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In his own hands. i think hes likely to be confirmed and it is not a slam dunk and hell have to answer tough questions on iran, principally. he has written and said in the past that he can tolerate potentially a nuclear-powered, a nuclear-armed iran and that is certainly at odds with most of the members if not all of the members of congress. he has opposed some of the nun lateral sanctions and regime which is have been key to putting pressure on iran, and i understand that hes changed those view...

Swaggart did, but i dont expect he will and i certainly dont expect tears because all of that would be out of character. okay. lets go to somebody who always does the right thing, martin bashir. >> actually, toure, i cant ever see lance armstrong admitting publicly to his cheating but lets hope he does. thank you. and good afternoon. its monday, january the 7th, and the best defense is a good offense. >> to the help meet the challenges of our time, im proud to announce my choice for two key memb...

Second trimester. >> no exception for rape or incest is far out of the mainstream thinking of most americans. >> laura: that has been in the republic platform. monica, can you speak to this for the last i believe two or three platforms. and mitt romney doesnt write the platforms, monica. and he actually doesnt have to abide by the platforms. >> thats what he said today. >> thats right. first of all, laura. you are absolutely right. this has been part of the republic platform for many many years....

Second trimester. >> no exception for rape or incest is far out of the mainstream thinking of most americans. >> laura: that has been in the republic platform. monica, can you speak to this for the last i believe two or three platforms. and mitt romney doesnt write the platforms, monica. and he actually doesnt have to abide by the platforms. >> thats what he said today. >> thats right. first of all, laura. you are absolutely right. this has been part of the republic platform for many many years....

Second trimester. >> no exception for rape or incest is far out of the mainstream thinking of most americans. >> laura: that has been in the republic platform. monica, can you speak to this for the last i believe two or three platforms. and mitt romney doesnt write the platforms, monica. and he actually doesnt have to abide by the platforms. >> thats what he said today. >> thats right. first of all, laura. you are absolutely right. this has been part of the republic platform for many many years....

A possibility that rape could not be legitimate, or could not be forced, i mean, what are we talking about? >> thats well outside the mainstream thinking in my. . and i think generationally, its -- its dauntingly out of touch from where i believe i stand and many people of my age group do. i think were in different times right now. i cant defend that with paul ryan because its not personally what i believe. its not what mitt romney believes. >> megan mccain, thank you for being here tonight. >> ...

pushed the panic button probably several months ago, they just havent telegraphed to us yet. you have to look no further than a poll out in virginia that shows president obama has a 62% disapproval rating with independents in that state. that is devastating to him. remember, virginia was one of the states that he flipped back in 2008 to win the presidency. not just virginia, north carolina is another state that theyre concerned about. then go out west to colorado, another state that th...

Giving us the same sort of solutions that republicans are advancing that give the american people a vision of how were going to have medicare for everybody. >> well, representative bill cassidy, we thank you for weighing in, sir, from louisiana. thank you so much. >> thank you, alex. later this morning, were going to talk with msnbc political analyst jonathan alter about what is ahead in the spending fight, who has the upper hand and what it might mean for the 2012 elections. thats coming up i...

Im with you. i wish the people would stop doing it in national mainstream media, its frustrating, but theres no question that there is a committed effort to try to undermine the presidents ability be labeling him a muslim. >> just like this crazy liberal crackpot bloggers out there who undermine republicans at every turn. they do not represent any mainstream thinking of either party, i believe. >> mary matalin, hillary rosin, thank you both. criminals are finding new ways to use technology to ...

This is the way they propose to this handle the challenges that we face. at least theyre coming out from where theyre hiding, were against social security, we want to privatize it, against medicare, want to give people vouchers. so a third of the vouchers go to health insurance company profits rather than health care. i think they should have to answer and i think the president did a smart thing by taking these see seriously. i think they make no sense and most people who get the benefits will s...