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Assault weapons and background checks. mitt romney was for regulation to ban assault weapons. he was for background checks until 2004. his position didnt evolve. his position changed 180 degrees overnight biffle 2006 when he decided he wanted to run for president, he totally reversed his position. the number of his reversals, on so many positions really gets to be, i think, a serious, serious character issue for him in the general election. what was most interesting about the speech is that he d...

Bit before the g8. megyn: well, the white house has said, look, thats the reality, its an election here year, it was an election year in russia, but you highlight a greater concern, that its not just about the missile defense shield, it is about a number of issues that the right believes president obamas sort of holding his cards on. and ill tell you that just on this program last week a gun advocate came on and reiterated the position of the nra saying they have concerns on gun issues. there ar...

Up before we get to the hard stuff. >> that is what i figured. >> so, lets go to that hard stuff, right now. >> sure. >> your candidate said he wishes he could take back the line he said about wanting to throw up regarding the john f kennedys line about the separation of church and state. last night he seemed to be making more of a point of women and higher education, and achievement. do you think theres been a problem with discipline in the last two weeks? >> i would not say its a problem with ...

Is perfect measure of when it will be listened to. >> it was a jokey thing. >> it was jokey but the feeling of of real. >> the rhinos who we liberals pay attention to. >> if you look at the presidential race, mitt romney would have gotten nominated eight years ago, he is just are citizenship -- he is just crippled on his way there. this party is demanding purity. the moderates lose for re-election. >> and mitt romney would not be contorted like a pretzel on a lot of the issues had the party not ...

Administration tried to force the catholic church into providing contraception. the issue was not about contraception, it was about freedoms. he made it clear. the fact of the matter, several people your network, tend to focus on their idea of what he says as opposed to what he is saying. that is kind of the issue when it comes to these issues is that he does talk about so many different things on the stump. >> hogan, i can sense how loathe you are to talk about the social issues. let us discuss...

Throw in a small time. maybe theres some blame on senator santorums part, perhaps? >> perhaps, but it would be good if you talk about the context. he was talking about women on the front line but about mens emotions not womens. his mom went to graduate school. but the fact of the matter is, if one of them comes to him and says, this is a better path to me, he knows its not the governments role to tell them what to could. that was the point. the whole campaign has been about freedom. whether its ...

Now the media is covering him and just now we are starting to understand what his views are on the issues. msnbc has been no help on understanding the issues i might explain. >> we have you to explain what his views are. >> too little, too late. alex. >> oh. >> but mark is right, we are focused on obviously getting every vote we can. catholics are a big part of the voting block. but, you know, catholic voters want to know what you are going to do for the country. you can compare it to obviously ...

>> repeal this bill. repeal the current senate. >> reporter: some of them have presidential agendas of their own. >> which member of congress met her husband while working on jimmy carters 1976 presidential campaign? >> i want people in minnesota armed and dangerous. >> longtime democrat? no, republican congresswoman from minnesota, michele bachmann. >> repeal a president, we are here to stay. >> were not arguing health care here. were talking about eliminating a presidency, getting rid of this ...

Pressure to speak out on gun issues in his state of the union. is he going to do it? first a look ahead at the presidents schedule today. i cant even see that screen to read it. >> the big one is the kennedy center honors for the 50th anniversary of the kennedy inauguration today. >> another late night for the obamas. >> you are watching "the daily rundown." winter can be beautiful. [ female announcer ] and now, winter skin can be too. discover relief from dry, uncomfortable skin with skin rel...

That long-held consensus. the common wisdom in washington is that there can be no new policies concerning guns whatsoever. no restrictions on gun access are politically possible no matter how great the need. no matter how big the problem that america has to confront about gun issues. no matter how great the national trauma. no matter how rational the restriction. i dont know that is the common wisdom. the fact its common doesnt mean its not radical. thats a radical assertion. that common wisdom ...