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a very high number right now. let s also talk about the inauguration because you clearly have president obama feeling that he has a mandate. he has political capital. he is doing what he wants with these cabinet choices. he is also planning a second term inaugural. now the latest wrinkle was the pastor backing out because of his anti-gay comments a decade or so ago. and what a contrast. this preparation, but what a contrast to four years ago. it really says a lot about the kind of wearyness the country has about the long economic downturn, and i think also a feeling that the hopes that a lot of americans had that we were going to have a new kind of politics, that president obama was going to be able to break through some of the partisan divide that seems to paralyze us, that that s pretty much given up. i mean, even from president obama s own rhetoric now, the stance he took on the fiscal cliff, the language he is using now about the budget battles
we re glad you are right here. let s start at the top of the hour with republican presidential candidate mitt romney. he s facing criticism and questions for being a mormon. this time it s coming from the pastor of a mega church in dallas. his name is reverend robert jeffress. you may recognize that name and face. jeffress introduced governor rick perry at the conservative values voter summit in washington, d.c. he was critical of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and told our jim acosta and others that morm ononism is cult. you created a stir because in talking to reporters, you said in pretty strong plain language what you think of mormonism. you describe it as a cult. and you say that if a republican votes for mitt romney, they re giving credibility to a cult. to you stand fwby that comment? absolutely. that is the historic position of evangelical christianity. we have officially labelled mormonism as a couple. i think those born again followers of christ
believes that mormonism is a cult and that mitt romney is not a true christian. so i tell you all that to set up what we re seeing today. mitt romney taking the stage. a lot of people wondering if he would address the controversy. he just took the stage moments before we hit the air here. we re going to start this from the very top and let you hear all of mitt romney s comments and he started by going after the president. let s listen to him now. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. wow, a lot of old friends here. good to be so enthusiastically welcomed. and thank you to jay seculow. aren t we lucky to have a treasurerer like that arguing our causes before the supreme court. and speaking of hitting it out of the park, how about that bill bennet? isn t he something else? now, i ve been coming to this event for six years. and this is the biggest crowd yet. for that, i suppose we should acknowledge president obama. he is, after all, the conservative movement s
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