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>> this morning house budget chair paul ryan is previewing his blue p print via the "wall street journal". it calls for no new taxes and scales back spending increases to 3.4% a year instead of the current rate of 5%. that would bring savings of 4.6 trillion over the next decade. the plan, similar to the one that the house passed last year would open up u.s. land for petroleum exploration. repeal the presidents health care plan, reduce welfare spending and fundamentally change the tax code to ju...

Paul ryan who said, rape is a method of conception. can you imagine? then he had akin, so he spoke out against akin, but now hes cut a commercial for mourdock who somehow got god into a rape situation. this is the moment of truth. to you remember when i was talking about a war against women last year? >> i do. >> and people said, well, what is that about? and i laid it out. and now i think it is coming to fruition where everyone sees it. and i think mitt romney is in deep trouble. he said hed be...

Ed, you cant be multiple choice. a long time ago he said he was for a woman os right to choose. then hes against it. now he accepts this platform that makes women criminals and doctors criminals. and he is backing mourdock at this point and he picked paul ryan. lets not forget, paul ryan who wanted to make forms of birth control illegal. >> yeah. >> so i dont need to hear more from him, ed. i know this guy has nothing in his heart that indicates to me he stands with women. so whatever he says yo...

Now he accepts this platform that makes women criminals and doctors criminals. and he is backing mourdock at this point and he picked paul ryan. lets not forget, paul ryan who wanted to make forms of birth control illegal. >> yeah. >> so i dont need to hear more from him, ed. i know this guy has nothing in his heart that indicates to me he stands with women. so whatever he says you cant believe it anyway. >> senator -- >> you know, you cant just believe it. >> exactly. do you agree with presiden...

And when you have a republican nominee who didnt lift a finger to change the republican platform, that says abortion will be criminal, and no exception for rape, no exception for incest. look, i want to just say one thing about the issue of rape. i dont know if you saw congresswoman gwen moore. she was on one of the shows. i believe it was -- i dont remember whose it was. it was on msnbc. i think it was chris. she talked about how she was a victim of rape and how you have post traumatic stress a...

I think the consistency im talking about, akins comments were reprehensible. mourdocks comments i can understand that from being pro-life. romney said, i dont agree with them and we need to move on. >> heres the problem -- >> wait a minute, were talking about defending the party platform right now. thats what romney is not doing. >> no, mourdock -- >> hes asked questions about it on the campaign trail and doesnt respond. >> ed, this is mourdocks comments do not represent the republican party. th...

Barbara boxer of california. senator, great to have you with us on this very important issue. and this issue continues to steam roll across the country. the latest numbers out show in the swing states that 39% of women in the swing states now say that abortion is the number one issue. senator, what does this mean? >> well, let me just say right now, this is the moment of truth for mitt romney and i think all of america, men and women, will see, all of us will see, that hes been tap dancing aroun...

>> heres the problem -- >> wait a minute, were talking about defending the party platform right now. thats what romney is not doing. >> no, mourdock -- >> hes asked questions about it on the campaign trail and doesnt respond. >> ed, this is mourdocks comments do not represent the republican party. the republican platform. that is one individual -- >> they do. >> no, hes pro-life. >> okay. hes pro-life. but paul ryan has stated it doesnt matter what caused the conception. >> no. paul ryan and mit...

Platform, that says abortion will be criminal, and no exception for rape, no exception for incest. look, i want to just say one thing about the issue of rape. i dont know if you saw congresswoman gwen moore. she was on one of the shows. i believe it was -- i dont remember whose it was. it was on msnbc. i think it was chris. she talked about how she was a victim of rape and how you have post traumatic stress and it scars you for life. rape is a heinous crime. in many states, ed, half the states, ...

You know, its -- theres so many issues out there. but who picks the next supreme court justices, that is so important. and when you have a republican nominee who didnt lift a finger to change the republican platform, that says abortion will be criminal, and no exception for rape, no exception for incest. look, i want to just say one thing about the issue of rape. i dont know if you saw congresswoman gwen moore. she was on one of the shows. i believe it was -- i dont remember whose it was. it was...