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Was asked that. however, earlier today, a romney campaign spokeswoman said that the emergency management response would include help from the federal government and fema. her response is a world away from the debate, where mitt romney said fema should be privatized. romney has a long history of flip-flopping and dodging questions on a number of important issues. he's refused to, let's see, give specifics on his budget and tax plan. he's refused to say if he supports the lily ledbetter fair pay act for women. he's refused to say if he would enter one-on-one nuclear talks with the iranians. he's...

Outrage from your party about this statement? >> i think there are so many statements made in the closing days of the campaign, nobody is paying attention to the comments. the race is very close, and i agree with governor dean, endorsements don't mean a whole lot. except in a case like this. where the race will be razor thin, the margin of victory may be razor thin. any endorsement is certainly helpful to mitt romney in iowa. >> this came in the very same week as richard mourdock's rape comment. and the list goes on. are you comfortable with where your party is headed? which direction it's goi...

Know it's bad when governor haley barbour calls and then senator john mccain. he single handedly exposed the issue in the are republican party on the issue of abortion. last night he broke with the governor saying he would not support mourdock unless he offers an apology for the rape comment. but by this morning it was all forgotten. senator mccain emerged to reverse himself, saying that he was, quote, glad that mr. mourdock apologized and he hopes the people of indiana will elect mr. mourdock to the u.s. senate. a year ago he was asked about a personhood bill on mike huckabee's show. here's w...

But can it also go the other way? can a down ballot race swing the electorate so drastically that it helps either of the presidential candidates? if this is going to happen anywhere, it might be in missouri. that's where congressman todd akin, who infamously said in august that there is something called legitimate rape, is seeking to replace incumbent democrat claire mccaskill. as of friday mccaskill hilled a five point lead in the clear politics polling average, and in a debate thursday night both candidates ignored the legitimate rape comment in favor of trading blows centered around the pre...

Got worse. akin is, of course, the missouri senate candidate who six weeks ago set off a huge controversy with an absurd legitimate rape comment. now slate magazine uncovered video of the congressman giving a speech on the house floor from 2008. in it, he slams abortion doctors as terrorists, saying that they sometimes perform abortions on women who are, quote, actually not pregnant. how's that even possible? but listen to what else akin said about abortion? >> and yet just as slavery is fundamentally unamerican, so even more so, anything that violates the most fundamental right, the right to ...