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If michigan voters are making a choice. >> but is it fair? is it going to be a real tally, or is it going to be a lip mated result? were talking about a party, ever since barack obama has came into office, has monkey wrenched the country. gone out of its way to impede any possibility of a real recovery in a crass, cynical strategy aimed at sticking the incumbent with the blaine. in every state thats in play, an equal cynical play, drop superpac money, torpedo the place with negative advertising....

To be middle class are poor or struggling to avoid poverty and he has to explain that there is a future, that we can invest in something that will ultimately put people back to work and raise wages. >> its a big task. that divide is a broad and very old one. up next, very unlady like behavior in michigan when the "v" word got thrown around on the statehouse floor. it got me thinking about what the other unlady like things we want to hear from our ladies in charge. up next. our cloud is not soft ...

Michigan. a deeply divided statehouse of representatives approved newxd restrictions on abortion services after a heated floor debate. a debate whose aftermath focused on one remark in particular. in fact, just one word. vagina, said out loud on the statehouse floor by representative lisa brown. she joins us from detroit, michigan. here at the table, michael thomomask tomasky, chloe angyal, peter goodman and keith boykin. thank you for joining us. so tell me a little bit about the response that ...

Anatomically correct terms to do some of thats why when we come back, we will speak with michigan rebel rouser herself lisa brown. shell be with us. [ female announcer ] did you know the average person smiles more than 50 times a day? so brighten your smile a healthy way with listerine® whitening plus restoring rinse. its the only rinse that makes your teeth two shades whiter and two times stronger. ♪ listerine® whitening... power to your mouth.

This battle over voter suppression, also happening in michigan. the new man is part of a voter i.d. requirement and restriction. well talk about restricting womens reproductive rights, silencing voices, keeping them from the polls, all thats happening in michigan right now. every communications provider is different

And not just from my constituents. people all across the country, ive heard from people in london. absolutely incredible. >> the remarks were prompted by a policy change, and i want to be really clear about that. possibly about what is going on in the issue of reproductive rights in michigan right now. >> well, there is a -- a push by right to life to restrict those rights and thats what this bill is about, and its part of a package of bills that were written by right to life, and the bill that ...

Thats how we cast our votes, and i would never presume to speak for all of them. and i think its pretty difficult. you can look at educational aat the same time attainment, but its difficult to look at the young white vote. >> up next what president obama needs to do to regain white voters, and he seems to be losing in the polls. whyñi michigan has a lot of buz this week. more than any other battleground buzz. dont go away. [ male announcer ] if you think any battery will do, consider this...

Me, you had constituents that were using you as their representative, to be a voice for them on the floor, and you were not allows to present their voices? >> not just my constituents, i had 10,000 postcards from peoe across the state of michigan that said i stant with planned parenthood, obviously, they ñ oppose the legislation, there were three banker boxes and i was going to use them in my floor speech and right when i was about to start, the republican floor leader ordered the sergeants ...

Saying, did she just say that? if you dont believe me, take a listen. > and, finally, mr. speaker, im flattered are you all so interested in my vagina, but no means no. >> thats right. she made a political argument, and while she did, she used the correct designation for her own anatomy. why did state representative brown dare mention her lady parts in the michigan legislature? on wednesday, michigan joined 24 other states, which have passed 100 provisions restricting action to abortions in the ...

Population. you cant continue to run the political party based on alienating a majority of the population. >> you know, that said, demographics are never a destiny. i like to point out, there is that story, the lesson from south africa. when you see the -- the political encroachment of the majority, all you have to do is so cripple government, just basically what we saw in south africa, selling off nationalized industries, they get privatized. as long as they maintain the powers and in the hands...