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Bachmann look like a hippy. >> does this bring back this whole war on women narrative that's not repful to the republicans? >> of course it does. i have two words for todd akin. he is idiot-like. it does. it sends a message to the broader public and certainly independent voters in missouri that the republican running there is prehistoric. it brings up issues that republicans don't want to talk about right now. we want to talk about economic issues and not the issues that todd aakin keeps dragging back in. >> some folks came out for him in recent days saying the republican establishment needs t...

Republicans, so they don't have a choice now because he's in the race. they're trying to save him. this is a good example of what happens when you make the wrong bet in the primaries and elect the wrong people to represent your party in the primaries. >> always interesting to have you on the program. thank you so much. >> you bet. >> let's bring susan and perry back in. i want to play another piece of what claire mchaskell said this morning. >> watch the national republicans. they've all said it was unacceptable what he did, and i think scott brown and linda mcmahon and a lot of candidates out...

While none of us wanted to do it, if we were going to save our economy and save the world economy, it had to happen. he understood that. >> welcome back. that's house speaker john boehner's assessment of paul ryan. he said he's not a knuckle dragger. by pointing out he's not one of the knuckle draggers in his congress, he implies some are knuckle draggers. giving the anti-science stance some republican party members have taken, we can't disagree. above and beyond todd aakin saying women can't be impregnant natured by rape, there's more. exhibit a, global warming. new york congresswoman mare ye...

Conservative. he's got a very conservative voting record, but he's not a knuckle dragger. he understood that t.a.r.p., while none of us wanted to do it, if we were going to save our economy and save the world economy, it had to happen. he understood that. >> welcome back. that's house speaker john boehner's assessment of paul ryan. he said he's not a knuckle dragger. by pointing out he's not one of the knuckle draggers in his congress, he implies some are knuckle draggers. giving the anti-science stance some republican party members have taken, we can't disagree. above and beyond todd aakin sa...

Holding on to this seat for claire mccaskill is really going to be a long shot, if she got any sort of normal, reasonable candidate in the race, she didn't get a normal, reasonable candidate in the race, though. she got todd aakin. and this really harkens back to what happened in 2010. republicans were perfectly happy to ride the tea party wave, as long as it was providing them with momentum and energy to make gains in the 2010 midterm elections. but even then, it wasn't without a cost, as we recall, sharron angle, ken buck, et cetera. but when you let your party be taken over by nut jobs, ess...