hotair.com and fox news contributor. i have a feeling i know which way you two are going to see these two platforms. but, juan, the question is, the suggestion is, that democrats have gone deep blue with some of their planks. republicans went vivid red. some examples on the democratic side the platform calls for more taxes on the rich. no restrictions on abortion. even taxpayer funding for abortion as a right. and same-sex marriage is endorsed. is that where the democratic mainstream is right now? yeah, i think that s right, jon. i think one of the things actually duval patrick, the governor of massachusetts did last night here on a night of great speeches was to raise the roof, here are things we believe in. this is what we believe in. one of those was allowing people who love somebody to marry them without regard to the society determining the gay marriage or not appropriate.
thanks to terry moran. and there was history made at last night s convention. for the first time, an hispanic american, julia castro, gave the keynote. one of several major speakers captivating the democrats while lashing out at the republicans. there was no there was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time. believe me, if it existed, i would have found it. each crisis was so deep and so dangerous. any one of them would have defined another presidency. our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where everyone everyone from elected officials to the wealthy and the super wealthy pay their fair share. mitt romney quite simply doesn t get it.
last night s convention. for the first time, an hispanic american, julian castro, gave the keynote. one of several major speakers captivating the democrats while lashing out at the republicans. there was no there was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time. believe me, if it existed, i would have found it. each crisis was so deep and so dangerous. any one of them would have defined another presidency. our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where everyone everyone from elected officials to the wealthy and the super wealthy pay their fair share. mitt romney quite simply doesn t get it. a few months ago he visited a university in ohio and gave students there a little entrepreneurial advice. start a business, he said. but how?
energized. i do not believe for one moment that the democratic electorate is not going to be energized for this campaign and i would say to them you ve got a lot to vote for, let s go and spread the word. congressman, good to see you. now the democrats have unveiled their party platform, let s take a look at the differences on key points. taxes. the democrats want to extend the bush era cuts just for families making less than $250,000 a year. the republicans would extend them for everyone pending reform of the tax code. abortion. the democrats say they unequivocally support roe v wade. republican platform calls for a ban in all cases. same-sex marriage, democrats favor equal rights. republican platform does not recognize same-sex marriage.
shepard: the national democratic party platform committee today officially endorsed gay marriage for the first time. the platform calls for a repeal of the federal law that defines marriage as only a union of a man and a woman. it also supports the equal treatment under law for same sex couples and the freedom of churches and religious groups to decide how you to administer marriages without government interferences. the platform is a broad statement of the democratic party priorities. back in may, president obama said he personally supports gay marriage. the feds investigating the fire at one of the nation s largest oil refineries say corrosion on a decades old pipe may have caused that disaster. be on monday, fire sent plumes of black smoke throughout the san francisco bay area. thousands of people have filed health claims and gas prices on the west coast soared nearly $4 a gallon for regular unleaded. investigators with the u.s.