Chicago. Well have much more on the early voting later on in the show. But we start with tonights lead. Mitt romneys mourdock mess. Senate candidate Richard Mourdocks god intended rape comments are now threatening to undermine mitt romneys careful effort to appeal to voters as moderate mitt. Desperate to hide the extreme republican positions on Womens Health, romney is just wishing and hoping this will all go away. But someone forgot to tell the press corps this morning in ohio. Governor, do you wish senator mourdock would pull that ad . Thank you. Have a good day. You, too. Thats me . Have a great day. Thank you. Have a good day. But please dont ask be about god intending rape anymore. This is awkward for mitt romney after all at this hour romneys ad endorsing mourdock is still running in indiana and the campaign has no plans to pull support. And while governor romney tries to hide his own party is trying to keep the story out of the airways. Hes in a close election and congressman mi
Next set of years in ind know sha. Im not familiar with exactly precisely what i said, but i stand by what i said, whatever it was. Snoof. Happy friday to you. Were 11 days out from the election and with the roar of the rallies, the ads and the bus tours growing ever louder, team romney decided it was time to create a bit of white noise, sununu style. Other a certain key endorsement that did not go the way of mr. Romney. When you take a look at colin powell, you have to wonder whether thats an endorsement based on issues or whether hes got a slightly different reason for preferring president obama. What reason would that be . Well, i think when you have somebody of your own race that youre proud of being president of the united states, i applaud colin for standing with him. Yes, that was former New Hampshire governor john sununu, cochair of the Romney Campaign, patting the head of general colin powell for endorsing his fellow mochahued countryman. Or wait, are they countrymen . He has
The message affairness. Our job, as americans, is to restore that basic bargain that says if you work hard, if youre willing to meet your responsibleties, you can get ahead. It doesnt matter what you look like, it doesnt matter where you come from. Fairness, justice, e quality. That was the president s focus last night on every single nation. Creating a plan for the country that would create a more perfect union. Make highquality preschool available to every single child in america. Pursue a bipartisan market base to climate change. A Bipartisan Commission voting to improve the speens of america. Equal benefits for their families, gay and straight. Send me a comprehensive reform bill in the yies and i will sign it and america will be better for it. Thats the promise from this president. And he wont let anyone stand in the way. Hell fight for whats right. Just like he did on gun control. Last night, he brought us to tears and he brought us to our feet. When he began to talk about hadiya
The president. What about the seniors in your district . What about us . What about us . Excuse me real quick. The congressman was very respectful about tell him to stop lying. Given that reaction, youd think the party might want to rethink its plans to defund the health care law, right . Wrong. Today the right Wing Heritage Group kicked off a defund obama care tour aimed at killing the law and, get this, some republicans even want to shut the government down to do it, even though they themselves admit its a terrible idea. Well, i dont think shutting down the government is a good idea, but i do think that we were elected, conservatives were elected to try to stop this overreach, this government takeover of health care. If we do nothing, were just saying to the president , hey, you get your way. I dont think its a good idea, but lets do it anyway. Hows that for cruel . Its that type of failed logic the president called out this weekend. Your Health Insurance isnt something to play polit
The president obamas trying to destroy the gop. Trying to shove them into the dust pan of history. Heres a hint. President obama doesnt need to do that. Republicans are doing it just fine all by themselves. For all their bluster about change, gop leaders insist on no overall at all is needed. One gop official everyone says we dont need a new pair of shoes, we just need to shine our shoes. Shine their shoes . Thats not goods enough. Republicans need to try walking in someone elses shoes for a change. Because for all of their talk about out reach to women, the rnc just approved a resolution. Calling on congress to defunct planned parenthood with no objections. And while support for womens rights to choose is at an alltime high. Heres what Speaker Boehner says is his fundamental goal. With all the mistakes, its becoming more and more important for us to share the truth with our young people and encourage them to lock arms, speak out for life and help make abortion a relic of the past. Let