioned which is eliot spitzer is going for a lesser office than he held before. he's kind of starting more in the beginning if you will, whereas anthony weiner is going for an office that is ten times bigger than anything he ever aspired to before. >> and by the way, the question answers itself and -- which is, well, you know, if you get elected, you haven't paid at all. you're back in public service. comptroller of new york city instead of governor of new york state. i think it does show -- >> sure. >> the other question for weiner is if you get elected, why? what do you want to do? why do you want to be mayor of new york? i'm not sure he's answered that question to my satisfaction. then again i don't vote in new york state. >> i think spitzer has one of the good things with this, i

ari melber, buddy of eliot spitzer gets tonight's last word. thank you. >> thank you. >> up next, "hardball" with chris matthews. >>> who was trying for help? trayvon martin or george zimmerman? let's play some "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm michael smerconish in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, day 20 of the trayvon martin murder trial. it's the first full day for george zimmerman's defense team, which say they could rest their case as early as wednesday. zimmerman is pleading not guilty to second-degree murder charges, citing self-defense. well, today the defense team called witness after witness, including trayvon's father, tracy martin, in an attempt to counter last week's dramatic testimony from trayvon's mother, sybrina fulton. she told the court it was absolutely her son's voice yelling for help in the background of a neighbor's 911 call, but mr. martin previously said that it wasn't his son's voice. it was key testimony. at the heart of the issue whether or not zimmerman acted, as he claims, in self-defense. since the prosecu

yesterday eliot spitzer was my guest right here. i told him when he cheated on his wife with a hooker, his wife should have thrown his clothes into central park. but as far as the public was concerned, it was really none of our business. he violated the law. that wasn't right. we should have an adult conversation about the laws that he violated. i would argue that it's time to bring the world's oldest profession above board in communities willing to allow it, clean up the trade, clamp down on exploitation. let government share in the revenue, but otherwise, stay out of the private affairs of consenting adults. beyond the role of the tax man, prostitution doesn't warrant the involvement of federal authorities. instructive to me has always been the way in which spitzer was caught. since september 11th, the financial world has been required to alert the feds when evidence arises of conduct that could be linked to terrorism. spitzer's suspicious money transfers were the thread that led to his discovery. some functionary or other recogni

eliot spitzer told me he expect he will get a fair hearing. he admitted to spending thousands of dollars on prostitutes. admissions that left his political career in taters. late night comedians are not waiting to have their say. >> eliot spitzer, and you remember him, he was caught freaking prostitutes several years ago is running for office again in new york. his campaign slogan is spitzer creating jobs by the hour. >> they never forget headlines like these, but five years later will they for give? >> i think five years is long enough for me to go to the public and ask them to for give. will they? i don't want to protect. just as i would never predict a jury verdict, i never predicted elections and i don't want to predict what the public will do, and i asked for it and if the public is willing i want to serve. that's the most i can ask for and if i get that opportunity i will be happy. >> there's also a feeling, in new york and elsewhere, that you had your chance as governor of new york, and you had your chance and you blew it. why do you de

eliot spitzer's on the show. when he got here, i was like, "do you need someone to escort -- i mean, show you the room -- show you where --" [ laughter ] some huge movie news. it just was announced that superman and batman will actually be starring in their first movie together. [ scattered cheers ] yeah. oddly enough, the movie is "fifty shades of grey." [ laughter ] but still, i just think it's exciting. getting a lot of buzz. no, really. superman and batman really will appear on screen together for the first time ever. and according to rumors, they're apparently going to play enemies and even fight each other. [ audience oohs ] yeah. in fact, things are already getting pretty tense. take a look at this recent exchange they had on twitter. first, superman tweeted, "i hear we're going to be fighting each other in my new film." and batman tweeted, "my? lol, your unitard must be too tight because you're talking crazy. it's my film, not yours." [ laughter ] and superman wrote back, "well, at least i don't pad my ti

eliot spitzer was the sheriff of wall street. were tradingt after hours, he got them 11 convictions, $4 billion in fines. he is the one person that did bring some law and order to wall street and stopped the greed. wall other words, hating street trumps everything. >> performance and prosecution of the law. >> performance in the washington hotel? does that count? >> i do not know his performance. by any othera coup name. thousands of protesters marched this weekend to demand a return of president morsi, this is one week after the army coup to depose him. the white house refuses to call this a coup. why? >> that video that you showed up carney at the white house is painful to watch because it automatically triggers a cutoff of aid and they do not know what they're what to do about this. they do not want to cut out aid, but if there is a coup, you have to. >> they have to figure it out soon, and they have to figure out what to do with syria. >> they have figured it out, but now apparently, the house and senate, intelligence and for

