told me this was really was an issue of first amendment rights and free speech. they don t think that the politicians should have weighed in on it. and politicians in particular should not have threatened retaliation because dan cathay expressed his views. i talked to one fellow, a youth pastor, there a with a couple of members of his ministry. he sees something bigger at work here. here is what he told me. i think there is a greater issue going on in america right now. there is kind of a culture war going on and people aren t really respecting each other and difference of opinion. there is no dialogue really taking place to get to the heart of what we believe as a nation and what is truth. reporter: critics of chick-fil-a says this goes well beyond just what dan cathay said about same-sex marriage. the philanthropic arm of chick-fil-a, wind shape, donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to organizations that campaign against gay rights particularly against same-sex marr
tomorrow, rig perry would have been in the republican presidential race for a week. and some are worried about having him on top of the ticket in 2012. you can t be calling bernanke a traitor and you can t be questioning whether or not barack loves america. new hampshire congressman charles bass said intimating not going to create more confidence in voters about you. and from a guy in charge of rounding up republican votes in the house, illinois congressman pete roskam, that s not something you want to lead with if you want republicans to come your way. editor and chief of jennifer palm merry is a former white house press secretary, now president of the center for american progress action fund
and a crew of republicans fighting for second billing. then michele bachmann grabbed a big win in ames, and tim pawlenty dropped off. all of that happened in just the last seven days. to where will we stand in the next seven days. with me now, nbc political reporter h it feels like he s always been with us. if he entered like a ball of fire, and then there were some things he had to say that got the establishment a little worried. the president said i needed to watch what i say, mr. president, actions speak louder than words. i don t know what you all would do to them in iowa, but we would treat them pretty ugly down in texas. it s a theory that is out there, it s got some gaps in it, but texas would teach both creationism and a lot of people in texas know rick perry but a lot of people outside of texas don t necessarily know who he is. rick perry has got essentially two paths to the nomination, he could play in two brackets, he could play in this tea party bracke
reporter h it feels like he s always been with us. if he entered like a ball of fire, and then there were some things he had to say that got the establishment a little worried. the president said i needed to watch what i say, mr. president, actions speak louder than words. i don t know what you all would do to them in iowa, but we would treat them pretty ugly down in texas. it s a theory that is out there, it s got some gaps in it, but texas would teach both creationism and a lot of people in texas know rick perry but a lot of people outside of texas don t necessarily know who he is. rick perry has got essentially two paths to the nomination, he could play in two brackets, he could play in this tea party brackets where he goes against michele bachmann, either way, he s trying to be the anti-romney. he s got to ally some of the fears of the establishment. you see karl rove and all these other people come out against that kind of a comment. he s got to try to stradd
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