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Majority of americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, even as some states are moving successfully to limit access. i'm joined by kate michaelman, former head of the national abortions right action league, pro-choice america. good to see you. good morning. >> good morning. good to see you, too. >> what do you think is behind this shift in attitudes? >> well, i think, you know, i think we have to put our discussion in the context of president obama's extraordinary inaugural address yesterday, where he paid homage to the history of this country investing in equal rights and...

Of a woman's right to decide. so i think that women -- and we've known in the past that this kind of issue can really swing women's votes. especially pro choice republican women, independent women. they don't want an extremist like this whose plans and programs and policies are adamantly anti-woman, anti-women's health. everything about ryan's program is anti-woman. so i think it will -- reaching women in the suburbs, reaching independent women, reaching young women, i think it will have a real resonance. it will have an effect on their voting patterns. >> i couldn't have said that better. tha...

Kate michaelman. and maggie, i'm wishing we had more time. i think this is the last thing the republican ticket wants to be talking about. they've got a time bomb here. thought they were going to just talk about economy and budget. they have created a real frankenstein's monster with this guy supporting personhood and criminality. thank you for coming on. up next, a double scoop of embarrassment for the president and first lady. that's next. this is "hardball," the place for politics. we're a little early for this thing... want to hop in the back and get weird? no.

This is adjudicated by shows like this and on serious websites and newspapers, the guy's dead, not just because in the republican party, you have to be pro-life, you can't sound like kate michaelman, but because he's showing a lack of consistency on a range of issues. that, so far, though, is not where herman cain's campaign status is being adjudicated. it's being adjudicated out with crowds who love him. and so far, don't seem bothered by his inconsistencies. this one may change it, but i don't think so. >> well, let's see what the pro-life crowds, which is most of the religious right. here h...

>> look, chris, if this -- if this is adjudicated by shows like and on serious websites and newspapers, the guy's dead, not just because in the republican party, you have to be pro-life, you can't sound like kate michaelman, but because he's showing a lack of consistency on a range of issues. that, so far, though, is not where herman cain's campaign status is being adjudicated. it's being adjudicated out with crowds who love him. and so far, don't seem bothered by his inconsistencies. this one may change it, but i don't think so. >> well, let's see what the pro-life crowds, which is most of th...