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Men give more money than women to candidates in high-level statewide elections. Money can equal political influence, so that may lead candidates to be less interested in women’s issues once elected.

Thats good in getting this together. but if you look at this as a greater good, this really is not a republican or a democrat issue. this is health care. this is something that we should naturally want to come together and get it done. we should put party differences aside. both of us interweave something that everybody gets something out. nobody wants higher premiums. and right now people are looking at what the existing plan higher premiums coming down the pipe. and people cant afford it. so i...

Talked about him in a way that erased party differences. vice president joe biden was one of the many democrats there to pay tribute. >> it was never a man or woman, at least when i was with him, that he ever looked at and spoke with who he didnt treat with dignity. so many people in powerful positions begin to think that they -- they know so much better than ordinary people. it was never about pedigree. it was never about degree. he didnt look at people and yield to pedigree. he didnt yield to ...

I would support that. every liberal in america will fund you if you promise to do that. oh, please, brent bozel. but as the republican party continues to do this, or perhaps this, which is a process that is maybe inevitable after an election like i just went through, there was a moment in washington today, inside the u.s. capitol, that was a great reminder that there is another way to look at public service and the parties. and that there is a type of model of public service in modern american h...

Who of people who worked with him and competed with him and respected him over the course of his storied multidecade career in washington. and they eulogized him and talked about him in a way that erased party differences. vice president joe biden was one of the many democrats there to pay tribute. >> it was never a man or woman, at least when i was with him, that he ever looked at and spoke with who he didnt treat with dignity. so many people in powerful positions begin to think that they -- th...

out of puerto rico into -- as rick santorum heads into the next two primaries. somewhat the opposite for mitt romney trying to gain the upper hand. hes now in puerto rico, where santorum may have offended some spanish speaker, romney is courting them in their own language. jim a costa is in san juan. whats the latest from there, jim? >> reporter: candy, mitt romney is in puerto rico for a series of events. after rick santorums trip to this island, the trick is pretty simple. dont get l...

Madrid, in london are celebrating because they were attacked as well. they were seen as the enemy of this radical group of islamists. so we have to see this as a victory for the entire world and be able to connect it to whats going on in cairo and tunisia and elsewhere. if you make that connection, its much more likely well be successful going forward. president obama will visit ground zero on thursday. his visit is expected to include a tour of the grounds and a private meeting with the famil...