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Contract. $800,000 of taxpayer money to go to an activist group that promotes childbirth in michigan, they promote childbirth not just by opposing abortion, but by opposing access to birth control pills. michigan republicans are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on taxpayer money on an activist group that opposes the use of birth control pills, because thats what michigan needs. not just in the deep south, on the far fringes of conservative politics. in totally mainstream republican poli...

Concerned veterans for america, which is the group that kicked off the anger about the va system in arizona. this is a mainstream position being advanced by mainstream republicans and democrats were unwilling to talk when george bush was president. that has an effect. it has an administration that in this case, in the case of bergdahl was ready to celebrate something being shocked at how politically difficult everything can become when you have republicans assigning the weakness to them. >> assi...

Obamacare. i think the challenge for paul ryan and for chris christie is not just to sound moderate and say there is actually a robust conservative vision that is somehow more moderate than that, that is winning and still conservative. i think that is the sweet spot. im not sure they are there yet. >> governor huntsman, what are the two best things you can say about the positive impact ted cruz is having on your party? >> well, i think hes actually throwing out some interesting narratives that c...

Klein who has a great analysis of this. while the house progressives fantasy land no compromise effort, ryans fantasy land no compromise effort is the official position of most every republican. house progressives dont need to learn how to compromise, but the house republicans do need to learn to compromise and theres not much evidence theyre there yet. >> and if you read david brooks column had in "the new york times," the big effort to equate that with the sort of mainstream position. the pres...

Boehner a lot of cover. he still could not marshal the support. now with two members of his leadership going against him, cantor and mccarthy, although paul ryan interestingly voted for it, what does that mean for the caucus tomorrow? >> its interesting. some folks speculated perhaps john boehner might not get enough votes on the first ballot to become speaker. a lot of folks think hell be reelected without any type of incident, but theres a coalition within the house republican conference that ...

Fringe republican. >> no. megyn: hes, you know, a guy whos very well liked and beloved by many people in the republican party. so for him to say this, does that suggest to you that this is a mainstream position and that more, more people may be signing on to this? >> to say its a mainstream position -- megyn: that it could become? >> it certainly could become. and mitch daniels, we should point out, too -- i love the way he said that, government works better without unions. most ceos would say o...

90s, when you now have the mainstream position is to support marriage equality. thats a huge leap in a short amount of time. the president should be applauded. his evolution of personal beliefs is very important. but there is still a lot of work to be done in translating personal beliefs in the public policy this is now 30 states, ban gay marriage, the president said its a states rights issue. there is still room to push him. and i think all credit should be given to the ljbt activist community....

I remember being in the oval office in 1993, in the first year of bill clinton. i remember asking him what he thought he would be remembered for? lifting the ban on gays in the military and health care. this is a sea change on where america is. and its a big deal as biden would say. >> and dorian, in that clinton white house in 1996, the president signed the defense of marriage act, which, by the way, was relatively noncontroversial, it passed the senate with 85 votes, only 14 democrats voting a...

The bush economic doctrines that brought us into the recession. and when it comes to the other cultural issues, the president is in a mainstream position here in terms of what he believes on issues as basic as womens health care and rights of privacy that americans really value in this country. and as the republicans keep talking, theyre losing the center. thats where the president is gaining ground. >> all right. we still have andrea mitchell with us in washington. youre next, but first, i want...

>> i remember bill daily was asked what he learned. he said i learned one thing, by the end of the presidential campaign, the american people know who you really are. what we see in the republican contest, 20 debates and now theyve said no more exposure, please, is people know who these candidates really are. they know mitt romney now. they know newt gingrich, and they certainly know rick santorum. they are out of, i guess, the mainstream position from a democratic point of view. the polls refle...