Cenk hits Mitt Romney for trying to campaign on his past Massachusetts health care policies, author Jeff Greenfield joins to discuss his book “43*: When Gore beat Bush — A Political Fable” and Professor Tricia Rose weighs in on Democratic critics of Obama, from the Black Caucus to the “Blue Dog” name-callers. Plus, Patrick McMahon, a former transplant coordinator for the New York Organ Donor Network, discusses the lawsuit he is bringing against hospitals who were allegedly harvesting organs from living patients, Turk Row debates grenades, bombs and party schools, and Stephen Colbert drops the Elbow of the Day.
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Do white presidents have more freedom to advocate for minorities in the US?
Emanuel Cleaver, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, recently called out President Obama for not being a stronger advocate for the African American community, which has suffered more since the economic downturn than any other race. watch video
Jeff Greenfield on what the world might have looked like if 2000 election and Gore v. Bush had gone the other way
Cenk talks to journalist Jeff Greenfield, author of “43*: When Gore Beat Bush,” about his “counterfactual history” that imagines a very different outcome of the 2000 election. watch video
Yet another loophole for Romney to avoid taxes is revealed — code name ‘I dig it’
Cenk takes a look at Mitt Romney and the Bain way of making a profit: “harvest” companies they take over to make as much money as possible — for themselves. watch video
From the show: Organ harvesting, Bibi’s bomb and party schools
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