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Those who have a very different opinion on this difficult and sensitive issue. he said this in a letter to chairman reince priebus. our party platform should make the same concession to those of us who believe in a womans right to choose. obviously hes running against elizabeth warren in massachusetts. but again, this party has got to get up to 2012 here or its going to go down the drain. theyre going to lose people like scott brown. people like scott brown are going to lose. go ahead. >> dont m...

Backs down. hes not going to fight these people. and furthermore, who would be his allies? who are the people in that party who are going to stand up for womens rights? this is a party where in the senate, the entire republican caucus voted for the fluke -- what was it called, the flake amendment? the blount amendment, excuse me, the blount amendment which allowed employers to sort of basically stop any kind of health care coverage that dealt with womens issues. it wasnt framed that way. the onl...

Senate, the entire republican caucus voted for the fluke -- what was it called, the flake amendment? the blount amendment, excuse me, the blount amendment which allowed employers to sort of basically stop any kind of health care coverage that dealt with womens issues. it wasnt framed that way. the only one to vote against it was olympia snowe who is leaving the senate. so theres no there there for people who would stand with romney/ryan if they wanted to take the disingenuous position that they ...

Republicans are doing thing at the moment which appear to be negative toward women. we know that in tennessee, a bill would require the names of all doctors who provide abortion services to have their names published. why not just put a target on their name on a website and have a map. why this? >> i think it is a very personal issue. i dont think its one the government needs to get involved with. it is really unfair to women. it is like were being targeted. i think thats also why women need to ...

Step up and say, hey, this is the right thing to do. we have infrastructure problems in the country. if he wants to support the wage earners the way that mike dewine has been saying and also last week on the broadcast, this is the perfect opportunity. where is romney going to be on this? this is a great issue for the president. it is a slam dunk for him, and he wants it and middle-classers want it and wage earners want it and this is the next big fight when it comes to wage earners. >> but the f...

They are on the blount amendment. thats how focused they are on jobs right now. >>s which going to come back and get them. >> and that is another thing that you have to deal with is outside of the partisan politics to impact the general is that you are going to have, and i think that this is why santorum went there is that you will have the supreme court looking at the affordable health care act, and if they go against it, it could energize the presidents base. and they are scheduled an october ...

Seeing, you know, the wage earners get involve and put pressure on santorum, i think to step up and say, hey, this is the right thing to do. we have infrastructure problems in the country. if he wants to support the wage earners the way that mike dewine has been saying and also last week on the broadcast, this is the perfect opportunity. where is romney going to be on this? this is a great issue for the president. it is a slam dunk for him, and he wants it and middle-classers want it and wage ea...

President. it is a slam dunk for him, and he wants it and middle-classers want it and wage earners want it and this is the next big fight when it comes to wage earners. >> but the fight of mitt romney is that you are a big spending guy to rick santorum, and trying to underscore that people like him for being the more conservative guy, and romney has gone after him, by it has not stuck, and that might help him stick. >> well, on the highway bill is they are on the blount amendment. that is where ...

Blount amendment, that the senate plans to vote on tomorrow. the amendment that would allow employers to refuse to provide contraception or any other health care provision in a health insurance policy if they find it morally objectionable. rick santorum, of course, supports the blunt amendment. jim heath, that ohio reporter you just saw, who conducted that interview, rightfully believed he had a scoop, and tweeted the news of romneys position at 3:53 p.m. today. within the hour, romneys press se...

To come to haunt them because theyve made religion the center of the campaign, and of course that means religion is going to be an issue for mitt romney. so if they had all just been quiet about this, they would have had a chance with him. now theyve made it an issue and it will come back to bite them. >> its almost like were saying you cant be someone who has spirituality and faith in this country and be in an election at the same time. roy blunt proposed this amendment to the highway bill allo...