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Honestly, i don't think that either party wanted this to be the center of the fight this year, but republicans put these issues at the center of their policy agenda in the states. and in congress for the last two years, and then they picked a guy to be their vice presidential nominee who is one of the party's true hard liners on these issues. so, i don't think democrats particularly wanted to run on abortion rights and defending access to contraception, i mean, i dont think this administration is afraid of it. they have been better on it than most democrats have been, but you can see when they...

Control, except for that, nobody is proposing to deny boirirth control to anybody. now that he's trying to become vice president, he does not want you to remember his record on birth control or abortion, and honestly, i don't think that either party wanted this to be the center of the fight this year, but republicans put these issues at the center of their policy agenda in the states. and in congress for the last twro years, and then they picked a guy to be their vice presidential nominee who is one of the party's true hard liners on these issues. so, i don't think democrats particularly wante...

Give birth against their will, mr. romney would not include rape victims in that, but it is a weird answer, though, right? his answer is essentially, you know, he is running for president, not me. paul ryan's argument there, as a candidate for vice president, is i realize my position sounds a little crazy, but don't worry about that. i'm only trying to be vice president. and what are the chances that a vice president will ever be president? don't worry about my policies, i'm just some guy. see, this kind of thing is why this story is not going away. it's not going away in politics and it's not...

It's not the left. it's not democrats who are trying to keep mitt romney off the ballot. the challenge to mr. romney in washington state is actually coming from the right. and here's why. or at least, here's how. in 2010, when democratic u.s. senator patty murray won re-election in washington, her republican opponent was a guy who looks like rick lazio there, but isn't. dino rossi. technically, though, the republican party of washington never actually nominated dino rossi to be their nominee. republicans didn't actually nominate anyone for the senate race that year. and that's because, essenti...

Characterize todd akin in that way. todd akin himself has been citing somebody by name and explaining where he came up with this clockockamamy theory that body when raped can distinguish that the sperm in question is from a rapist and should be rejected as opposed to other sperm. he cited an anti-abortion doctor named john wilkke. think progress posted audio from a conservative talk show interview with todd akin in which he repeatedly references this dr. wilkke by name. >> you know, dr. wilke has released a statement and part of his letter, i think he really stated it clearly. >> who is dr. wi...