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Obama and didn't because they felt the party was too far right. mitch daniel, jeb bush and chris christie. all three of them looked at what was going on at the end of 2011 and said, really, do i want to get in the middle of a fight with guys like herman cain and possibly sarah palin? am i really going to engage in that type of debate? so it's not just the people we had out there, arianna, that really just shattered the republican brand at the primary process, it's the strong leaders that stayed away because of their fear of being dragged down into a mud pit. >> also those we don't know about, ...

Congress, do you think we'd be debating contraception? i don't think so. i think we'd be talking about the economy, about the best way to get more women into small businesses and other small businesses. the best way to increase our manufacturing, increase entrepreneurialism and innovation. i think women's voices are very fundamental to this election. >> let's remember the backdrop of this as well, congresswoman bachmann. here are the latest polling numbers. the president has a big advantage on the numbers. but i want to ask you this question, because frankly, to me, it often seems condescendin...

It was reminiscent of 1992, on the campaign trail, hillary clinton saying this. >> you know, i suppose i could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what i decided to do was fulfill my profession, which i entered before my husband was in public life. >> is this the conversation that we're going to have again in the course of this campaign? >> i don't think so. but i think women's voices are going to be so important in this election. this is an election where i believe that women have to be heard. and you know, one of the reasons i started my campaign off the sideline is to ask a...

To fulfill my profession which i had before i was in public life. >> women's choices are going to be so important in this election. this is an election where i believe that women have to be heard. a lot of younger women aren't voting, we want to make sure younger women are voting. making sure women are holding elected leaders accountable. but in politics today, women don't have a strong enough voice. we only have 17% women in congress. we only have six governors. i like to joke with my friends, if we had 61 women in congress, i don't think we would be debating contraception. we need to be thin...

Student who he talked about on his radio show this past week. we know that the president called the young woman and offered her support. we also know that the president is now booked to give the commencement address at barnard, a women's college. how do you think this all of these social issues contraception and the like is going to play out in the general election no matter who the nominee is? >> well, i think it is a disaster for republicans frankly. the fact that we are sitting here in 2012 debating contraception. i mean this isn't even abortion we are talking about. we are talking about co...