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Are womens issues. another issue is health care. we seem to be going backward instead of forward. all issues i set forth will be important to women voters, period. >> michelle goldberg, on the heels of that, let me point out some of the economic positions mitt romney has embraced might hurt him with women. bloomberg news point out that the paul ryan budget, for example, has major red flags for a lot of women. here are some examples. two-thirds of adult recipients, female. the plan would cut fund...

>> -- than by the very real threats to their livelihood that a romney presidency would present. that is so much more insulting to women voters that anything hilary rosen said. theres a reason that mitt romney has lost the womens vote in every general election that hes ever run. sometimes very substantially. he was creamed by ted kennedy in 1994. and its because when women get a look at his economic policies, because social issues werent really an issue in those earlier races because he was still...

Do you think that the trayvon martin case is going to cause a re-examination, a serious re-examination of stand your ground if those states across the country that now have it on their books? >> i hope so. mayor bloomberg has called to are that. its interesting on the stand your ground legislation. every police group in pennsylvania and the pennsylvania district attorneys association, made up of 50 republican d.a.s and 17 democratic d.a.s all urged me to veto it. why dont we listen to law enforc...

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> lost in the firestorm where the deeper issues that many female voters care about. mitt romney still has a lot of grounded to go to make up after the bruising primary that only hurt his image among women. michelle bernard is the president of the bernard center for women, politics and public policy. michelle goldberg is a contributing write for "newsweek" and the daily beast. this issue is so hot that the romney team tried to keep the controversy surrounding hilary r...

Gun rights groups supported. and he also supported the ban on assault rifle ban and supported the brady gun law. here is what he said. >> my position on guns is the position i have had for a long, long time, and that is position is that i dont line up 100% with the nra. i dont see eye to eye with the nra in every issue. >> and then of course, there was this description by governor romney of his hunting issue. lets watch. >> im not a big game hunter, ive made it very clear, ive always been a rode...

By the way, to all dads that are working. we love all of you. you know, i often think that youre only as a parent as happy as your saddest child, and you never ever stop being a parent. >> michelle bernard, what is the legitimate issue in all of this. clearly hilary rosen should nef have said that ann romney never worked a day in her life, and what the legitimate issue? >> well, the legitimate policy issues are should mitt romney be elected president of the united states and what policies will h...

Issue what the president is about to do. the president does not know if he is getting a second turn so if he were the manchurian candidate to be prepared to do evil things, wouldnt he do them now, and not wait for a potential second term? >> well, the good question and the real battle is in the courts. if you look at the appointmens s of barack obama appointed to the federal courts you cannot find one person who supports gun rights, and that is the problem. >> i support ed rendell and alan gottl...

The romney team and conservatives in general this week. hilary rosen kicked up a storm this week about her comments about ann romney and by thursday everybody from the president to the first lady to the vice president had responded and distanced themselves from her comments. stephen colbert had some fun with the faux outrage from the right. >> full disclosure, i have a personal stake in this issue, because i have a mom, my mom. which makes me half mom of my moms side. and these remarks infuriate...

Dismissive that a pundit on cnn said, than by the very real threats to their livelihood that a romney presidency would present is so much more insulting to women voters than anything that hilary rosen said. theres a reason that mitt romney has lost the womens vote in every general election that he has ever run, and sometimes substantially. he was creamed by ted kennedy in 1994, and it is because when women get a look at his economic policies, because the social issues werent an issue in the earl...

Zimmerman a reason why he wouldnt take it. and in between then we had another set of lawyers. so the judge disclosed it herself. she went ahead and disclosed the potential for the appearance of conflict and now shes leaving it up to the attorney what he wants to do. he could actually file a motion to have her removed and have her replaced with another judge. >> a week from today seems like it will be a significant date in the chronology of this case because thats when o mara will try to have zim...