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Barack obama. they dont like mitt romney. they really dont like paul ryan. so you look at all the recent polls, you have four of them. you have reuters, gallup, bloomberg and fox show the president leading. which doesnt mitt romney embrace these polls and acknowledge them? say, this is how it is right now. were going to change them? >> i think internally they probably are doing a lot of that and trying to figure out how they can shift the narrative, but i think that article is exactly right. yes...

Highlighting him at this black, i guess, coalition conference. why is he the keynote speaker and why does he represent, i guess it would seem a more mainstream view of how to get along and how to make it in society for african-americans? >> well, first i would say, laura, why not? it is their choice as an organization to bring in who they want to bring in as a speaker. and obviously the honorable minister louis farrakhan speaks to a lot of african-americans in terms of their beliefs as black peo...

Highlighting him at this black, i guess, coalition conference. why is he the keynote speaker and why does he represent, i guess it would seem a more mainstream view of how to get along and how to make it in society for african-americans? >> well, first i would say, laura, why not? it is their choice as an organization to bring in who they want to bring in as a speaker. and obviously the honorable minister louis farrakhan speaks to a lot of african-americans in terms of their beliefs as black peo...

Highlighting him at this black, i guess, coalition conference. why is he the keynote speaker and why does he represent, i guess it would seem a more mainstream view of how to get along and how to make it in society for african-americans? >> well, first i would say, laura, why not? it is their choice as an organization to bring in who they want to bring in as a speaker. and obviously the honorable minister louis farrakhan speaks to a lot of african-americans in terms of their beliefs as black peo...

Faith as a cult. that is mainstream view that mormon system a cult. they ought to embrace a christian over a non-christian. for his part here is how the former massachusetts governor reacted to that. >> poisonous language doesnt advance our cause. it never soften ad single heart and changed a single mind. blessings of faith carry responsibility of civil and respectful debate. bill: what does the pastor think. pastor jeffers from dallas, texas. good morning to you. >> good to be with you. >> mitt...

Submit this weekend afterward reporters, quote, there is a mainstream view that mormonism is a cult. megyn: now the pastor is answering questions about his comments. here he is on "americas newsroom" earlier this morning. >> a reporter asked me personally about my feelings about mormonism, and i said mormonism is not historical christianity, its been called a cult, and i stand by those comments. megyn: mitt romney not directly commenting but saying rhetoric like that doesnt help anyone out there...

This is no news. this has been a mainstream view of evangelicals. >> that was the pastor earlier today on "americas newsroom." that was softer language than when he said mormonism is a cult. even herman cain said about six weeks ago put this chum in the water and said evangelical christians couldnt support a mormon, not that there was anything wrong with being a mormon, just pointing out a fact. >> first of all, jeffers looks like an undertaker. that dude, i cant imagine he could give a great sp...

Historical christianity. it is a theological cult and i stand by those comments. and by the way --. bill: you dont take them, you dont take back the comments? i just want to be clear. >> i dont take them back at all. in fact, "usa today", this morning, cited a poll of 1,000 protestants pastors who agreed with my position. three out of four agreed with the position, that mormon system not christianity. mormons are not christians. this is no new news. that has been a mainstream view. bill: let me ...

Possibly organized to some extent by the perry campaign? pastor robert jeffers saying there is a mainstream view that mormonism is a cult. every following of christ ought to embrace a christian over a non-christian. mitt mommy not directly commenting on that but saying rhetoric like that dont help anybody trying to seek a job. >> in my remarks in introducing governor perry i never used the words cult or mitt romney. that came later when a reporter asked me about my feelings about mormonism. i sa...

generation of republicans in line. and president obama warns, and im quoting him now, we are almost out of time, urging all americans to keep the pressure on washington and bring this devastating crisis to an end. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." youre looking at a live picture right now of the house floor, where just a short time from now, we expect to see that critical vote on the gop debt plan. the vote was supposed to happen yesterday around this time, but was ab...