rhetoric. these comments do not represent the belief of my heart or the content of my preaching. i apologize. jones says he s changed. millions of other americans have changed, too. right now, same-sex marriage is legal in 37 states and support for gay rights is higher than ever. more and more people realize you can t support equal rights for some but not for others. actress kerry washington talked about that at this weekend s g.l.a.d. awards. we can t say that we believe in each other s fundamental humanity and then turn a blind eye to the reality of each other s existence. and the truth of each other s hearts. we must be allies and as long as anyone, anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake and we are all vulnerable. i m glad to hear bob jones apology. i remember years ago when i came out in support of gay rights.
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of south carolina. plus south carolina s powerful evangelical voting bloc. who will win the lion s share with reverend brad adkins and bob jones iii. everything is up for grabs in my estimation. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. over 100 leaders in the social conservative community met in texas for two days and emerged with a single name, rick santorum for president. it is a blow to texas governor rick perry, a born again christian whose political grounding is fiscal and social conservatism. tony perkins, head of the family research council and a major player at the meeting, says perry checks all the boxes except one. the group doesn t think he can win. what they wanted to do is to make sure that the candidate that had the best chance of going forward, securing the nomination, and winning the general election was the candidate they put their support behind. governor rick perry joins me now from myrtle beach, south carolina, where you re telling me
future. romney supporter senator john mccain on the perils and promise of south carolina. plus, south carolina s powerful evangelical voting bloc. who will win the lion s share? with rev right hand brad adkins and bob jones iii. everything is up for grabs in my estimation. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. over 100 leaders in the social conservative community met in texas for two days and emerged with a single name, rick santorum for president. it is a blow to texas governor rick perry, a born-again christian whose political grounding is fiscal and social conservatism. tony perkins, head of the family research council and a major player at the meeting, says perry checks all the boxes except one, but he doesn t think he can win. what they wanted to do was make sure that the candidate that had the best chance of going forward of securing the nomination and winning the general election were the candidate they put their support behind. governor ri
we talked to one of the convicted killers pardoned by mississippi s governor. we re going to hear his reaction to the outrage over his release. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. mitt romney, the clear front-runner in a cnn/orcp poll out just now. romney with a double-digit lead, asking republican voters their choice for the nominee. look at the battle for second place. newt gingrich, ron paul, rick santorum are all in a statistic cal tie, each getting between 15 and 18%. let s get more from gloria borger, taking a closer look at all of this. he s rising nationally, at least it looks like that. yeah, it is, and rising at newt gingrich s expense. we compared the numbers you just showed with the numbers from december. what a difference a month makes. romney in december, 28%, now 34, up six. newt gingrich down ten points, and again paul has been pretty consistent. santorum almost quadrupled his support. i think the big news here, wolf, to me is that mitt romne