Cenk recaps the major developments in the Republican race over the weekend and checks in with Santorum’s most influential supporter, Foster Friess. Plus, Ana Kasparian and Jayar Jackson discuss Tony Bennett’s surprising plea to legalize drugs, and the Power Panel — Tina Dupuy and Michael Shure — decide: Obama’s contraception compromise — genius maneuver or fumble?
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Epic Politics Man casts sole TYT vote against legalizing drugs, no matter what Tony Bennett says
Just hours after Whitney Houston’s death, Tony Bennett told the crowd at Clive Davis’ pre-GRAMMYs party that drugs should be legalized. Michael “Epic Politics Man” Shure gets booed by the TYT crew for his minority vote against legalization. watch video
99% of the GOP are ‘corporate whores,’ Cenk says
The Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, was chock full of speakers using hateful speech to describe liberals — all while decrying “name-calling” by Democrats. Cenk says, “Two can play at that game.” watch video
Super PAC funder Foster Friess tells Cenk that Rick Santorum wants to ‘honor rich people’
Rick Santorum’s super Super PAC supporter Foster Friess joins Cenk on “The Young Turks.” “I think you and I need to have a beer and pizza together,” Friess offers Cenk. “Let’s figure out where we can agree.” watch video