mitt romney can't be trusted. we have to draw the contrast now in about who is standing with women in this country and protecting their freedom and their privacy and who are those that will say one thing, say one thing but literally to get elected trump their own value system. >> why do you think there was a tipping point on this issue on the right? we've seen the strength of the anti-abortion movement wax and wane over time. we have seen the number of republicans that are willing to be pro-choice. something happened in 2010 where the number of anti-abortion restrictions in the states spiked. we're at that same level again, that same pace now this year even though it's an election year. we did see this collapse around the long standing republican consensus that there ought to be exemptions around rape and incest. why did this start happening so quickly? >> they ran on one thing and kind of did a bait and switch. you saw this cumulative effect of women seeing it. the american public said, enough. stop this. i think

and his praise for mitt romney and how america needs to get behind mitt romney and if these blood kurlding patriots don't get behind him they don't know what he's made of. i feel like hearing that ma ini me feel like it doesn't matter no what. >> the republican members of the house are now sending clear signals to romney that listen, we understand you got to pivot a little bit here but nothing fundamental. nothing on the paul ryan budget. nothing on taxes with the rich. nothing fundamental can you give up and expect us to go along with it. i look back at like dole in '96, bush in 2000. i look at candidates that had some suspicion along the base. they didn't face what romney is facing. >> because we need you on tv talking about that perspective, you're great. thanks a lot. >>> have you heard, republican congresswoman michele bachmann says republicans are for women's right to choose, which is new for michele bachmann and it's deeply, deeply confusing. and she's looking directly at your new lumia, thank you at&t. first, why don't you show her the curved edge... now move on to the slick naviga

and his praise for mitt romney and how america needs to get behind mitt romney and if these blood kurlding patriots don't get behind him they don't know what he's made of. i feel like hearing that makes me feel like it doesn't matter no what. >> the republican members of the house are now sending clear signals to romney that listen, we understand you got to pivot a little bit here but nothing fundamental. nothing on the paul ryan budget. nothing on taxes with the rich. nothing fundamental can you give up and expect us to go along with it. i look back at like dole in '96, bush in 2000. i look at candidates that had some suspicion along the base. they didn't face what romney is facing. >> because we need you on tv talking about that perspective, you're great. thanks a lot. >>> have you heard, republican congresswoman michele bachmann says republicans are for women's right to choose, which is new for michele bachmann and it's deeply, deeply confusing. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend a

mitt romney finally wins one. he finally finds his club. among men over the age of 50, mitt romney is the clear choice. an 11 point favorite. mitt romney over barack obama. he's losing every other age and gender demographic. when it comes to the older men, he's winning. there's one for him. one out of four. his advantage in his lone demographic cot goir is a little more than half mr. obama's advantage in the strongest of his winning three categories. romney's best among older men. his best is only half as good as obama's best. that's bad news for mr. romney. if only men were voting in the next election, if the race were being held a century ago, mr. romney would be delighted. in 2012, sadly for him women vote a lot. charlie cook spelling this out. mr. cook writing quote, given that women make up 51 to 52% of the electorate, when ever than lose women by men, they can skip ordering champagne on election night. it's great that they are winning among older machine and men overall because they are winning so much among older men just as they are

mitt romney can't be trusted. we have to draw the contrast now in about who is standing with women in this country and protecting their freedom and their privacy and who are those that will say one thing, say one thing but literally to get elected trump their own value system. >> why do you think there was a tipping point on this issue on the right? we've seen the strength of the anti-abortion movement wax and wane over time. we have seen the number of republicans that are willing to be pro-choice. something happened in 2010 where the number of anti-abortion restrictions in the states just absolutely spiked. we're at that same level again, that same pace now this year even though it's an election year. we did see this collapse around the longstanding republican consensus that there ought to be exemptions around rape and incest. why did this start happening so quickly in the last ten years? >> they ran on one thing and kind of did a bait and switch. you saw this cumulative effect of women seeing these attacks, whet

