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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 blunt amendment, excuse me, the blunt 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...

The republican incumbent. >> 12 years after the john ashcroft versus a person who is no longer among us race, the good and great state of missouri is once again facing a bit of a ballot problem. if you think its complicated when one of the candidates dies, look at what theyre dealing with this year. congressman todd akin was just picked up by republican voters in missouri to be their senate nominee, to challenge the sitting democratic u.s. senator claire mccaskill. yesterday, todd akin doused hi...

Showing he is one point ahead of the candidate. could akin actually win this thing? >> i think absolutely not. what i would like to offer, thomas, is the political analysis. mitt romney has a problem on his hands as long as the native continues that the republican party, which is mostly white and male has declared war on women. how do you come out of forceable rape and non-forceable rape and date rape? the president has a 15-point lead on the gender gap. i think mitt romney was tepid yesterday i...

Old, that would be a legitimate question. hes not. hes like 42. >> to quote "animal house", the republicans should be asking themselves "what the hell we supposed to do, you morons," because thats how were acting. can i ask you a question there, joe? >> no, you cant. >> the republican party -- >> it was 2011. a long time ago. a long time ago. back in the distant past. >> president obama yesterday stopped by the briefing room making a rare and unannounced appearance to take questions of the press...

For most women rape is rape. im sure -- >> the plit clal problematic thing for ryan was they co-sponsored a bill that tried to make a distinction between two different kinds of rape. >> what year was that? >> i dont know. >> it was a while back, right? >> come on, joe, dont. >> im asking a legitimate question, mika, just relax! >> people at the table right now will tell you you dont want to go there. >> i dont want to know what year this bill was sponsored? >> no. >> im asking what year the bill...

When you got to go, you got do go. a group of people fed up with the lack of bathrooms at a beach in adelaide, australia, brought their own and sat down for a while. how is this for a luxury car? this rare 1936 mercedes benz sold for, are you ready? almost $12 million at auction in california. the 540 k roadster, a dozen of these cars left in the world. that wraps up this hour of "jansing & co." thomas roberts is next. good morning. good morning, everybody. the agenda next hour is the gop tw...

>> if todd akin said a couple days ago on tv im against abortion, even with the exception, guess what? we wouldnt be talking about it today because we knew that was his position. >> and now youve done this three times. its a great deflection to ride out the clock here. my point is they had paul ryan call him because paul ryan really needs to separate himself from this guy because he co-sponsored that legislation. never said what you said. never. >> youre right. hes not dumb enough to say somethi...

Always bolstered the republican party but been a little bit separate from it has sort of stepped in. they dont have any governor whatsoever when it comes to radical antiabortion politics. theres nobody in the conservative movement saying no, dont push on the rape and incest exceptions. thats going to weird out republican voters and women. theres nobody who can speak in with, authority in a way to shut them down. but where were going is a confrontation between the romney campaign and the conserva...

>> thanks, gentlemen. okay. do you want to know who won the news lottery today in the republican congressman whose own scandal was squeezed out of the headlines by the mr. legitimate rape todd akin scandal today. the guy who is very thankful to mr. akin, weve got his story next. you cant argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more processed flakes look nothing like natural grains. im eating what i know is better nutrition. ...

>> how god made the female body. >> and mitt romney was asked whether akin should remove himself from the race. he said -- >> his comments about rape were deeply offensive. and i cant defend what he said, i cant defend him. >> do you think for the benefit of the party, sir, he should drop out? >> he should consider thats in the best interest that he believes in deeply. >> i dont get why he jnt just say -- even if he doesnt, he hud have his own convictions about this. if his party is going to be ...