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Tv" and is the d.c. bureau chief for the comcast network. good morning, good to see you, robert. >> good morning. good to see you, alex. >> huckabee is clearly the favorite among conservative republicans and that's of course the key to winning the nomination, most would suggest. so why is he engaging in this? is it just to sell books? because doesn't it hurt him politically in the long run? i mean, nomination aside, that's going to be a hard stance to try to appeal to in the center of the country and we all know an election's won in that middle 10% or so. >> you're exactly right, alex. but two...

We're talking about a place that has seen 70 tornados in the last 60 years. this parish alone averages more than one tornado every single year. alex? >> so frightening to have that to look forward to or not every year. thank you, eric fisher. more fallout from mike huckabee's recent comments about pregnancy out of wedlock. let's listen to what sparked the controversy. >> one of the things that's troubling is that people see a natalie portman or some other hollywood starlet who boast of hey, look, you know, we're having children, we're not married but we're having these children and they're d...

Hypocrite. they're wondering why he didn't single out, say, bristol palin's unwed motherhood. in fact, he called it shameful for the media to criticize palin saying -- the quote was, "we saw a mother who gave her unconditional love to her daughter. that embodies what christianity means. we all mess up. the issue i see, how we respond to it." >> well, alex, sounds like he probably has a little bit of amnesia there where perhaps intuitively he was backing governor palin, then governor palin and her daughter, but thus in the process very quickly forgot that he said those comments a few years ago ...

The center for the general election. so you know, governor huckabee, although his comments are a little bit jarring, they do speak to the base, no question about it. >> okay. now, he's defending himself in a way. let's listen to this. >> i understand something, that a lot of people who talk about this stuff don't. when you have unwed mothers, you have a high propensity toward lack of education, lack of the ability to get a job, and their children are going to live their entire lives in poverty. >> so huckabee's not really saying anything new here. is he digging himself deeper? >> well, remembe...

And with the new health care law, more good things are coming. >> all right, joining me now to discuss this again don baer a democrat and republican robert trainham. mayberrygate? >> come on, are they going to be upset if aunt bea and opie do something. the sheriff of mayberry is as mainstream as it comes, and if it helps people understand and be educated about what's going on, especially the age demographic because they remember andy from the show. >> is it still democratic talking points if it's become law? >> it's the law of the land, no question about it, but it's still obviously democrati...