that s so romney. that s who he really is, i think. the guy who says you re crazy to get involved in bedroom issues between a man and a woman on contraception. a short time later after doing that interview, romney said the following. he misunderstood what he was asked. let s listen to his correction a few hours later. i didn t understand his question. of course, i support the blunt amendment. i thought he was talking about some state law that prevented people from getting contraceptions. i thought it was some ohio legislation that employers were prevented from providing contraceptions. so i talked about contraceptives and so forth. i really misunderstood the question. it s his guy on capitol hill and he thought it was a state issue. that was like a top spinning around so fast. you re the expert on this. is that the real romney in the first one and the second one is the political person or what? what are we talking about here?
obama health care plan that seem intrusive or extensive or too much, that s an argument they could make. that was the argument they were trying to make yesterday. rush limbaugh has hijacked that argument and made it about contraception. he isn t speaking for the church. it s hard to imagine even rick santorum comfortable talking about the social issues wanted not to talk about this, wanted to dismiss it and move on to other things. he s getting into the jobs issue again where he belongs. where he ought to be, where he s trying to be. i think he s you know, jo john, he s about the only one who said anything, using the lingo, oh, he s an entertainer, don t take it seriously. he said it was absurd. they retreat to this. these cultural issues, will they drive up the republican base next november? will they help them when they need if romney is it the nominee, he may be, probably will be, they need to grab the
obama health care plan that seem intrusive or extensive or too much for the federal government. that s an argument they might be able to make. they were trying to make it yesterday, but rush limbaugh has hijacked that argument and made it about contraception. he s not exactly speaking for the church. i can t imagine that. it would be incredible. it s hard to imagine republicans thinking this. even rick santorum, who is comfortable talking about these social issues, wanted not to talk about this. wanted to dismiss it and move on to other things. he s getting into the jobs issue again where he belongs. where he ought to be and tries to be. john, you know, he s not the only one that said anything today. he s using the lingo of, oh, he s an entertainer. don t take it seriously. he said it was absurd. he just dismissed it. they do retreat to that. but let s talk about the politics. these cultural issues, will they drive up the republican base in november? will they help them when
day, mitt romney was talked about the blunt amendment, the amendment that says if you have a moral objection you don t have to provide health insurance for birth control. here is what i think most say is his instinct. he said, let s stay out of this one. here he is. rubio is being debated i believe later this week that deals with banning or allowing employers to ban providing female contraception. have you taken a position on this? he said he was for this. we ll talk about personhood in a second. have you taken a position? i m not for the bill, but look the idea of presidential candidates getting into questions about contraception within a relationship between a man and a woman, husband and wife, i m not going there. that s so romney. that s who he really is, i think. the guy who says, you re crazy to get involved in bedroom issues between a man and a woman on contraception. a short time later after that interview, romney said the following he misunderstood what he was asked. l
welcome back to hardball. rush limbaugh s outrageous comments overshadowed the headline yesterday, the republican effort was rejected to allow any employer or health insurance provider to deny coverage for contraceptives. republicans tried to frame their objections on the grounds of religious freedom but thanks to limbaugh, it s been focused on contraception, birth control if you will and women s rightsor, in general. those are the big winners for the democrats. is the gop hurting itself with this fight? and whoo besides firing up the base is the republican party getting out of this of all things birth control.