Bloomberg on gun control: "No more soothing words" (video)

MSNBC-Martin Bashir, video (10:00).

Karen Finney, Ari Melber and Jonathan Capehart discuss.

"MSNBC’s Karen Finney: Will GOP Rally Around Cain Despite Accuser Being White?" (with video)

MEDIAite with video (02:58) from MSNBC:

MSNBC commentator Karen Finney waded into the muddied waters of sexual politics and miscegenation on Monday’s Martin Bashir. “It’s going to be fascinating to see how this story unfolds over the next several days and particularly interesting to see how our friends on the right handle the accusations from these women in conjunction with how they handled Anita Hill.” “What do you mean, Karen?” Bashir pressed. “Look, I think it will be interesting to see if these guys rally around Herman Cain with as much voracity as they have these last couple of weeks now that it’s clear that a whole other layer of black sexuality has been infused into this,” Finney explained. “Also remember these women were ten years younger than we’re seeing them now. So that whole power dynamic. This is an older man, this younger women. White women, Black man.” MORE...

Ari Berman/Karen Finney: "How the Dems Can Regain Grassroots Support" (with video from GRITtv)

GRITtv, with video (12:17):

Well as the Tea Partiers continue to prove they may be more than just a passing trend - at least in the fast-approaching midterms - we ask, where did the Democrats go so wrong in mobilizing their base? Did Obama's pandering to the center and big business alienate too many voters who believed in change? And what could he have learned from Howard Dean in building a movement?

Ari Berman, Nation Contributor and Author of Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics and Democratic Strategist, Karen Finney who served as the Director of Communications at the Democratic National Committee drop by GRITtv.