celinda lake?st: yes, birth control as the contras issue -- birth control is a conscious issued. it should be made out by individuals. there are many, many non- catholics who work for catholic institutions, including catholic hospitals, etc. and 92% of catholics use birth control. the point of the matter is this is a conscious effort, but it should not be your employer's conscience or your insurance's conscience that decides whether or not you are covered. preventive care is covered with no copiague. it is basic coverage. -- with no copay. birth control and contraception are major, basic preventive coverage. i think it is about time it was acknowledge. host: this headline from the sunday open zero richmond times -- the sunday "richmond times." the debate -- lawmakers are wading through a stream of contentious measures. the story points are but he is a potential running mate -- the story goes out that he is a potential running mate. guest: this primary process is moving candidates from mainstream po

joining us now celinda lake, democratic pollster and trat at the gist. -- strategist. how well can we use previous turnout in an open primary to extrapolate forward and predict what turnout is looking in the general? is that a dodgey metric for us to be using or does that have validity? >> well, it has some validity and particularly when you look at the patterns underneath. the fact you have it in state after state after state, in fact romney does better the lower the turnout. and then if you look at who is not showing up to vote, the people who aren't show up to voters born again christian voters who have real problem, with mitt romney, they don't think he's a good conservative, they worry about his religion, that bodes real trouble for the election in the fall, and real opportunity for democrats who in the inverse are getting more enthusiastic about their nominee. >> i thought it interesting that to the point you made that south carolina was the one place where turnout increased mark edly, a place where romney got the most sort of traditional tea party grass roots ac

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at 8:40, celinda lake on women voters in past presidential elections. "washington journal," live sunday at 7:00 a.m. eastern, on c-span. >> this particular phone only rings in a serious crisis. it relies on the hands of the person proven himself responsible. >> bush and dukakis on crime. bush supports the death penalty for first-degree murderers. dukakis not only opposes the death penalty, he allowed first- degree matters to have weakened passes from prison. one was willie horton. >> accusations by john kerry was just devastating. >> randomly shot at civilians. >> we can all point to an outrageous commercial or four, but on average, negative commercials are more likely to be factually correct and that negative commercials are more likely to talk about issues. >> will 2012 be the most negative campaign cycle in history? a look at current and past. a chill campaigns and their impact on american culture. watch this on my at the c-span video library. search, watch, clip, and share. it is what you want, when you want. sunday on "newsmakers," john leibowitz t

we will also speak with democratic pollster celinda lake about the history of women voters. watch "washington journal" beginning at 7:00 eastern on c- span. >> one of the trickiest things about writing this book was thinking through the way rights were straddled aspirational ideal and a more practical and formal mandate. >> richard thompson defines human rights. tonight at 10:00. also this weekend, at 7:00, and a story and looks at the african-americans who served in congress. -- historian looks at the african-americans who served in congress. booktv every weekend on c-span to. >> this particular only telephone it only brings in a serious crisis. vote for president johnson on november 3. >> bush supports the death penalty for first-degree murderers. dukakis opposes the death penalty and allow first-degree murderers to of weekend passes from prison. >> the accusations that john kerry made against the veterans deserved against -- served in vietnam was devastating. >> we can all point to an average is commercial -- outrageous commercial, but on average, negative commercials are

then pollster celinda lake on the history of women voters and how women are trending in 2012. "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. all this weekend, we're bringing you coverage from the national governors' association meeting in washington. we continue tomorrow morning with discussions examining efforts to end childhood hunger. among the guests, -- later, a special committee on homeland's security and public safety will explore the role of the national guard. fema administrator will be a part of the coverage beginning at 930 -- 9:30. in his weekly address, president obama calls for the development of the new energy sources in addition to increase oil production in the united states. then, kay bailey hutchison talks about energy policy, citing high gas prices and urges legislation passed by the house she says would help boost job growth. >> hello, everybody. in the state of the union, i laid out three areas we need to focus on if we're going to build an economy that lasts -- new american manufacturing, new skills and education for american workers, and new sourc