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. >> let's bring in donna edwards.ood morning. >> good morning. >> you are somebody who worked with him. are you surprised he said this or is this the kind of thing you expected from him? >> he represents the extreme views of the republican party. we have seen it from todd akin and across the board. it wasn't a surprise. this is a team that doesn't believe in bynuynuu biology and. you can't separate that from the broad policy agenda. his remarks are in the policy agenda of the republican party. >> do you see him as the guy who will succomb to the pressure to step down? it is not like he is beholden to the establishment of republicans. does he have anything to lose if he stays in the race? >> there are a number of members of the republican party that have not been beholden to the party establishment and the mainstream what is now the extreme of the republican party. they are quite independent of their leadership. it would not surprise me at all that he would stay in the race. particularly since he did not enjoy all of t

thank you, donna edwards of maryland. joe klein. up next with all the attention on todd akin, still out there on the railroad tracks, where he tied himself to, will weather he will leave the ticket or not, what about kevin yoder? he went skinny dipping. we've got david letterman's top apologis he could use. and darned light hearted. this skinny dipping is not going to cause any vote to change. this is "hardball." the place for politics. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios my feet and exactly where i needed more support. i had tired, achy feet. until i got my number. my dr. scholl's custom fit orthotics number. now i'm a believer. you'll be a believer, too. learn where to find your number at drscholls.com. >>> first you must know by now that kevin yoder's under fire for taking part in a bizarre skinning dipping incident in the sea of galilee. during a trip to israel last year with other republicans. h

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joined by george will, donna edwards of maryland. greta van susteren of fox news.ary matalin and michigan governor jennifer granholm now with current tv. >>> and george, i want to get to the convention, but let's begin with this controversy on st. louis television, congressman todd akin, in missouri, despite the wishes of the entire republican establishment, how big of a blow is this for the party. >> it's considerable. part of the path republican control of the senate ran through missouri. there's still a path. but it gets more difficult if he remains the nominee. but, it does complicate putting the hands of all senate gavels in republican hands. the strange thing about this, george, abortion is an issue that it took custody of it with roe v wade. parental notification for minors. thuntry ask is overwhelming with the republican side. >> jennifer. >> except that now, you've got a republican -- you had a republican party platform that embraces human life amendment. post-todd akin the republicans knew that this would be an issue. to make it clear in the platform that

. >> little bit john edwards, little bit donna shalala. >> a look at the scene from the movie -- donnaa? >> you didn't pause. >> i know her. she's great. here is the movie in which the adviser is giving the candidate character advice. here is zach with tough political reality lessons being given to him. let's watch. >> right now your electability is 26%. the words that come up about you is odd, clammy, probably serbian. >> that's old. >> he looks like the travelocity gnome. >> what? >> if you do want to help this district the first thing you have to do, marty, is win. >> i do want to help the district. i love my home. it is just -- it all happened so fast. >> i think cam brady can be beaten. but i don't believe you believe that. you know what, i'm going to call your dad and tell him you don't have the rocks for this. >> you put your phone away, mr. wattly. this may be hard for you to believe, but this dog has a ton of fight in him. a ton of fight. when i get a scent, i hunt, brother. i hunt all day long. >> see, you have this guy, sort of effeminate, soft-spoken, and this political con

donna is a democrat from maryland and joe klein is a columnist for "time." i want to start with congresswoman edwardsjust as a human being, not as a partisan, what did you think when you heard about this u.s. congressman, a colleague of yours who said that he's really, he doesn't think in a case of legitimate, only in a -- the way he phrase it, in a case of legitimate rape, the woman wouldn't get pregnant and by the way, there should be some punishment for rape. i don't know how to read all that to me. >> well -- >> what did you think as a woman? >> chris, i said before this doesn't bear any relation to either biology or humanity. when you think of what a woman experiences in rape and the horror of that, the idea that you're going to separate some kinds of rape from other kinds, you have good victims and bad victims, really just takes us back to a really different time in our history and as women, we thought we had gotten way beyond that where we had schls, law enforcement or in our communities that treat us as whole human beings when it comes to rape and to the horror and tragedy of it. so as a woma