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Look who is at the top of the ticket, and, mitt romney, he has we involved as many americans. if they want do have this conversation going into their convention you have to look at what is in their platform and what the president wants to do in the second term and what he is committed to doing regarding partial-birth abortion. you have republican female senators who consider them sells pro choice who are against partial-birth abortion. if they want to talk about that when the president is so far...

Opposed by the ticket, by everyone elsing and, particularly, some of the ways he did phrase it. if you want to have the discussion, you have to look at both sides. you have to look at what is in the d platform. you can thank you -- look at u.n. what the republicans are doing. we have people all over the board on this. the democrats have a problem with the partial-birth abortion stand and what the president will do in a second term. >>trace: sherry, great to see you. thank you. the suspect in las...

Akin had "somehow missed science class." democrats are not the only ones cashing in. congressman akin, today, reports taking in more than $100,000 from donors since he made the remarks which is no small amount for a candidate who was unknown a week ago. now, as the romney campaign tries to return the focus, have the gists question what this firestorm could mean going forward. with us now is g.o.p. consultant. sherry, you look at this, clearly, mitt romney and paul ryan have both adamantly condem...

Sent to believe doing what the obama campaign wants and said coverage of the 2008 campaign was, "extreme bias, extreme pro-obama coverage." bret? >> bret: jim, thank you. how do you think the media impacts the presidential election? let me know on twitter. you can follow me. @bretbaier. todd akin says he has taken in more than $100,000 from online fundraising in hisnate race. online fundraising drive. akin is not dropping out, despite republican party leaders forcefully urging him to do so ove...

The plea of every party leader, including paul ryan, who spoke to akin by telephone last night. i will keep it between us, but i agree with the missouri delegation that he should drop out. >> his defiance has an impact on the upcoming conventions, both of them he has exposed as a result neitherribilities in -- exposed vulnerabilities on the platform making no exceptions for rape and incest. democrats have shuffled the lineup to include the likes of the president of naral, and the head planned pa...

Democrats are tying the romney/ryan ticket to akin. it approved the abortion amendment in its platform. it is essentially the same as the last two election cycles. rncs abortion amendment doesnt mention exceptions. yesterday, democrats started calling it the akin amendment. rob, paula. >> important distinction. party platform does not make exceptions for rape or incest. governor romney personally feels that way, said his administration would support legal abortions in those cases. important dist...

On his friend, todd akin today, but congressman akin still has some supporters. the president of the family research counsel action pac, connie mackey said today, qu"to akin is getting a very bad break here. we support him fully and completely." paul ryan is scheduled to speak to that group next month at the value voters summit. joining me now are msnbcs steve kornacki and karen finney. karen finney, paul ryan is desperately trying to flip-flop today on his position and his history on abortion. ...

About the akin/ryan proposal, that the vice presidential nominee is tied directly to this, days before the republican convention, would seem to be an issue. i want to draw everyones attention to comments made by obama strategist david axelrod to the huffington post, talking precisely about this. david axelrod said when you look at who akins partner was, what was on all the anti-choice legislation it was paul ryan. when you look at the legislation that would limit a womans right to choose, even f...

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