republicans tried this forced ultrasound thing in a lot of states. the only reason it didn t end up going through in pennsylvania, for example, was because governor tom corbett of pennsylvania got caught on tape explaining in that way he has that there isn t an avert your eyes provision in that state s version of the bill. making them watch, and speaking to that, does that go too far in your mind? i don t know how you can make anybody watch, okay, because you just have to close your eyes. you just have to close your eyes. governor tom corbett explaining that is part of the reason that pennsylvania, i think, did not get the forced ultrasound bill. paul ryan s bill for a national forced ultrasound law, it has the exact same avert your eyes clause. it has the ability to turn eyes away. that s who the republicans picked for their vice
famous for, for being the republican s young budget want guy. it s day four of paul ryan s vice presidential run, and that no longer appears to be the only thing he s famous for. starting off with a 15-point deficit among women voters, the romney campaign is now coming to grips with the fact they re about to nominate for vice president the man who brought forth the national version of virginia s forced ultrasound bill and the national version of the personhood bill that would ban most popular forms of birth control in this country and that couldn t even pass in mississippi. joining us now is karen finney, msnbc political analyst and columnist for the hill. she s a former communications director for the democratic party. i m resisting the urge to say hey girl. go on, just do it. you know you want to. it sounds like i m reading a script, so i m not going to. let me ask you if you think these quick out of the blocks efforts to make paul ryan famous for this are going to stick or
a national profile that scuttled any chances he had of being picked as mitt romney s vice president. a washington post column back in february talking about how he fell off the short list for vice president because of the ultrasound fight he got himself into in virginia. assuming that the republican presidential candidate is mitt romney, it would be much harder for him now to tap governor bob mcdonnell as a running mate. they would have to devote time to defending the ultrasound bill. the ultrasound controversy was probably very unhelpful to the calculus that romney will make at the convention. bob mcdonnell in virginia made the mistake of becoming nationally famous for his stance on his state s ultrasound bill. that made him politically untouchable and toxic on the national stage. do you want to know who co-sponsored the national version of the bob mcdonnell forced ultrasound bill? congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. republicans tried this forced
republicans tried this forced ultrasound thing in a lot of states. the only reason it didn t end up going through in pennsylvania, for example, was because governor tom corbett of pennsylvania got caught on tape explaining in that way he has that there isn t an avert your eyes provision in that state s version of the bill. making them watch, and speaking to that, does that go too far in your mind? i don t know how you can make anybody watch, okay, because you just have to close your eyes. you just have to close your eyes. governor tom corbett explaining that is part of the reason that pennsylvania, i think, did not get the forced ultrasound bill. paul ryan s bill for a national forced ultrasound law, it has the exact same avert your eyes clause. it has the ability to turn eyes away. that s who the republicans
ryan as his vice presidential running mate, he was probably hoping and thinking that everybody would only think of paul ryan as being famous for that one thing he s really famous for, for being the republicans young budget want guy. it s day four of paul ryan s vice presidential run, and that no longer appears to be the only thing he s famous for. starting off with a 15-point deficit among women voters, the romney campaign is now coming to grips with the fact they re about to nominate for vice president the man who brought forth the national version of virginia s forced ultrasound bill and the national version of the personhood bill that would ban most popular forms of birth control in this country and that couldn t even pass in mississippi. joining us now is karen finney, msnbc political analyst and columnist for the hill. she s a former communications director for the democratic party. i m resisting the urge to say hey girl. go on, just do it. you know you want to. it sounds l