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Indecision 2012 - The Great Right Hope - Newt Gingrich

Season 17 • 12/15/2011

Sometimes Newt Gingrich can sound like the answer, but he's not Ronald Reagan.

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Newt Gingrich's Poverty Code
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Larry Wilmore analyzes Newt Gingrich's janitorial solution to America's poverty problem.
12/13/2011
00:36

Moment of Zen - Eyelash Dyeing for Kids
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A "Toddlers & Tiaras" pageant mom tries to convince her young daughter to get her eyelashes dyed.
12/13/2011
06:03

Lawrence Lessig
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Author Lawrence Lessig examines the way in which money links every issue that Americans -- both liberal and conservative -- care about.
12/13/2011
00:20

Moment of Zen - Chuck Todd Gives the Finger
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MSNBC's Chuck Todd flicks someone off with the cameras rolling.
12/14/2011
08:16

Lowe's Balls of the Week
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Herman Cain causes Barbara Walters to do the reporter's equivalent of a spit-take, and Mitt Romney questions Newt Gingrich's conservative credentials.
12/14/2011
06:32

Melody Barnes
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Melody Barnes believes that empowering teachers and involving parents is the key to changing America's education system.
12/14/2011
04:41

Indecision 2012 - The Great Right Hope - Intervention 2012
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GOP leaders share some compelling reasons for Republican voters not to choose Newt Gingrich as their political party's standard-bearer.
12/15/2011
00:25

Moment of Zen - End of Iraq War Flag Ceremony
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American military personnel officially retire the U.S. Forces-Iraq flag.
12/15/2011
05:14

Too Big to Mail
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Wyatt Cenac discovers that there is no euphemism for masturbation that accurately describes what Congress is doing to the post office.
12/15/2011
06:02

Matt Damon
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Matt Damon sports a buzz cut and compares his head shape with Jon's.
12/15/2011
04:01

Indecision 2012 - The Great Right Hope - Newt Gingrich
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Voters test drove everybody from Bachmann to Perry in increased desperation, but it appears that their ride has arrived.
12/15/2011
06:44

Lockup Everyone
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The last thing Barack Obama did in 2011 was sign a bill that eliminates due process for anyone suspected of terrorism in America.
01/03/2012
03:27

Indecision 2012 - Romspringa
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Republican voters go through a rite of passage wherein they desperately explore every possible option before ultimately and unhappily voting for Mitt Romney.
01/03/2012
06:22

Charles Barkley
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Charles Barkley discusses the fashion challenges posed by weight loss and considers the cream of 2012's NBA crop.
01/03/2012
00:30

Moment of Zen - New Year Countdown to 2012
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Lady Gaga and Mayor Michael Bloomberg lead the Times Square countdown to 2012.
01/03/2012
03:28

Indecision 2012 - Romspringa - Rick Santorum's Surge
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GOP voters try every chocolate in the Republican candidate sampler, including the one that they already know sucks.
01/03/2012
03:42

Indecision 2012 - GOP Almighty
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Michele Bachmann expected a miracle but didn't get it, and Wyatt Cenac heads to Heaven to shed some light on God's mysterious ways.
01/04/2012
06:46

Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
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Author Elizabeth Dowling Taylor tells the story of Paul Jennings, who served as one of James Madison's slaves and ultimately purchased his own freedom.
01/04/2012
00:12

Moment of Zen - Anderson Cooper's Iowa Caucus Commentary
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Anderson Cooper predicts the fate of CNN's Iowa caucus computer generated demonstration.
01/04/2012
04:47

Indecision 2012 - The Corn Identity - Top-Tier Candidates
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Even in victory, Mitt Romney's self-described ordinary guy persona feels like it came from an ordinary guy kit that he got at Hammacher Schlemmer for $14 million.
01/04/2012
05:04

Indecision 2012 - The Corn Identity
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After six hours of mostly unnecessary coverage, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry emerge as the biggest losers of the Iowa caucus.
01/04/2012
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