places of the country, it s still a really hard time. so it s difficult for a coherent message to connect across the board for either party, for either candidate. that s right. that s right. you know, the other thing that ron brownstein had a really interesting piece in the national journal a couple weeks ago talking about waitress moms, white working-class women who the obama campaign has targeted specifically. and for them, issues that we tag as maybe social issues like women s reproductive concerns, paying for contraception coverage, these are economic issues for them. and in that way, it s been this sort of long-term planning on behalf of the obama team to find these voters and the issues that matter to them. but then you hear, you know, the story of donna who doesn t have health insurance, right? so the affordable care act, what does that mean to her, even? right. i think to hugo s point, this is why this is such a complicated election in terms of the messaging on both sid
hell and you get 20 million people fewer. that is the scenario ryan is using there. let me make one point. paul ryan believes strongly that we should be moving far past employer-based system. i interviewed him a few years ago and his big idea that he wanted to talk to me about was getting rid of the tax preference for employer-based health care, which means millions and millions of people don t get health care through their employers. him and i happen to agree on that. we shouldn t have an employer-based health care system. this thing where suddenly he is shocked and appalled by this idea if you change the health care system at all some people might move from getting employer-based health care to shopping for it on their own with government s help. that was paul ryan s plan a couple of years ago. the two squared off over the controversial is this it? yeah, the mandate requiring free contraception coverage. our church should not have to sue our federal government to maintain their
economy for one group. one in six registered voters say the candidate they vote for must share their view on abortion says gallup. it s one of the highest rates in 20 years. for supporters of abortion rights, 15% say here this they must agree with who they vote for. a larger portion of opponents of abortion rights, 21% there, say the very came. now, candidates know that this issue resonates, and it could be predictive. the public religion research institute found a majority of advocates of abortion rights favor president obama. now, opponents of abortion rights, they go with romney, 74%. now, the two candidates are diametrically opposed. romney would end funding to planned parenthood, he d be against mandatory contraception coverage, and said he d overturn roe v. wade, but at one point he wanted the opposite. i believe that since roe v. wade has been the law for 20 years, that we should sustain and support it.
all anti-abortion. though romney has clarified that he would allow abortions in case of rape and incest. they all stand by it and want to defund planned parenthood. they are all opposed to contraception coverage. absolutely. i think todd akin is the republican party. it s a crude or more sloppy way of saying what they stand for. he and paul ryan worked together on that forceable rape bill. the problem right now is not only that that s also the republican platform. the man who wrote all of the platforms is also fundraising for todd akin. this is not out of a mainstream view. these people are a big part of the republican coalition so it s a big moment to find out what it is that they believe about women. when you look at the fact that several republicans are now supporting akin, including some who tried to get him out of the race, you got priebus, the gop
to our conversation about brkt control we should note the senate republicans blount and scott brown co-sponsored an amendment that would essentially override the hhs s decision and also allow people that are employers to deny contraception coverage for any reason both spiritual or moral or anything else so, that was actually a substantive piece of policy advanced by the politicians. moderate. scott brown in a very highly contested race against elizabeth warren. first lady michelle obama moved an incredible moving speech which combined her love for her country and her love for her husband an her kids. she talked about working hard, doing what you re supposed to do with honesty and inted gri and she did it with tears in here ey eyes. these are the kinds of things they re trying to pass on to