we still have no idea whether mitt romney supports that. would he have signed it if he was president? most republicans voted against it. what should we read into the fact that the surrogates that are talking on this issue themselves voted no on the fair pay act. mr. romney once the wisconsin primary embattled republican governor of wisconsin scott walker. not only does scott walker not support the equal pay for equal work concept, he did just repeal wisconsin state level version of the equal pay act. he repealed that law on the same day that he signed abortion rights in wisconsin. this is not hypothetical stuff. this is not about whether they are using approximate pc language, showing up with enough women around them or whether or not they are women themselves. this is policy. that's where the whole concept of the republican war on women and subsequent problem with women in the polls has come from and not recognizing that, not recognizing that it's substantive, it's about policy, is i think why republicans keep striking out on this issue. t

mitt romney can't be trusted. we have to draw the contrast now in about who is standing with women in this country and protecting their freedom and their privacy and who are those that will say one thing, say one thing but literally to get elected trump their own value system. >> why do you think there was a tipping point on this issue on the right? we've seen the strength of the anti-abortion movement wax and wane over time. we have seen the number of republicans that are willing to be pro-choice. something happened in 2010 where the number of anti-abortion restrictions in the states spiked. we're at that same level again, that same pace now this year even though it's an election year. we did see this collapse around the long standing republican n consensus that there ought to be exemptions around rape and incest. why did this start happening so quickly? >> they ran on one thing and kind of did a bait and switch. you saw this cumulative effect of women seeing it. the american public said, enough. stop this. i thi

we still have no idea whether mitt romney supports that. would he have signed it if he was president? most republicans voted against it. what should we read into the fact that the surrogates that are talking on this issue themselves voted no on the fair pay act. mr. romney once the wisconsin primary embattled republican governor of wisconsin scott walker. not only does scott walker not support the equal pay for equal work concept, he did just repeal wisconsin state level version of the equal pay act. he repealed that law on the same day that he signed abortion rights in wisconsin. this is not hypothetical stuff. this is not about whether they are using pc language, showing up with enough women around them or whether or not they are women themselves. this is policy. that's where the whole concept of the republican war on women and subsequent problem with women in the polls has come from and not recognizing that, not recognizing that it's substantive, it's about policy, is i think why republicans keep striking out on this issue. they keep mis

but this is mitt romney's competition. and heading in to tomorrow's contest in the presidential primary, mr. romney is favored in the latest polling to win the state of maryland by 25 points. in washington, d.c. there's not really any polling but it may help in your predictions to know that santorum is such a serious candidate he didn't bother to get put on the ballot in washington. it is not like he tried and was rejected. he didn't ask. in wisconsin it is contested. mr. santorum told reporters he may sneak in and have an upset victory in wisconsin and sure that is possible. but even the pro mitt romney late developments in wisconsin ahead of the primary tomorrow reflect the main die nam nick the republican race this year is not about the strenth of mitt romney as the front runner but the weakness of his rivals the milwaukee sentinel did endorse mr. romney today but this is not the endorsement that is easily quoted by the romney campaign. i'm sure they will find a way to creatively excerpt it to make it look awesome but i

that says more about rick santorum than it says about mitt romney. should be noted, heading into these contests tomorrow, it may be the last contested primaries of the republican contt. it should be noted that anything is possible. nothing is a fore gone conclusion in politics. wisconsin, in particular, is a place where it's been an unpredictable landscape recently for the past year as my colleague ed schultz demonstrate demonstrated last hour. one of the things that could come into play tomorrow is that the wisconsin vernment accountability board told us that there is a possibility and nobody expects this to happen, but there's a possibility this could come to pass that the wisconsin state supreme court at the very last moment could decide to take action to block the existing court rulings that have stopped the states new voter i.d. bill from going into effect in wisconsin. the wisconsin supreme court could at any moment require that as of tomorrow you have to show i.d. when you go to vote. we wouldn't know that until the polls open or maybe they wo

they think the demographics are good for mitt romney. they think the politics blow his way in some parts of the state. how do you think what you're describing about the state of the republican party infrastructure in nevada affects the republican nominees' chances in november? >> well, i was getting e-mails and phone calls even while the caucus disastrous caucus was going on from representatives of the presidential campaigns. and from other prominent campaigns including we have the big senate race here between dean heller and shelley berkley saying we're going to avoid the party, won't have anything to do with it. we'll raise money outside. you mentioned the karl rove, we talked about him last time, crossroads will pour a lot of money in here. the rnc will pour money in here to try to make up for the lack of a state republican party. as i said to you back then and i believe it now, you can't just erect those things overnight or in one election cycle. the democrats here spent two or three election cycles building up the formidable organiz

