for it. what do you think of it? i m kind of two minds on this. i don t like the idea of going back to somebody s teenage years. everybody has unflattering moments in their teenage years. when you look at the details of this one, this is more than just a prank. someone involved said this was an assault. this was something that was obviously seared into the memories of the victim and people that did this with mitt romney. the thing that strikes me about this isn t that he did it 45 years ago it s when he s asked about it, there s something disingenuous about saying i don t remember it. and the target was allegedly homosexual. at the time they said he didn t know. but he had long blond hair. i agree with steve. that jumped out at i remember every cruel thing i ever did
it creates the contrast. he took a stand. and mitt romney is playing the time here as this waffler. and romney is saying he s not going to see any evolution. stay with us right now if you can, karen and steve. i want to get to this. president obama isn t the only one who evolved on the gay marriage thought. jesse jackson has as well. joining me now is reverend jesse jackson. very good morning to you. to you, sir. reverend, let s start with this. you said the fight for gay marriage is like the fight for civil rights. to many, that s a huge comparison. well, we live on the one set of rules. in my lifetime, if a black man married a white woman in the south, it was illegal. but dangerous for him and wrong
they said a little prayer and as you recall, romney came out just tore his throat out it and worked. we ll do a quick one as a guest, steve. what rick santorum writes at the top of his debate notes. mention obama care and romney care. i haven t gotten to read this yet, but i think it s going to be something about god. you re so good. you can see why he he has the big chair i promise you i haven t read it. i took that off the press release, that question. at the top of his debate notes was left behind on a podium and his speech notes, he writes h.s. for holy spirit to remind the holy spirit to come through him as he s speaking, makes you think he may stay in the race a little longer than we might think. there are many of us catholic school kids going, yeah, that wasn t too hard to guess. mike allen and steve kornaki, thank you for joining me tonight. republican voters are finally doing their duty and falling in line with mitt romney
finally lly ann romney that convinced them it was okay. they said a little prayer and as you recall, romney came out just tore his throat out it and worked. we ll do a quick one as a guest, steve. what rick santorum writes at the top of his debate notes. mention obama care and romney care. i haven t gotten to read this yet, but i think it s going to be something about god. you re so good. you can see why he he has the big chair i promise you i haven t read it. i took that off the press release, that question. at the top of his debate notes was left behind on a podium and his speech notes, he writes h.s. for holy spirit to remind the holy spirit to come through him as he s speaking, makes you think he may stay in the race a little longer than we might think. there are many of us catholic school kids going, yeah, that wasn t too hard to guess. mike allen and steve kornaki,
vote in america? how democratic is the iowa system? joining us now is steve kornaki. he s political news editor at salon.com. steve, thanks for joining us tonight. nice to have you here. sure. am i being naive to be shocked by the allegation that the bob vander plaats fundamentalist social conservative endorsement comes with a price tag? well, you ve got to love the irony because one of the sort of messaging things republicans have emphasized for a couple of decades now is the democrats are the party of machine politics, they re the old school party with vote buying and chicago politics. right. and here s the religious guy engaging in it. but i think the thing about iowa, this sort of thing does happen in both parties, in primary states, but i think it s really o pronounced in a iowa oe because you have such a small activi activist-dominated voting universe. when you look at what the turnout is like for the iowa caucuses, gnaw normal year the percentage of iowa voters who w