Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120827:20:07:00
But, john, doesn't romney's approach reveal his own fundamental problem here. that he's essentially torn between two ambitions. he needs to convince his base that he's severely conservative, but at the same time, he needs to convince swing voters that he's not an extremist, with views like those, for example, held by todd akin. the result is a man who's literally torn two ways in his personality. >> well, "legitimate rape" does turn away -- the phrasing, "legitimate rape," is extreme and it turns away a lot of people who might think that he might be moderate. but when you have, as karen was sa...