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>>trace: the g.o.p. has spent the week mired in social issues trying to distance themselves from the controversial comments from missouri senate candidate todd akin. governor romney and running mate paul ryan have called on akin to drop out after he said in an interview that women's bodies can and i quote, "shut down a pregnancy from legitimate rape." akin said hement spoke but every big name in the republican party slammed the remarks as offensive and wrong. still, democrats have tried to bring the controversy back to the republican ticket with obama campaign sending owe this e-mail, mitt rom...

Way to the u.s. open tennis for killing her 80 year old husband in april with a coffee mug. she told police in los angeles it was not murder he had fallen down the stairs. congressman to akin defying the republican pressure for dropping out of the race in missouri. several prominent republicans called on akin to step down after he made conroversial comments about rape. akin said he feels like he can win. akin hoping to win could control which party controls the senate. graffiti on upon roof of the tampa building one block where the republican national convention will be. >> there is a small pe...

He believes abortion should only be used to save a mother's life. not in cases of rape or incest. on monday, romney took a harsher turn. in an interview, he said this. >> comments about rape were deeply offensive and i can't defend what he said. i can't defend him. >> do you think for the benefit of the party, sir, he should drop out? >> he should consider what's in the best interest of the things he believes most deeply. what will help the country at this critical time. >> i guess he believes in evolution because rush limbaugh joined the chorus of the criticism of akin and shortly after limba...

Clothes off. next, remember when bush's running mate dan quyale made this spelling blunder during the '92 campaign? >> spell that again now. >> there you go. >> it's bad enough he can't spell. he made the kid misspell it. potato with an "e." ben quyale is is running for re-election in arizona and an anti quyale super pac has put up an ad. with a moved to that gaffe of the candidate's father. >> how do you spell lightweight? >> throughout the nation is spending well over 14.5 trillion a year. >> off by a trillion. >> government in america is today spending well over 14.5 trillion.

Hitting mitt romney on his tax returns. plus, echoes of 1994 have ted kennedy's tactics to defeat mitt romney have influenced mitt romney this time around? >> good morning, from new york, it's tuesday, august 21st, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. this morning an issue where president obama and mitt romney are hesitant to go. their religion. they both gave interviews on the roles religion plays in their lives with the national cathedral magazine. we have the very first look at those interviews. but first, let's get to the first reads of the morning. the clock is ticking. th...