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He's not going to fight these people. and furthermore, who would be his allies? who are the people in that party who are going to stand up for women's rights? this is a party where in the senate, the entire republican caucus voted for the fluke -- what was it called, the flake amendment? the blunt amendment, excuse me, the blunt amendment, which allowed employers to sort of basically stop any kind of health care coverage that dealt with women's issues. it wasn't framed that way. the only one to vote against it was olympia snowe who is leaving the senate. so there's no there there for people wh...

The republican incumbent. >> 12 years after the john ashcroft versus a person who is no longer among us race, the good and great state of missouri is once again facing a bit of a ballot problem. if you think it's complicated when one of the candidates dies, look at what they're dealing with this year. congressman todd akin was just picked up by republican voters in missouri to be their senate nominee, to challenge the sitting democratic u.s. senator claire mccaskill. yesterday, todd akin doused his political career, lit a match, and you know the rest. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female b...

Showing he is one point ahead of the candidate. could akin actually win this thing? >> i think absolutely not. what i would like to offer, thomas, is the political analysis. mitt romney has a problem on his hands as long as the native continues that the republican party, which is mostly white and male has declared war on women. how do you come out of forceable rape and non-forceable rape and date rape? the president has a 15-point lead on the gender gap. i think mitt romney was tepid yesterday in the denouncing of akin. he said it was reprehensible. he needed to stand up like the leader of the...

Old, that would be a legitimate question. he's not. he's like 42. >> to quote "animal house", the republicans should be asking themselves "what the hell we supposed to do, you morons," because that's how we're acting. can i ask you a question there, joe? >> no, you can't. >> the republican party -- >> it was 2011. a long time ago. a long time ago. back in the distant past. >> president obama yesterday stopped by the briefing room making a rare and unannounced appearance to take questions of the press corps. this is what our president said. >> the views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. a...

For most women rape is rape. i'm sure -- >> the plit clal problematic thing for ryan was they co-sponsored a bill that tried to make a distinction between two different kinds of rape. >> what year was that? >> i don't know. >> it was a while back, right? >> come on, joe, don't. >> i'm asking a legitimate question, mika, just relax! >> people at the table right now will tell you you don't want to go there. >> i don't want to know what year this bill was sponsored? >> no. >> i'm asking what year the bill was sponsored. when did the jets win the super bowl? can i ask that question? when did the g...