romney? are you campaigning with governor ultrasound in spite of his long and radical anti-abortion record or are you campaigning with governor ultrasound because of that record? when asked at today s event if he thinks his ultrasound bill could cause problems for mitt romney, here s what governor ultrasound himself had to say about it. no. look, i m pro-life, romney s pro-life, some people have a different opinion. we ve been debating this for 40 years in virginia. people have differences of opinion on that. i believe it s important to support a culture of life, so does governor romney. governor ultrasound says that he and mitt romney, two peas in a pod. they are totally in sync on their super anti-abortion politics. we asked the romney campaign today if they agree. we asked the romney campaign today if governor romney supports governor mcdonnell s two-decade anti-abortion record. if there s anything on the subject of governor mcdonnell s anti-abortion record that mitt romney disa
first. that s an interesting point. on the question of the moral issue, regardless of what the impyrrhics show us, if this is a fundamental question of who we are as a society, where would you fall on that issue? i would fall on the side of i don t support the death penalty, and i do think it s a moral issue it s a moral issue because it speaks to what this nation is all about, first of all and a culture of life. and here i m the thinking, coming out of a catholic tradition what that means. you take care of life at every segment. but i also think this has a lot to do with and people aren t willing to talk about this. the prison industrial complex and what that means for prisons to be able to house people for years and years and years on end, and especially i lived in california for a long time and it took forever for anybody to be executed and then in texas, the executions were just rolling around as regular basis, and that s my home state. so i think for us, it s a moral issue a
republican leaders and presidential candidates taking a break from the economy to put focus on values. carl cameron is there with the latest. carl: there is a lot of talk about the economy and jobs and the talking is critical of president obama, the failed principles and values of the obama administration but talking social issues with 3,000 christian conservatives here in washington, dc, for the values and voter conference. today we heard from rick perry, and he made a spirited defense of his commitment to secure the border if elected president but did not talk in a great degree about the immigration position which he supported providing in-state tuition critics to illegal immigrants in texas. he then turned to his lifelong commitment to the culture of life, and suggested there were some candidates in the republican race who have not been pro life all their lives, a
who said last december, will barack obama try to appease the angry left? sean: chris matthews? there you go. sean: time for one more. david gregory, nbc again. talks about awkward moments an the debates challenge the gop notion they are pro or the party of life. i want to a couple of moments from recent debates that had to do with a challenge to the notion that the republican party is the party of life and supports a culture of life. the first question from brian williams in the debate that had to do with the death penalty to rick perry. your state has executed 234 death row inmates, more than any other governor in modern times. [ applause ] have you awkward moment of applause. sean: i didn t think it was awkward. in other words they believe in the death penalty for murderers, rapists and killers.
who said last december, will barack obama try to appease the angry left? sean: chris matthews? there you go. sean: time for one more. david gregory, nbc again. talks about awkward moments an the debates challenge the gop notion they are pro or the party of life. i want to a couple of moments from recent debates that had to do with a challenge to the notion that the republican party is the party of life and supports a culture of life. the first question from brian williams in the debate that had to do with the death penalty to rick perry. your state has executed 234 death row inmates, more than any other governor in modern times. [ applause ] have you awkward moment of applause. sean: i didn t think it was awkward. in other words they believe in the death penalty for murderers, rapists and killers.