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>> erin you covered mitt romney during the primaries. he was very extreme on immigration, notwithstanding the platform now. he himself was very extreme. listen to this. >> so if you dont deport them, how do you send them home? >> the answer is self-deportation, which is people decide that they can do better by going home because they cant find work here because they dont have legal documentation to allow them to work here. i think you see a model here in arizona. with regards to illegal immigrat...

Widen from here on out. >> were going to talk about that later in the show. congresswoman and crystal ball, thanks for your time tonight. catch crystal on "the cycle" weekdays at 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. coming up, were learning more about the extreme republican platform. just what is the gop planning to do to this country? and paul ryan keeps blaming president obama for being partisan. well, tonight, the reporter with the inside story on the blocking is with us. sorry, guys. no hi...

I talked to a republican party official today who is irritated at how much coverage this meeting of the republican platform committee has gotten this week because they say, well, thats just a piece of paper, and were really not going to be adhering very closely to what the platform committee goes with this week. so, yes, they have a problem and they do have to repair the republican party brand. mitt romney and how he introduces himself, which hell be doing in a very personal way in primetime nex...

At stake. >> congresswoman, it seems that he either evolved or flip-flopped. >> well, i think the message, though, to women ought to be very, very clear. you certainly cant rely on mitt romney or paul ryan when it comes to womens health care. i think that that party and now in their platform and how about it when they say that mitt romney doesnt really support the platform position, which is no abortion without -- no abortions with any exceptions, none. rape, incest, life of the mother. so i thi...

I.d. laws. an extreme platform like that is going to get covered. >> no question about that. they dont want that. the republicans who are running the romney campaign know that that is something that wont do them any favors with women voters in swing states, with hispanic voters in swing states. the kinds of voters they need to win in big numbers if mitt romney has a chance of beating president obama in the presidential election by winning some of those swing states. no question its a problem for...