Melissa Harris-Perry and Kevin Alexander Gray on Obama's Record and Re-Election

Democracy Now 

As President Obama prepares to accept the Democratic Party's nomination, we're joined by two guests: Melissa Harris-Perry, host of the show "Melissa Harris-Perry" on MSNBC, professor of political science at Tulane University, and founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race, and Politics in the South; and by Kevin Alexander Gray, a civil rights activist and community organizer in Columbia, South Carolina, and author of the book, "Waiting for Lightning to Strike: The Fundamentals of Black Politics."