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Conversation is going to make its way to the stump here anytime soon, but they may be forced to because of the climate out there right now to answer from time to time. >> headlines and what's at stake. thank you very much. let me bring in our panel for today. nationally syndicated radio talk show host michael smerconish it, jonathan coledgeio, american crossroads and nia henderson "washington post." jonathan, your super pac linked to karl rove. it was monday, i believe, that joe scarborough said listen, karl rove and the other heavyweights of this party will have to get out front and show this...

Whole tea party movement, the gads zen flags and so for the, not a whiff of conversation about social issues. regardless of what happens with acondition kin and his individual candidacy, that would not be the situation. take a look no further ahead than monday in what would have been a sleeper when the gop convention adopts its platform, rest assured we'll be having this conversation on monday and beyond regardless of akin. >> the republicans would like to talk about the economy and obviously, the issues facing there as if democrats don't want to talk about that or even independents. set that ...

And charlie summers. as a husband and a father, i found representative akin's comments shockingly offensive. he should resign effective immediately. and the party apparatus came crashing down on akin's head. first karl rove's group. they had a new round of ads scheduled to start wednesday. they announced they're pulling the buy for good. senator john kor anyone announced that nrsc would also pull their support. over the next 24 hours congressman akin should consider what is best for him, his family, the republican party and the values that he has fought for throughout his career. then he went ...

Focus less on exactly what the statement was which is very problematic and look more at the record of representative akin and also at the records of representative ryan and former governor romney because this is not an isolated statement. we know that representative akin as well as ryan co-sponsored a bill that would have limited which cases of rape qualified for federal abortion funding and that they put forward and voted for bills that would eliminate the right to abortion in all cases. so this is not out of line with their entire record >> you're referring of course to this controversy bill...

The number one, 100% of the time, there's no -- that would be silly, and, frankly, that's not what i think governor romney looked for both in terms of paul ryan and the people that surround themselves in an administration. will he surround himself with people who are serious about tackling the problems that the country faces, will bring a variety of solutions to the table, and want to get the job done. so i think that's what you are going to hear us focussing on, and we look forward to a great convention starting next week in tampa. >> it's certainly not the attention that the ticket wants rig...