anti-choice vote. by the way, 10% of the democratic vote is a pro-choice vote, they are relatively equal. the difference is the republicans have nothing else going for them. if you ask the republicans what is your policy to get people back to work, hear blah, blah, foreclosures, homeless necessary, nothing. health care, allowing people to see a doctor when they are sick, nothing. what they do is use the abortion issue to distract people. they can t give them bread so they give them circuses. florida s vote is going to be the first primary this year that is closed, it s republicans only, there won t be democrats or independents participating. from your upclose and personal perspective what do you think we should understand about the republican mind set in florida? not just in terms of predicting the outcome but what is in the forefront of the voters minds as they head in the polls? there is four different elections going on,
this follows on the heels of christine gregoire announcing her support for same-sex marriage rights and her introduction of state marriage equality legislation. today in olympia, washington, at a legislative hearing on this issue, a democratic state senator named mary hougen announced that she would support the bill. she said, i know this announcement makes me the so-called 25th vote, the vote that ensures passage. s need time to make up her mind on the issue to reconcile my religious beliefs with my belief as an american, as a legislator, and as a wife and a mother who cannot deny the to others the joys and benefits i enjoy. ith said, and it is the vote i will cast when this measure comes to the floor. and, meanwhile, also today, we had some serious and worrying news from the family and the office of republican senator mark kirk in illinois. senator kirk was elected in 2010 to the illinois senate seat,
anniversary of roe versus wade, mr. santorum describes fighting against abortion rights to the cause of which he has dedicated his life. right. if anybody knows anything about rick santorum the man on dog thing and also the abortion issue. that is what your whole reputation boils down to, senator, central challenge of your candidacy is broaden your appeal beyond those issues to convince people you can speak to some other issues besides just being anti-gay and anti-abortion. if this is just a contest about who is the most anti-abortion, then congratulations, rick santorum, you re running away with it. you may have gotten destroyed in new hampshire, came in fifth. looking at the exit poll results, one group of voters you won were voters who said that abortion was the most important issue motivating their vote. also in south carolina, you got destroyed, the one group of voters where you won majority of the vote, abortion was the most
in indiana today, the state senate republicans decided to welcome the patriots and the giants to the super bowl in indianapolis in two weeks by voting to strip union rights in the state. the nfl players association, the players union has put itself loudly on the side of the state s democrats and others who are fighting mitch daniels union-stripping plan there. even while the vote was still pending today, a breakaway group of pro union rights republicans, a group called the lunch pail republicans, announced plans to run pro-union challengers against two republicans in the legislature, who are going along with the union-stripping plan. and if the prospects of protests including the nfl players association at the super bowl were not high-profile enough around this issue, well, then, republican governor mitch daniels is giving the republican party s official state of the union response tomorrow night. to put that much more of a spotlight on his state and how his union-busting agenda seems
out-antigay each other in the blue states, if you re pro-gay rights, it proves that things get better. martin o malley introducing a bill today to legalize same-sex marriage in maryland. this follows on the heels of christine gregoire announcing her support for same-sex marriage rights and her introduction of state marriage equality legislation. today in olympia, washington, at a legislative hearing on this issue, a democratic state senator named mary hougen announced that she would support the bill. she said, i know this announcement makes me the so-called 25th vote, the vote that ensures passage. in a statement she said she needed time to make up her mind on the issue to reconcile my religious beliefs with my belief as an american, as a legislator, and as a wife and a mother who cannot deny the to others the joys and benefits i enjoy. this is the right vote, she said, and it is the vote i will cast when this measure comes to the floor. and, meanwhile, also today, we had some seriou