when we talked about the results of the mississippi personhood bill, the way i presented the issue to the staff today, i said, you know, this is going to be a real issue for mitt romney going forward, because mitt romney has been so shellacked on the flip-flopping thing, that he can t come out and say, i wasn t for the personhood amendment. he had said he was absolutely for this thing that got completely beaten, horrifically in mississippi. what s he going to do? he can t come out and say he wasn t for it. he can t do that. he already looks like such a flip-flopper, what s he going to do? by the time the news meeting was out, politico was already reporting he wasn t for the personhood amendment. i sent that out to the staff with the subject line ha-ha ha-ha. we ll be right back. [ male announcer ] sitting. waiting. hoping. that s a recipe for failed investing. open an e-trade account
the time, incredible moments in politics. romney visits ohio gop phone bank to rally troops opposing sb-5 repeal, but refuses to take a position on sb-5. after getting just flogged on the right flogged in the press for refusing to say he supported this thing, even while supposedly rallying its supporters in ohio, a day later, the romney campaign came out and said, oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah, he s 110% behind it, we guess. so mitt romney s last known position on the ohio union-busting issue is that he s 110% for the union-stripping bill. now that that thing has lost by 22 points in the polls in ohio, stay tuned! maybe we ll get a new mitt romney position on it. even more flabber gasting is the contortion that mr. romney is now trying to do on that personhood initiative in mississippi. back in october, mitt romney appeared on mike huckabee s fox news channel program, and he
mississippi, mitt romney says he was never for it. in 2006 and 2008, democrats had huge electoral victories, right? democrats in 06 and 08, they took the house, took the senate, took the white house, swung more than five dozen seats in congress from red to blue over those two elections. in 2010, the pendulum swung back the other way, right? republicans had a huge year in 2010. they took back all of the democratic gains in congress from the previous two elections and then some. now, the next big election is in 2012. is the pending lumbulum staying republican side or is it swinging back? joining us now is democratic pollster, celinda lake. miss lake, thanks very much for joining us tonight. nice to have you here. thank you. nice to be here. what did you think we learned in terms of yesterday s results about turnout? about voter enthusiasm. about who actually showed up to vote. well, we learned that we have been terrified about the disenchantment of voters, and particularly the de
politico, says, for example that he would not respond to them when they asked about it. but now that the romney campaign realizes that this personhood thing is really unpopular, so unpopular that it lost in a landslide even in uber conservative mississippi, the romney campaign now telling politico that mr. romney is being falsely characterized as supporting the mississippi bill. see, clear as day, he doesn t support that thing that everybody hates. he just said that he would support it, absolutely. don t you see the difference? wow. joining us now is terry o neill. i know last night you spent last night refreshing your browser every five seconds for election retu returns, so thanks for being here. it s great to be here. do you have an opinion about why mitt romney cannot make up his mind about personhood? you know, i don t understand it. and i m really disturbed by his suggestion that this should be thrown out to the states and allow the states to make a decision. the last time i
would have established the definition of life at conception? absolutely. it s like, when newt gingrich said, you know, if you quote that thing i said about paul ryan, you re lying. don t quote me. if you quote me, it s a law. mitt romney says that us right now playing that tape of him answering that question is falsely characterizing his position. it s amazing. i did not i knew that he would flip-flop on it somehow. i didn t know that it would happen in less than 24 hours and that he would deny that he ever held the previous position, which he said on tape. mitt romney, you re amazing. mitt romney and rick perry, as well, both came out in favor of the mississippi personhood thing that got voted down yesterday by more than 20 points in mississippi. this thing that would ban all abortions, no exceptions, and hormonal birth control and iuds and the morning after pill and in vitro fertilization. now that it has been beating in mississippi, mitt romney says he was never for it. in 200