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Claire mccaskill. this morning, the republican candidate, representative todd akin, is backing off these comments he made in an interview yesterday, when he was asked to explain his no exceptions policy on abortion. >> abortion should be considered in a case of tubl pregnancy. what about in the case of rape? >> it seems to be, first of all, from what i understand from doctors, thats really rare. if its a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. but lets ass...

400, 300 calories is not that important. what is important is what she said. the sugar. you get the super-sized portion that has tons of sugar in it. you have transfats and french fries at mcdonalds are great. we all like it but when it comes from that fried oil, you see how much salt they put on that? >> jamie: isnt it portion control, share the fries? >> im sorry, marc. the personal responsibility is all good and we should be responsible for that. but, it is so hard to get away from this. beca...

This week on medicare. >> governor, the other issue youve made reference to. "the boston globe" and other outlets reported that paul ryan trying to steer stimulus money to companies in his home state. ryan had called the stimulus a wasteful spending spree. on wednesday he was asked about that discrepancy. heres what he said. >> a report came out again today in the ap. it was a repeat of that wall street journal article from a couple of years ago where you had asked for stimulus money for your di...

"the boston globe" and other outlets reported that paul ryan trying to steer stimulus money to companies in his home state. ryan had called the stimulus a wasteful spending spree. on wednesday he was asked about that discrepancy. heres what he said. >> a report came out again today in the ap. it was a repeat of that wall street journal article from a couple of years ago where you had asked for stimulus money for your district. is that accurate? >> i dont recall. i havent seen this report. so i r...

The presidents done nothing in the way of energy independents, despite the numbers on drilling which are inaccurate. people are out of work, their families are out of work. they know the prices of goods and services. they dont have any money in their pockets. it is very real. they will vote based on wha is happening in their lives. >> this is why i think the sleazy, slimy smear campaign, obviously, the o-- president obama himself put his seal of approval on, he is not stopping t. the reason it d...

Medicare as we know it, hell be there. making that argument. so i think so far, i would give the victory to republicans over this week. >> the other issue youve made reference to, "the boston globe" and other outlets reported ryan tried to steer money to companies in his home state. he had called the stimulus a wasteful spending spree. on monday, he was asked about that. >> a report came out again today in the ap, a repeat of "the wall street journal" article from a couple of years ago where you...

"repurposing" it. >>guest: but it was done under earmarks from 2003 to 2006 and the budget said he would not allow he marks. it is insane. remember he said, two years ago, if you are going to get a government contract, i want to know without are giving your money to. i want to know your political affiliation. does that mean we will put the thumb on the scale for the democrats? the bottom line, forget the politics. the economics of this do not work. we know it doesnt work. he knows it doesnt work...

The presidents done nothing in the way of energy independents, despite the numbers on drilling which are inaccurate. people are out of work, their families are out of work. they know the prices of goods and services. they dont have any money in their pockets. it is very real. they will vote based on what is happening in their lives. >> this is why i think the sleazy, slimy smear campaign, obviously, the o-- president obama himself put his seal of approval on, he is not stopping t. the reason it ...

Had asked for stimulus money for your district. is that accurate? is that report accurate? >> i never asked for stimulus. i dont recall. i havent seen this report so i really cant comment on it. i oppose the stimulus because it doesnt work. it didnt work. >> no, i never asked for stimulus, he says. yes, you did. the "wall street journal" reported on you doing it. the "ap" reported on you doing it, the "boston globe" reported on you doing it. heres paul ryan in october 2009 writing to the secreta...

How difficult it is to run for higher office when you have a paper trail. take the 2009 instance. as recently as thursday, ryan was telling reporters never, not once, advocated for stimulus money for his district. >> a report came out again today, a repeat of the "wall street journal" article where you had asked for stimulus money for your district. >> i dont recall that. i havent seen this report, so i cant comment on it. i opposed the the stimulus because it doesnt work. it didnt work. >> a hh...