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so this was not lost on eliot spitzer. he now wants to run for your -- for the position that you're running for at this point. do you think it's wise on your part to ignore him completely and merely say what you would bring to the table, or do you have to go after him and show people why you would be a better comptroller than eliot spitzer? >> i have -- >> you're killing us here with reciting your statistics. i get what you're doing. >> well, i'm talking about my record. >> is that the best campaign strategy to go after a guy that will make headlines by just showing up? >> listen, the real issue here, he's not participating in the campaign refinance program. so he'll try to buy this office. this office is not for sale. in that regard, we are contrasting. i'm going to talk about my vision for the city. i'm going to talk about my record of integrity, because at the end of the day, every election is about how you trust to fight for you. and the fact that i'm on this show -- i know you've tried to get me on for many years -- >

former governor and now candidate eliot spitzer joins me now. governor, does running now mean that resigning was unwarranted? >> no, i think what it means is that -- and when i resigned, i felt very deeply that i had violated the public trust. i needed to act in accordance with my view that accountability means something, so i resigned. there were some people who said try to hang on, try to stay in office. i said no. i must resign. i've spent five years teaching, had some tv shows that are interesting. i have written. i have run our family business. have a book coming out next week that is a discussion of many of the market principles that drove what i did when i was attorney general. so five years later, i think i can ask forgiveness. i can say to the public, look at the entirety of my record as attorney general, as a prosecutor, as governor. i have erred, i have acknowledged it, i have sinned, i make no denial of that. i am asking for an opportunity to come back and serve, which is what i love to do. >> how long have you known that you would g

former governor and now candidate eliot spitzer joins me now. governor, does running now mean that resigning was unwarranted? >> no, i think what it means is that -- and when i resigned, i felt very deeply that i had violated the public trust. i needed to act in accordance with my move that accountability means something. so i resigned. some people said, try to hang on, try to stay in office, and i said, no, i must resign. i've spent five years teaching, had some tv shows that are interesting, i have a book that's m coming out next week, which is a discussion of many of the market principles that drove what i did when i was a attorney general. so five years later, i think i can ask forgiveness. i can say to the public, look at the entirety of my record as attorney general, as a prosecutor, as governor. i have heaerred, i have acknowledged it, i have sinned, i make no denial of that. i am asking for an opportunity to come back and serve, which is what i love to do. >> how long have you known that you would get into this race? you looked at anthon

a few moments with new york city comptroller eliot spitzer. take it away, eliot. ♪ >> huge, enormous, massive, nuts, bigger, bigger, too big, thrust, it goes deeper than a that, a stick is a rhinoceros. i think he's on to something. >> is that how we're starting the show this morning? >> my god. >> it is wednesday wednesday, july 10th, as you look at an empty summertime square. with us on set mike barnicle, former communications director for george w. bush and former senior adviser to mccain presidential campaign nicolle wallace, the former chair of the rnc michael steele and political analyst visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman from the great state of tennessee mr. harold ford jr. >> good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> joe and mika have the morning off. start right there. eliot spitzer on this program, nicole you were here, took some tough questions from joe and mika and from mark halperin. how did you think he did? >> look, it felt like a very genuine moment and i think we all know that doesn't happen very often in

eliot spitzer got on the race because he had a case of weiner envy. i had to get that out there. i asked eliot spitzer saying, if he could come back, i can come back. he insist that's two cases are entirely different and separate, but i suspect so. >> michael: people thought that eliot spitzer didn't have a political future. rick perry said he won't run for that seat. does he have a political future. you think eliot spitzer has one what about rick perry. >> he left the door open to running for president again. because that worked so well the last time. i think we've seen the end of rick perry. as one person who is not ready for the national stage, it's rick perry and he proves it. >> michael: doesn't it take the country to leave the door open on that one? it's not up to rick perry. the country closed the door on that pre-precise precisely. thanks, bill press for coming on the show. >>> putting the country under wraps, he's looking at technology to offset the stupid crisis. if that sounds harsh wait until you meet katie stack. she'll share their footag

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in new york, we have anthony weiner and eliot spitzer doing very well in their respective races. what does this tell us? >> i think what it means, in order to be really successful, a politician has to go through a sex scandal, what other conclusion can you draw? you have eliot spitzer who is now shooting up in the polls as he's running for city comptroller. anthony weiner running for mayor and we know the story of mark sanford, and any number of politicians over time. i think to be serious about it, i think what happens, the politicians have something very valuable after they gone this kind of thing and it's name recognition. >> i appreciate your time this morning. bob franken. >> thank you. >>> coming up, we'll have first buzz, all of the stories that caught our eyes today. thanks. today, we'd like people to come together on something that concerns all of us. obesity. and as the nation's leading beverage company, we can play an important role. that includes continually providing more options. giving people easy ways to help make informed choices. and offering portion controlled