that says more about rick santorum than it says about mitt romney. should be noted, heading into these contests tomorrow, it may be the last contested primaries of the republican contest. it should be noted that anything is possible. nothing is a fore gone conclusion in politics. wisconsin, in particular, is a place where it's been an unpredictable landscape recently for the past year as my colleague ed schultz demonstrate demonstrated last hour. one of the things that could come into play tomorrow is that the wisconsin government accountability board told us that there is a possibility and nobody expects this to happen, but there's a possibility this could come to pass that the wisconsin state supreme court at the very last moment could decide to take action to block the existing court rulings that have stopped the states new voter i.d. bill from going into effect in wisconsin. the wisconsin supreme court could at any moment require that as of tomorrow you have to show i.d. when you go to vote. we wouldn't know that until the polls open or maybe the

honestly, nobody knows who the campaign will pick more mitt romney until the pick is made. and more importantly, perhaps, the vice presidential pick usually means nothing to the campaign, other than the first initial blip once the announcement is made never has a fact on the presidential horse race except very occasionally in a negative way, john mccain. this is all unavoidable in election years. it's fun. i think it does have one useful and substantive purpose, which we are experiencing right now. watching people jockey to try to get picked as vice president turns out it can be a really clear window into something that's otherwise hard to figure out which is what are the limits test. what are the bright lines on policy within a party? what policies are acceptable or desirable to a particular political party? what's a policy position that you're not allowed to have if you want to rise in stature in your own party in way that being picked as vice president would mean? we're good in this country at covering the horse race. the who's ahead side of politics. we are less good in

that says more about rick santorum than it says about mitt romney. should be noted, heading into these contests tomorrow, it may be the last contested primaries of the republican contest. it should be noted that anything is possible. nothing is a fore gone conclusion in politics. wisconsin, in particular, is a place where it's been an unpredictable landscape recently for the past year as my colleschultz demonstra demonstrated last hour. one of the things that could come into play tomorrow is that the wisconsin government accountability board told us tothd that there is a possibility and nobody expects this to happen, but there's a possibility this could come to pass that the wisconsin state supreme court at the very last moment could decide to take action to block the existing court rulings that have stopped the states new voter i.d. bill from going into effect in wisconsin. the wisconsin supreme court could at any moment require that as of tomorrow you have to show i.d. when you go to vote. we wouldn't know that until the polls open or maybe they wo

that says more about rick santorum than it says about mitt romney. should be noted, headingnto these contests tomorrow, it may be the last contested primaries of the republican contest. it should be noted that anything is possible. nothing is a fore gone conclusion in politics. wisconsin, in particular, is a place where it's been an unpredictable landscape recently for the past year as my colleague ed schultz demonstr demonstrated last hour. one of the things that could come into play tomorrow is that the wisconsin government accountability board told us tothd that there is a possibility and nobody expects this to happen, but there's a possibility this could come to pass that the wisconsin state supreme court at the very last moment could decide to take action to block the existing court rulings that have stopped the states new voter i.d. bill from going into effect in wisconsin. the wisconsin supreme court could at any moment require that as of tomorrow you have to show i.d. when you go to vote. we wouldn't know that until the polls open or maybe th

points instead of eight putting governor mcdonald on the ticket does give mitt romney a one-point boost in virginia. obviously that's not enough. that said i'm sure the romney campaign expects the numbers to tighten and maybe a one-point bump from governor ultrasound might be good enough. even though he's not allowed to run for governor and he's not declaredfully other off, he started running, i'm bob mcdonald, vote for me tv ads. vote for you for what, big guy? he clearly wants to be picked. nestled within the obviousness of bob mcdonald's desperationç what the republican party is doing. what they are acting like in policy making terms, it's impossible to figure that out. republicans have introduced more restrictions on abortion rights than at any time since roe very issues wa erer issues wade. this year another 75 anti-abortion bills have passed. democrats are taking note of this trend. democrats are taking note of the anti-abortion, anti-women's health climate in the republican party of 2012. they see it in this election year as a real political weakness. want me to prove it? here