the place was divided and bitter. and all the political capital we had in that first year of his presidency, he picked the most divisive issue he could find, rather than bringing us together. he passed a bill on party line votes, corn husker kickback, the louisiana purchase behind doors, and if he voted on comprehensive immigration reform in a bipartisan fashion could have been done in 2009. greta: there s no rule he could have done one and wait for the next well, there s a logic to spending your political capital wisely and keeping your word. he promised comprehensive immigration reform in the the first year and didn t lift a finger and here we are, republicans and democrats in the senate leading yet again, on the issue, and i hope the president when he speaks tomorrow will understand to get this done, he s going to have to be a genuine bipartisan partner and not
all over the place getting stuck with positions that the public didn t want. but if you watch romney, he basically talked about mostly jobs. i don t recall him being out there with a great big pro-life position. do you? well, i thought he was. no. your platform said 14th amendment rights for the unborn. i think in every speech he gave he talked about jobs, jobs, and jobs. i think in the end a couple things happened. one, he didn t have an ideology. two, he ran a scorched earth primary campaign which caused people with all the other campaigns not to lift a finger for him. they might have voted for him, but they didn t lift they tell us, karl rove conceded he knew a lot of the candidates he supported were doomed. he knew it even as he raised millions for them through his super pac. here is karl on the road to damascus. let s listen. i was involved in a group called american crossroads. it was the worst volunteer job i ve had in my life. i was in charge of raising money.
i don t recall him being out there with a great big pro-life position. do you? well, i thought he was. no. your platform said 14th amendment rights for the unborn. i think in every speech he gave he talked about jobs, jobs, and jobs. i think in the end a couple things happened. one, he didn t have an ideology. two, he ran a scorched earth primary campaign which caused people with all the other campaigns not to lift a finger for him. they might have voted for him, but they didn t lift they tell us, karl rove conceded he knew a lot of the candidates he supported were doomed. he knew it even as he raised millions for them through his super pac. here is karl on the road to damascus. let s listen. i was involved in a group called american crossroads. it was the worst volunteer job i ve had in my life. i was in charge of raising money. we raised $324 million. and i got sick and tired of spending money in races where
no. your platform said 14th amendment rights for the unborn. i think in every speech he gave he talked about jobs, jobs, and jobs. i think in the end a couple things happened. one he didn t have an ideology. two he ran a scorched earth primary campaign which caused people with all the other campaigns not to lift a finger for him. they might have voted for him but they didn t lift they tell us, karl rove conceded he knew a lot of the candidates he supported were doomed. he knew it even as he raised millions for them through his super pac. here is karl on the road to damascus. let s listen. i was involved in a group called american crossroads. it was the worst volunteer job i ve had in my life. i was in charge of raising money. we raised $324 million. and i got sick and tired of spending money in races where the moderates and conservatives had gone at each other and made victory impossible, and, you know, i d rather have somebody who agrees with me most of the
abortion, you re a criminal if you get an abortion, even in cases of rape and insiscest. the reason i po cuss on rape is how outrageous it is, melissa. it is a crime. it s such a vicious crime in half the states there no limitation. if there s dna found 10, 20 later, you go after the perpetrator. i think women get it. mitt romney didn t lift a finger to change that platform. he said he would be delighted to sign a bill that overturns rowe v. wade. he wants to get rid of planned parenthood. he s standing by richard murdoch who basically says somehow god is involved in a rape. right. i just think women will come home to the democrats on election day. so, senator boxer, let me ask you this, because the most lasting decision a president makes, the one that follows long after he or she is out of office are those appointments to the