Polled today say they opposed the tea party. If you look at all the big issues that animated the political debates over the last couple months whether it was cultural wars like abortion or the government shutdown, we see a very strong reaction to this electorate against the conservative side on those issues. One out of five voters, i think this was a high number, said they thought abortion was their top issue in this election. And of those people and the evidence is that theyre prochoice. 6140 percent. We have to keep reminding ourselves that virginia is so important because it is exactly the Bellwether State for the union. Just about exactly what the nation is. I would say virginia has become the new ohio in many ways. Richard nixon used to say its all about ohio. Its all about virginia now. And the fact that women turned out in overwhelming numbers apparently in support of Terry Mcauliffe is big. Lets look at that number. The nbc news exit poll shows women in virginia breaking for
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virginia will vote the same will not elect a governor opposite of the party in the white house, but elect a governor of the same party in the white house. chuck, great reporting. we ll be back to you again and again tonight. thank you howard fineman, expertise at the table and david corn. couldn t think of better guys to have here. coming up, terry mcauliffe keyed in on women s issues to win votes. it s a strategy they will try to use against republicans. the gender gap, a big plus for democrats. we ll see if it pays off tonight. the virginia governors race, too early to call by the experts. but msnbc mcauliffe with the lead. this is hardball, the place for politics. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals:
less than a year ago in may 2012 joe biden publicly supported same-sex marriage on meet the press. he was way out front. prompting the president to do the same just a few days later. then nevada senator, democratic leader harry reid the next day said he, too, thought gays should be able to marry legally. fast forward to the last month. we ve seen an incredible swell of support. starting with rob portman in mid-march. citing his gay son the reason to re-evaluate his position. hillary clinton three days later taped a video for the human rights campaign endorsing same-sex marriage. then came senators mccaskill, rockefeller, tester, hagan, casey, carper, kirk, bill nelson, heitkamp, donnelly and today tim johnson. three have not backed it. louisiana s mary landrieu, arkansas mark pryor and senator manchin. why does it seem to happen day after day after day? is it a big plus for democrats? it s a big plus for democrats. republicans have explaining to
taped a video for the human rights campaign endorsing same-sex marriage. then came senators mccaskill, rockefeller, testor, hagan, casey, carper, kirk, bill nelson, heidkamp, donnelly and today tim johnson. three have not backed it. louisiana s mary landrieu, arkansas s mark pryor and manchin. why does it seem to happen day after day after day? is it a big plus for democrats? it s a big plus for democrats. republicans have explaining to do because it s the party of limited government. it s the party of get government out of our life and it s also, in this case, the party of hypocrisy. because they seem to be that s what you would say if you re a democrat. yeah. go ahead. does your party have a problem the hill has plenty of gay staffers, gay republicans. there are a lot of gay republicans around. how do they stand in this position? the active people? i think the most interesting
should be able to marry legally. fast forward to the last month. we ve seen an incredible swell of support. starting with rob portman in mid-march. citing his gay son the reason to re-evaluate his position. hillary clinton three days later taped a video for the human rights campaign endorsing same-sex marriage. then came senators mccaskill, rockefeller, tester, hagan, casey, carper, kirk, bill nelson, heitkamp, donnelly and today tim johnson. three have not backed it. louisiana s mary landrieu, arkansas mark pryor and senator manchin. why does it seem to happen day after day after day? is it a big plus for democrats? it s a big plus for democrats. republicans have explaining to do because it s the party of limited government. it s the party of get government out of our life and it s also, in this case, the party of hypocrisy. because they seem to be