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Medicare, it is all in the balance if we can't pay our bills, we can't just keep printing money. so the picture, i think what you are looking at, so called riots, is the tip of the iceburg. >>neil: but did it start with contraception debate and whether catholic and religious institutions would have to provide the services and citizen it to gay marriage, that catholics feel underfire with a bishop would said not too long ago that's the way he felt. what about you? >>guest: well, it is not a matter of feeling. there is a coalescing of intrusion on rights. feelings are not in question here. it is...

>> this is serious business for the middle class, for the families of this country, for the working women and for working families that count on two incomes. and sometimes one income from a woman. and it is very serious. you know, and what is $11,000 to a coke brother or to mitt romney in his category? it's not much. but for the average family, it is a lot. you laid out what they can do with that. it's not only a question of fairness and justice, it's a question of making sure that our families can afford to do the things they want to do for their kids and it's a key issue. but you know, you l...

Women dipping by 7% over that same period. still the president, we should point out leads the governor among women overall by 11%. what is going on here? marjorie clifton, former consultant to the obama campaign and principle at clifton consulting. angela mcglowan is a fox news political analyst. marjorie, why do you think the president's favorability rating among women has been slipping? >> well i think with all polls you have to look at things over time and not just in a snapshot. what are the trends over time? we've seen obama has taken the lead but what attributes bump. i looked back in ap...

Issue. this is more of an evening out. what we've seen is that the birth control issue alone is not something that is going to hold over time. but it's something that did give him that boost, that snapshot shot in time. jon: angela, is that why republicans have pointed out it is not necessarily a birth control issue but a rights and responsibilities issue, a freedoms issue? >> it is a freedoms issue. reproductive rights is not the only thing women care about. i have to disagree the fact is women care about jobs. women care about the economy. and unfortunately this administration campaign used ...

Not right. that aegs not catholic. that's not christian. that's not religious. and it's not american. the bishops are adamant on that. >> you've been very outspoken against the obama administration's health care mandate, requiring employers to pay for birth control. >> you're right, i have been outspoken in this whole situation. we bishops have tried our best to make sure that we keep the conversation elevated to one of religious freedom. a particular part of that is the mandate to cover contraceptives. and what we find particularly odious, chris, would be what we would say would be an intrusi...