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Want it to be legal, and they want to it less necessary. so i think the thing thats incredible to me about the political debate were seeing now is that we are literally fighting over the issue of whether women should have access to birth control. thats whats extraordinary to me. this is the most -- i think the folks who are fighting against birth control, and obviously, you dont have to take birth control if you dont want to, thats certainly your choice, but the fact is, its not a social issue f...

How bad is it optically if scott walker is, in fact, recalled in terms of the dynamics of the 2012 race and the conversation about income inequality and labor unions? >> well, if you look at ohio and the vote that they had last fall, it just went overwhelmingly for the unions. and the republicans were like, okay. it was terrible. it was a big vote in favor of the unions. when you get police mad, when you get firefighters mad. >> teachers. >> when you get teachers mad, they get activated. and i t...

Little kerfuffle, a word i use too often, actually, in the 21st century, was over a passage in brewers book, "scorpions for breakfast," a compelling book title, and lets listen to what jan brewer said yesterday, explaining the confrontation on the tarmac. >> i wanted to be there to welcome him to come and see firsthand what arizona has done in regards to our economic recovery. he wanted to talk about the book. and i thought that he was pretty thin skinned. >> president obama thin skinned. s.e., ...

Like, youve got to do the electability thing. it is not what they want to hear in florida, which, by the way, was backing newt gingrich in polls from december all the way up to new hampshire. its a very conservative environment down there, anyway, and i think you have to go to his character if you want to defeat him, not just electability. >> thats the point. because the republican sort of groupology is very mixed. you have establishment republicans who have to think about strategy. thats electa...

Anyone going rogue on her behalf. >> s.e., well be waiting for that endorsement with bated breath. thats all for now. ill see you here tomorrow at noon eastern, joining the friday edition, nbcs luke russert, the sage of capitol hill, governor ed rendell, crossword aficionado, and televisions dynamic duo, martin bashir and dylan ratigan. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. hello, andrea. >> next on "andrea mitchell reports," the republican primary race rolls into with south carolina, and up next...

>> tip your waiters. >> newt gingrich and his super pacs are doing the heavy lifting already for obama. >> but you dont think this inoculates him? mitt romneys getting his shots now. when it times for barack obama to go after him in the general, hell be immune to this. >> only if he responds well. this is his moment. this has time to say, this is my asset, you know how to run the economy, im good at business, im going to fight these charges and fight them well and hone this message so well that ...

People who dont provide good services. but to go around and wrap your arms around the idea of firing people -- >> you cant be a successful man if you havent fired people. you cant have it both ways. >> i understand that, but i think theres a pain that this country is feeling. and on the one hand, the country wants it both ways, right? if theyre going to vote for mitt romney, its because hes a very capable businessman, but you dont want to hear the fact that might mean youre losing your job too. ...

>> s.e., to that point, i think theres something to be said for the fact that newt gingrich is launching this attack against romney, certainly his attacks against romney at bain -- >> another terrible idea. >> i think theres a flip side, though. >> which hes walking back. >> i think there are some on the right who have sort of been sitting on their hands as far as mitt romney and see romney getting attack for basically conservative principles, and are now -- >> for capitalism. >> yes. and are no...

With the line of the century, cut the pias bologna. were going to come back to you in the next hour. so will, s.e. and mo, thank you. >> thanks. >> thank you. >> it is 40 minutes past the hour here. a woman cheats death after her bungee cord snaps. >> this is the creepiest video. >> you have seen it? >> incredible. take a look at this. unreal. yep, there it goes. oh, my gosh. so it happened in zimbabwe. it snapped about 30 yards over the water. crocodile invested waters. and she was dragged down...

Convincing exit out of new hampshire and into south carolina, then hes done. he is almost sought of money. so its sort of now or never for jon huntsman. >> all right. mo, s.e., john, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks. you can stay with cnn for the best political coverage on television at 7:00 eastern. brand new poll numbers on the new hampshire race. and 7:30 eastern on "starting point," soledad obrien will be joined by kentucky senator rand paul. theres that fabulous u-2 music ...