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The president of the family research counsel action pac, connie mackey said today, "todd 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 msnbc's steve kornacki and karen finney. karen finney, paul ryan is desperately trying to flip-flop today on his position and his history on abortion. is it even possible, instantaneously, in one day, to suddenly flip over to what is the new romney campaign position of, oh, okay, abortion in the case of rape cases, that's okay w...

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 msnbc's steve kornacki and karen finney. karen finney, paul ryan is desperately trying to flip-flop today on his position and his history on abortion. is it even possible, instantaneously, in one day, to suddenly flip over to what is the new romney c...

She was criticized in june for her announcement that she would not be attending the democratic convention this year. she said then that she never goes to the convention in the middle of her own campaigns. she didn't go to the convention in 2004 when she was running for governor in missouri, but some democrats still criticized her for distancing herself from president obama by not attending his re-election convention, and despite her insistence that she was not trying to distance herself from the president, i think there's not much room for doubt that that is one of the reasons she won't be att...

Much more, was the utter powerlessness of being in the minority party in the senate when the democrats got wiped out in the congressional elections of 1994. claire mccaskill is, in what is now considered the moderate wing of the democratic party. she was criticized in june for her announcement that she would not be attending the democratic convention this year. she said then that she never goes to the convention in the middle of her own campaigns. she didn't go to the convention in 2004 when she was running for governor in missouri, but some democrats still criticized her for distancing hersel...

>> the republican party now has a todd akin problem. >> with incendiary comments about rape and abortion. >> so-called legitimate rain. >> legitimate rape. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut this thing down. >> this caveman view of the sexes. >> his views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. >> this created a huge problem for the romney campaign. >> paul ryan is being forced to defend his own record. >> there is no daylight between paul ryan's views and todd akin's views. >> last year paul ryan -- >> this personhood amendment. >> no taxpayer funding for...