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Do you agree with that? and how would he do that? >> i think the media will do that for the obama campaign. lets talk about your original question real quick. theres an attack on religious freedom at this point. if you look at what the obama administration did with the contraception issue, they first set up a rule that was contrary to some religions, then they decided that they were going to reform -- they were going to change that rule and when they changed that rule they really didnt change th...

And make this an issue. do you agree with that? and how would he do that? >> i think the media will do that for the obama campaign. lets talk about your original question real quick. theres an attack on religious freedom at this point. if you look at what the obama administration did with the contraception issue, they first set up a rule that was contrary to some religions, then they decided that they were going to reform -- they were going to change that rule and when they changed that rule the...

If you look at what the obama administration did with the contraception issue, they first set up a rule that was contrary to some religions, then they decided that they were going to reform -- they were going to change that rule and when they changed that rule they really didnt change the rule but actually just said they were going to change the rule. they wanted to have a conversation about contraceptives which nobody was talking about at the time. the first time they talked about contraceptive...

Argument that the obama administration is going to keep driving. martha: im not sure that is the case. ive also seen polls that show that women did not think that the contraception issue was a huge issue for them when it comes to the 2012 election. most of them do not think there is any threat of that kind of coverage being taken away from them. they are not overly concerned with that. when you break down men and women they are concerned about the same things men are concerned about, which is th...

>> bring in the panel. bill kristol, and susan milligan. and syndicated columnist, krauthammer. susan, i should have done ladies night on the panel. "usa today" gallup poll has romney at 36%. the obama campaign and the administration sees this as -- >> yes, well, they have not been handling the contraception issue very well. i think the issue itself is troublesome for the republicans. but not been handling it well. patting women on the head saying its not about birth control. its religious freed...

If you have this on contraception it pokes women that might not be politically motivated. i dont think they do it to their advantage in the rnc. >> bret: if the white house and administration and campaign believe it was a group they could target, why have a womans on france at the white house to vail it in this way? >> this is getting the women voters, not the womens vote. the contraception issue. this is senator santorums comments that escalate it. thats not romneys fault. they see that and wom...

taxpayer dollars wasted. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the obama administration replies to a rare order from a federal appeals court. the latest round of a sharp dispute over the nations health care reform law. we begin with president obama warning the supreme court against overturning his cherished legislation. judges hearing a separate case took offense at what the president of the united states said and they demanded a three-...

>> why is there almost a 20-point gender gap? whats the problem right now? do you think that all the talk about contraception and the other side issues over the past couple of months have driven away a lot of independent women? >> you know, i dont think thats the case. you look at the "usa today" poll, most of the women in that poll didnt even know what either governor romney or the presidents positions were on the contraception issue. and they ranked it last in terms of issues that they cared a...

>> that is why he introduced the whole birth control controversy, the contraception issue. he is trying to throw every divisive issue he can out there. polarize the electorate so his base is excited, threatened and voted. motivated. >> sean: think how different that is in 2008. hope and change. >> and opposite of what we did with clinton. the strategy is polarize the country. it wont work. >> sean: is he part of this or is this his campaign strategy? >> absolutely he is part of it. hes the leade...

Manager, they are being very aggressive about this. they are not coasting to the conventions and then -- >> are you talking about womens issues? >> well, on everything, but especially on womens issues and the authenticity issues with romney. joe biden was very aggressive about that. so part of the problem for the romney operation is they are up against a campaign that is well funded and running on all cylinders very aggressively. on hispanics, on women. you saw harry reid writing an op-ed piece ...