recent months. it will be because of the demographic shifts and the ability to persuade voters although it is not what they wish for, it is better than the alternative. dodge both on your way to charlotte dodge the convention hub has turned democratic for the charlotte convention. you can watch everything on line and you can see a lot of archival video. thank you for joining us on newsmakers peak well newsmakers. al gore as he accepted the nomination at the 1992 convention. he stayed out of the 1992 campaign partly because his son had been hit by a car a few years earlier. his speeches about half an hour. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you very much. beene to tell you, i ve dreaming of this moment since i was a kid growing up in tennessee, that one day i d have the chance to come here to madison square garden and be the warm-up act for elvis. my friends, i thank you for your confidence expressed in the vote this evening. i p
what most of us thought he meant the first time. that he believes significant numbers of women that charge rape are, in fact, victims of rain not victims of rape, only in certain cases is there a rape. as he put it, a legitimate rape. well, to assess the perils of this, i m joined by michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee and nia handerson of the washington post. i want to you start with the news. we have from our end, late this afternoon, mitt romney came around the the position that akin should, quote, exit p senate race. but the timeline on how romney evolved to this point is not exactly a profile in courage. on sunday, within hours of the comments, a romney spokeswoman put out a statement saying quote, governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mr. akin s statement and the administration would not oppose abortion in cases of rape. congressman ryan differs with mitt romney. he believes abortion should only be used to save a mother
the first time. that he believes significant numbers of women that charge rape are, in fact, victims of rain not victims of rape, only in certain cases is there a rape. as he put it, a legitimate rape. well, to assess the perils of this, i m joined by michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee and nia handerson of the washington post. i want to you start with the news. we have from our end, late this afternoon, mitt romney came around the the position that akin should, quote, exit p senate race. but the timeline on how romney evolved to this point is not exactly a profile in courage. on sunday, within hours of the comments, a romney spokeswoman put out a statement saying quote, governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mr. akin s statement and the administration would not oppose abortion in cases of rape. congressman ryan differs with mitt romney. he believes abortion should only be used to save a mother s life. not in cases of rape or i
and risk the demolition of his own political party or will he take the hit and pull himself out of the race? to be or not to be. that s question for todd akin, the man who continued through today to explain what he meant by legitimate rape, he meant what most of us thought he meant the first time. that he believes significant numbers of women that charge rape are, in fact, victims of rain not victims of rape, only in certain cases is there a rape. as he put it, a legitimate rape. well, to assess the perils of this, i m joined by michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee and nia handerson of the washington post. i want to you start with the news. we have from our end, late this after23450 afternoon, mitt romney came around the the position that akin should, quote, exit p cincinnati race. but the timeline on how romney evolved to this point is not exactly a profile in courage. on sunday, within hours of the comments, a romney spokeswoman put out a
and risk the demolition of his own political party or will he take the hit and pull himself out of the race? to be or not to be. that s question for todd akin, the man who continued through today to explain what he meant by legitimate rape, he meant what most of us thought he meant the first time. that he believes significant numbers of women that charge rape are, in fact, victims of rain not victims of rape, only in certain cases is there a rape. as he put it, a legitimate rape. well, to assess the perils of this, i m joined by michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee and nia handerson of the washington post. i want to you start with the news. we have from our end, late this after23450 afternoon, mitt romney came around the the position that akin should, quote, exit p cincinnati race. but the timeline on how romney evolved to this point is not exactly a profile in courage. on sunday, within hours of the comments, a romney spokeswoman put out a