learned anything. all we hear all day is how they practically won. they may as well have won because it wasn t a blowout for terry mcauliffe like a couple polls said. which is patently ridiculous. any time the democrats take back a statehouse in a purple state and off your election, it s a big deal. this is a big win for democrats. you know, i m a little bit disappointed in the women s vote. white victim voted for ken cuccinelli. i don t know what is wrong with my white sisters, but they did vote for the kuch. and really, terry mcauliffe was elected mainly because black voters turned out. the obama coalition turned out for a ticket that did not include barack obama. so that s another piece of very good news for the democrats. zerlina, how do you see the results, i mean, the prepolling before the election was that women were going to go with terry mcauliffe. certainly they did that, especially unmarried women. right. and i think the problem for cuccinelli has always been that he s b
virginia republican party. or this one, i can see the white house from here. that s not supposed to be the vaginal ultrasound probe talking. it is supposed to be bob mcdonald. before the governor ultrasound was thought of as a top contender picked as vice presidential nominee of his party. but you know forced medically unnecessary ultrasounds ordered by the state government at your expense even if you don t want one and your doctor doesn t want you to have one. that proved to be a wand too far for the governor. i have to ask you about this red hot story that has gotten so much ink, so many women in particular fired up. virginia drew national attention. for the proposal that that they did. this was a bill, an abortion bill that would have mandated women get what is called a transvaginal ultrasound if they were getting an abortion. if you were educating yourself on this bill. did you ridgealoriginally not r might mandate a procedure.
i have to ask you about this red hot story that s gotten so many women fired up. virginia drew national attention for the proposal this was an abortion bill that would have mandated that women get what s called a transvaginal ultrasound if they were getting an abortion. if were you educating yourself on this bill, did you originally not realize it was an invasive procedure. this wasn t my bill. normally a governor would review these hundreds and hundreds of bills when they get to your desk. you re so busy, you don t read every legislator s bill. actually, it was your bill, sir, in the effect that you co-sponsored it. and you signed the bill. so he was not picked as the vice president nominee. and the nickname kind of stuck, even as his governorship dissolved in a corruption and
they feel strongly there should be no exception to the law even in cases of rape. they don t have a problem talking about it. we see with scott walker in wisconsin. it s their agenda. it s not just when they re talking about rape when they re in trouble. scott walker said i feel just fine about ultrasounds, i think everybody feels fine about ultrasounds like you re talking about a medically necessary ultrasound which we all are fine with. you know, the potential of a transvaginal ultrasound, people cringe. they re not fine with it. this is what plays to the republican base. this is what many of them feel profoundly and deeply, don t want to act like they re being cynical, this is what may believe, think is good for the country. this is what they re pushing. telling them to re-brand themselves and stop talking about rape is not going to be good enough. it s interesting, john, you and i talked about this. when you have someone close to you that you love, for example, is a gay person, y
they feel strongly there should be no exception to the law even in cases of rape. they don t have a problem talking about it. we see with scott walker in wisconsin. it s their agenda. it s not just when they re talking about rape when they re in trouble. scott walker said i feel just fine about ultrasounds, i think everybody feels fine about ultrasounds like you re talking about a medically necessary ultrasound which we all are fine with. you know, the potential of a transvaginal ultrasound, people cringe. they re not fine with it. this is what plays to the republican base. this is what many of them feel profoundly and deeply, don t want to act like they re being cynical, this is what may believe, think is good for the country. this is what they re pushing. telling them to re-brand themselves and stop talking about rape is not going to be good enough. it s interesting, john, you and i talked about this. when you have someone close to you that you love, for example, is a fwrgay person