i think that you find that, you know, that libertarian portion of the gop is smaller than a lot of people think it is. not that much smaller in iowa. well, iowa 25, 25, 21. iowa, well, keep in mind, the iowa vote wasn t just republicans voting. okay? so those weren t republicans voting for ron paul? you had independents who signed up to vote in the republican primary. you ll see the same thing in new hampshire. you cannot take the open primaries and say that s a reflection your reaction to this thesis is you really should not count the ron paul people. no, no, i m not saying that at all. you re saying that s only a tiny sliver of the republican you re trying to say there s a one for one equality that, you know, that the party is so split in half that you have half the folks on this side of the room and half the folks on this side of the room. it s not that way. there are points of disagreement without a doubt. as you pointed out, there are also areas where t
administration is able to do on basic economic issues. well, i think what you ve seen is this president is going to fight very hard and i think the most divisive decision is when the president committee sided he was not going to allow the debt limit to be extended for six months so we d right now be going through the threat of default again. he stood firm on that. that allowed him to stand firm and strong in fighting for the payroll tax cut for unemployment insurance and, again here he tried to work with the congress. he wanted to get richard cordray confirmed but, as you said, you said something very important. they weren t challenging his credentials. they were trying to essentially nullify a law that was passed to protect working families. this was the law of the land and they are saying we re going to block anyone as a way of nullifying that law and what the
we ll repeal obama care and get rid of any kind of idea that you have to have abortion coverage or contraceptive coverage. one of the things i will talk about that no president has talked about before is i think the dangers of contraception. it s not okay. it s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to what, how things are supposed to be. they re supposed to be in marriage, supposed to be for purposes that, yes, but also procreated. that s the perfect way that it should happen. rick santorum would like to use the government to dictate the perfect sexual union for all families in america. because he knows what it is. contrast that with ron paul who would happily legalize prostitution, and, hey, even heroin, too.
about fees and interest rates so that people can make wise choices. i have just never understood the opposition to something that basically just gives working families more information, better protection, and make sure that everybody abides by the law when they are dealing with work or families in financial products like credit cards, school loans, payday loans, or mortgages. the story that the president told there that you just described, he told at a big event today in ohio. richard cordray s home state, talking about his appointment, talking about the consumer financial protection bureau. and you say that the president is not trying to pick a fight here but clearly he did this in a big public way with all of his story-telling abilities, which he s very good at and a lot of attention brought to this. i wonder if this is part of a larger strategy to increase people s confidence in what the
president is saying is that if they are going to create obstacles like that, that help protects him from defending working families on basic economic issues, he s going to use the authority that he has, clear and expressed constitutional authority unto make this recess appointment and he did the right thing. but, again, when i said he didn t pick a fight, what i meant is that we would have much more preferred for them to act in a cooperative way and confirm him. but if they are not going to, he s going to fight and do everything that he can under his power to protect american families. gene sperling, your time is valuable and i appreciate you spending some of it with us. thank you. thank you, rachel. we will be right back. c mo! get in the game! [ male announcer ] don t have the hops for hoops with your buddies? lost your appetite for romance? and your mood is on its way down. you might not just be getting older. you might have a treatable condition called low testosterone or low