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Frankly silly of the president of the united states, leader of free world to begin uttering and talk about binders. talk about big bird. all of that is really indicative of a candidate that doesnt have a vision for the future. governor romney has a plan for the future whereas over the next four years we dont know what president obama would do. >> big bird is important because that is only thing that mitt romney could point to as how he will reduce the deficit. deficits are a big issue in this ca...

Here was a picture on tumblr, actually. what is that, of course? that is binders full of women, referring to mitt romneys reference to that. dee dee myers, the debate after that, about understanding womens choices today, pressures they face, i asked about contraception, abortion, all of this seems to be an intense play right now as the administration, the president, wants to drive up that wedge and get women to vote for him. what did you make of all of that? >> first of all, i think the way that...

Reece sachlt binders of senators, not binders of women. i just want to give clarity for you. i know how she stands on these things. >> thank you, sir. >> i appreciate it. >> yes, she was one of millions of americans who really had a big question mark after that comment. but moving on -- >> im sure. thank you. well be talking soon. >> thank you. coming up, well have news on a big victory in the fight against voter suppression. but well tell you about some new dirty tricks from the old republica...

Is laying out very clearly what his record is on and the exceptions that he supports. theres diversity on those in the republican party. but he has also clearly said he is pro-life. he has never run away from his record as a pro-life candidate or governor before that. but he is setting clear what he believe the exceptions are that he stands for. >> but he would sign a bill if it came to that to ban abortion. >> he is pro-life. he has talked about that. he also believes in certain exceptions. in ...

Social issues. >> i think the real winners are the american people. >> i was waiting for somebody to say that. >> bill, are you the loser. bill, winner, loser? >> jeremy. jeremy spoke. jeremy spoke in class today. >> you are old. >> it is called being retro. >> i dont think there should be a winner these things. i have to tell you i was impressed -- forget politics, but i was impressed on romneys consistency. he was tough on debt and the unemployment situation and owe bough -- and obamas handlin...

>> shannon: absolutely. governor romney has been getting a lot of heat for his binders full of women comment. we tracked down a woman who said she was hired because of what was in those binders. jack, youre a little boring.

Female counterparts earn? >> i had the chance to pull together a cabinet and all the applicants seem to be men. i said, well, gosh, cant we find some women that are also qualified? they brought us binders full of women. >> so binders full of women being the web viral line of the week. its clearly a strategy on obamas part, aimed at turning out women voters, which theyre concerned about where romney is making inroads. what do you think of that strategy?

>> i want to a number of womens groups said can you help us find folks? they brought us binders full of women. >> shannon: that debate answer came in a question about equal pay for women. that has gotten a lot of media attention, the phrase "binders full of women" trended on twitter and was the is the of a facebook page with more than 350,000 likes. the romney campaign said he was being honest and in-artful. but he did pore three binders of resumes to fill his administration with qualified women...

>> this is what i said on "the five." >> no, you chastised beckle. >> this is so meta i cant stand it. >> it is normally the left that gelees metaphor cal binders. they are called quotas. they have binders full of blacks, hispanics and gays and thats how they run their political machine which is what they are supposed to be talking about, americans. i grimace, but not over the way he said it. >> gender equality is important. but what i got out of this was government. when they dictate you can ad...

First ever meam election. the catch phrases may get the base excited, but is it reaching the undecideds. thank you for being here on sunday. does this work? >> i think so. what we saw in the binders full of women comment is something the public immediately responded to. a quarter of a million people joined a group for it on facebook before the debate even ended. number one, it takes a little power away from big media people like you who get to decide what the big moments are in the debate. >> we...