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Now, caveats here, this is the telegraph, which is, a, the british press, which is not what it used to be, and b, its the telegraph, which even for the british press is not all that confidence inspiring, but it is supposedly not a paraphrased quote but a direct quote from this person who is very, very important in this national issue and it would be good to hear directly from the romney campaign if this is true or if theyre denying if this took place. so far, theyre refusing to answer any questi...

Rethink how you re-energize. ♪ get a boost of natural energy with a new starbucks refreshers™, in three ways. natural energy from green coffee extract, only from starbucks. okay. one of the side shows this year and really amped up anti-obama hysteria in right-wing politics has been this raft of efforts to try to keep president obama off the ballot in some american states this november, even though he is the president of the united states. there was the arizona republican secretary of state...

Obviously, definitely, right? ask him about that. theres no explanation for that that makes sense. also ask him about the whole dr. willke thing. really, you have never heard anyone else espouse this that has no connection to your campaign. and he also said, quoting from the same interview he did today, nobody is proposing trying to deny birth control to anybody. were going to be dealing with that walk later on in the show, but the broader issue here is this. this is a test for the american pres...

Earlier this month, the texas tribune published a stomach churning story about american women leaving the country. american women crossing the border to go to pharmacies in mexico to buy a drug they hope will end their unwanted pregnancies. the pharmacies they visit are largely unregulated. youre talking to the guy who works at the counter. without a doctors supervision and without qualified medical advice, women are not getting proper instructions on how to use the drug theyre buying there, a d...

Who looks like rick lazio there, but isnt. dino rossi. technically, though, the republican party of washington never actually nominated dino rossi to be their nominee. republicans didnt actually nominate anyone for the senate race that year. and thats because, essentially, the republican party in washington decided they were going to stay neutral in a primary fight between that guy, dino rossi, and this guy, a sarah palin-endorsed tea party guy. dino rossi, ultimately, beat the tea party guy in ...

Honestly, i dont think that either party wanted this to be the center of the fight this year, but republicans put these issues at the center of their policy agenda in the states. and in congress for the last two years, and then they picked a guy to be their vice presidential nominee who is one of the partys true hard liners on these issues. so, i dont think democrats particularly wanted to run on abortion rights and defending access to contraception, i mean, i dont think this administration is a...

Control, except for that, nobody is proposing to deny boirirth control to anybody. now that hes trying to become vice president, he does not want you to remember his record on birth control or abortion, and honestly, i dont think that either party wanted this to be the center of the fight this year, but republicans put these issues at the center of their policy agenda in the states. and in congress for the last twro years, and then they picked a guy to be their vice presidential nominee who is o...

Give birth against their will, mr. romney would not include rape victims in that, but it is a weird answer, though, right? his answer is essentially, you know, he is running for president, not me. paul ryans argument there, as a candidate for vice president, is i realize my position sounds a little crazy, but dont worry about that. im only trying to be vice president. and what are the chances that a vice president will ever be president? dont worry about my policies, im just some guy. see, this ...

Its not the left. its not democrats who are trying to keep mitt romney off the ballot. the challenge to mr. romney in washington state is actually coming from the right. and heres why. or at least, heres how. in 2010, when democratic u.s. senator patty murray won re-election in washington, her republican opponent was a guy who looks like rick lazio there, but isnt. dino rossi. technically, though, the republican party of washington never actually nominated dino rossi to be their nominee. republi...

Characterize todd akin in that way. todd akin himself has been citing somebody by name and explaining where he came up with this clockockamamy theory that body when raped can distinguish that the sperm in question is from a rapist and should be rejected as opposed to other sperm. he cited an anti-abortion doctor named john wilkke. think progress posted audio from a conservative talk show interview with todd akin in which he repeatedly references this dr. wilkke by name. >> you know, dr. wilke ha...