marco rubio or perhaps governor kasich. we haven t seen that in the latest polling. in fact, the bombastic rhetoric seems to be connecting with gop primary voters. you know, republicans at least conventional wisdom has always been have an edge when foreign policy and terrorism are at the forefront, and obviously the people who decide the election are often in the middle, thisser not registered democrats or republicans. what is your sense on the ground and as you talk to people at some of these campaign events at how many non-republicans are turning out, how many people are there because they really want information about foreign policy? i m here in iowa, and i ve been tracking these candidates all weekend. you saw senator rubio last night in west des moines talking about national security, talking about a class of civilizations really framing the debate in broad terms in the same way kasich did in his remarks. on friday night i was with seven gop candidates in des moines as they
primary that s decided by liberal democrats. so much for bold colors. so much for principle. chief congressional correspondent dana bash has been covering this marqucquee matchu. did you ever think you d see the day? reporter: i stopped getting surprised about anything that happens here in mississippi in this particular race a long time ago. you re right, carol, this is a marquee race, the reason is it is the classic intrarepublican fight between establishment and the tea party. thad cochran, somebody who was proud of the fact that he worked across the aisle, that he sent federal money back here and up against this anti-washington wave led by chris mcdaniel and mcdaniel clearly as you heard this morning feels robbed because cochran has a win, in large part because he had help from non-republicans.
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virginia state republicans. the only objection raised to this judicial nomination was the fact that he s gay. 31 no vote, all from republicans and now he will not be a judge. virginia democrats say they are livid. the blatant prejudice that republicans displayed last night has no place. i thought we had made more progress toward a just society than this. republicans voted against his appointment just because he was gay. statements from virginia democrats. that happened last night. that vote happened last night at 1:00 in the morning in virginia. in lincoln, nebraska last night, the city council voted for gay rights. they voted to pass a nondiscrimination measure. when i say they voted for it. when i say they, i mean the non-republicans.
when i say they, i mean the non- republicans. the only republicans on the city council did not vote citing conflicts of interest while everybody else voted for it. in colorado last night, for the second time, the republican speaker of the house did some maneuver to avoid the threat that civil unions would be approved. civil unions have majority support in the legislature. the republican house speaker took matters into his own hand to block it from coming up for a vote, there by killing it last night. even as public opinion and republican public opinion changes in the united states to become more friendly toward gay rights, republican policy is still really anti-gay. colorado republicans position, which is also mitt romney s position, which is not only should there be no marriage rights for gay people but no civil unions either, that s a