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the way back to his teenage years, that got the headlines. it is todays front page, "the washington post." romneys pranks could go too far. an article that paints a young mitt romney as remembered by his classmates as something of a bully. romney was asked about it in north carolina today. >> well, i think i was one who did some stupid things in high school, and if anyone feels that they were offended by that, i certainly apologize for that. >> well, the stupid thing in question, the o...

>> well, i think i was one who did some stupid things in high school, and if anyone feels that they were offended by that, i certainly apologize for that. >> well, the stupid thing in question, the one getting all the attention, concerns a student at the michigan prep school romney attended. a student named john lauber who was reportedly relentlessly teased for his presumed homosexuality and for having long bleach blond hair. five of romneys classmates told "the washington post" what t...

And so he makes this announcement today. how do you think its playing? >> bob: first, im incredibly proud of the president today. he made a very difficult political call. i think in the end, a lot of people think it will hurt him. i dont think it will. people who are against gay marriage as a voting issue are a bunch, generally very conservative, tea party type of people. >> greg: cmon! >> bob: wait. >> greg: tea party people. that never came up at a tea party event. >> bob: like tea party peopl...

We talked about the meaning of it and his decision to announce this. the timing was interesting and it seems to be, chris, prompted by a statement by joe biden. >> you have got to love joe biden. willy brown said it best. the prots job is to take the country with him. george pataki said you cant get so far ahead of the parade you dont hear the music. i think when bind and other members of the cabinet came out and said this is the way the country is moving. i think he felt comfortable that this i...

With the charade. and so he makes this announcement today. how do you think its playing? >> bob: first, im incredibly proud of the president today. he made a very difficult political call. i think in the end, a lot of people think it will hurt him. i dont think it will. people who are against gay marriage as a voting issue are a bunch, generally very conservative, tea party type of people. >> greg: cmon! >> bob: wait. >> greg: tea party people. that never came up at a tea party event. >> bob: li...

Opening and the gates are opening of wolves coming out for this. the karl roves, the people who will use this against the president in states like north carolina and in pennsylvania and they will use it, they will use it at the pulpit and make it a religious issue and use it to go to communities black and white and working class whites and evangelical black americans and they will go to them at the pull approximate it and use everything they can to exploit this. this is a very, well, a shatterin...

I think politics of it are very good frankly for obama in targeted states. now where he is going to come down im not sure but in the end he will be for it. bill: you say the political issue is vastly overrated. >> i think it is vastly overrated. bill: that is what you just said. >> vastly overrated republicans think they have voting issue. what they have a real rom, stop to think about it, mitt romney said when he was running for senate against ted kennedy im farther to the left on gay rights th...

That is constitutional, either they take that piece out and go through it piece by piece, or the whole thing is gone. but they cant say this part is unconstitutional, but because of of -- because the rest of the law cant stand without it, we are going to go. it is irrelevant. >> it is like make it a sandwich with just a little piece of [bleep] in it. >> i will be fine. >> eat around it. no, you dont eat around it. >> you ate the one i gave you earlier today. >> you thought it was delicious. >> i...

>> 60%. in 2008, president obama won the womans vote by 13 points. in 2010, there was potential. if it sticks until november its possible it could be important voting issue. women like men are worried about jobs. women lost more jobs in the recession. i dont know if this is the top issue for them. >> the economy was 68%. now is general election. >> we have four candidates rising to the republican nomination.

>> andrea: they tried to get the budget passed, they said its war on women. pelosi has already come out to say he is believes birth control is stimulative because its population control. the broader issue, bigger issue is liberals intolerance of things. they believe its better for government to decide what you should have. >> bob: can i say something? >> eric: yeah. >> bob: thank you. do we have a poll among catholic voters on this issue? among catholics now, asking whether they support presiden...