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Contraception. its economic issues. those come in to play, too. so i think this is -- we have today, another data point, where stuart stevens in washington post brags romney won the votes of people who make over $50,000. as though people who make less than $50,000, a, dont matter as much and, b, didnt make up, you know, a majority or dont make up a majority of the country. theres a tin ear when it comes to issues of race and gender, but also class. that i dont think -- you know, we heard some go...

>> very popular guy. >> his ears are enormous. all these women are there because they tend to live longer and they have an interest in social security and medicare more than men do. >> and were also poorer. at the middle of our lives and end of our lives, were poorer, so we rely on safety net programs and we need them. women have been much more -- going back to the reagan election of 1980 thats when you saw the gender gap because the social safety net was being threatened and women do vote. its ...

Apply to all,ío which i think is a founding creed that this countrys battled over for a long time but necessarily get the dispute. sos not about gay marr okay? i never talk about it that way. its about marriage equality. its about the fact that you have the right to marry. and the old s, you have the right to serve in the military, you have the right to visit a loved one in the so exciting to think that when we try to tell our chi it was a big deal that barrier because he happened to be african...

Back up along the western border with indiana. republicans believe john mccain did well there four years ago, but to win the state you have to do a lot better than what mccain turned out four years ago in ohio. i think this is interesting. in defiance, ohio, late last night governor romney had a rally. mccain won 10 points here. not a ton of votes out here but governor romney had a rally with 12,000 people that showed up at a football stadium in defiance. contrast in the president last night in ...

So how quick is that going to happen over the next couple weeks, how much is the president going to stabilize his own confidence in terms of enthusiasm among his base, you know, we just dont know. this debate is just another data point along the way. >> john, youre a partner in crime, dare i call him, mark halperin, those numbers about the likability and connecting, thats very good news for the president. or good news. i wouldnt want to paraphrase mark halperin. hes very exact in his language. d...

Pakistan. >> the case the romney/ryan ticket is makes is use the attack of what happened in benghazi as a data point in the unraveling of american foreign policy. here is vice presidential candidate paul ryan making that case. >> the benghazi thing would be a tragedy in and of itself if it was an isolated incident. the problem is, its not simply an isolated incident but a picture of a broader story and the absolute unraveling of the obama administrations foreign policy. go around the world and s...

That there was no demonstration, and when you pulled that single thread on that data point, the whole iteration that it was somehow a demonstration that spun out of control began to unravel. megyn: thats right. i mean, the administration now is saying that theyve said all along that it was terror, and, you know, you have to have followed it because you were reporting day by day on the unraveling of the narrative that this was about a protest. i mean, you were reporting there was no protest and g...

Congratulations. >> one more data point. first of all, let me say this in defense of myself, even the most basic phi nalts are not always uttered by republicans when they come to that kind of distancing when they come from conservative zblogs in connecticut? >> no, even in connecticut. in fact, the republican party to its great -- to its great credit as a unified entity often doesnt broken a lot of that dissension. heres senate candidate tomorrow any thompson explicitly asking why are you behind...

Tax-wise. but at the same time, allowing the sensation that they will be damaged to be the political motivation for the political class in washington to fix this thing. theres a little bit of a magic trick that they have to pull off here. >> well, it is unfortunate. because you know, when standard and poors down graded us and now it looks like moodys might down grade uss well. what they often cite is our inability to make a budget deal and also the political, as im quoting here, the political br...

Fiscal damage. >> one of the things for the president to manage under this situation is reassuring the public that dont worry, were going to fix this. and you wont be damaged tax-wise. but at the same time, allowing the sensation that they will be damaged to be the political motivation for the political class in washington to fix this thing. theres a little bit of a magic trick that they have to pull off here. >> well, it is unfortunate. because you know, when standard and poors down graded us a...