jennifer donahue is a fellow witho eisenhower institute.avid corn is an msnbc contributor for mother jones magazine. it's great to have you on this friday. let's just look tat it in generl terms. let's start with virginia. virginia state politics there. why is it -- is it the republicans pushing it there? ultrasound was picked up -- well, why are they pushing like ultrasound and personhood and issues like that? 2012? >> i think the party has moved so far to the right in so many states around the country, that you see in virginia, a state that's a must win for republicans if they're going to win the election in the general election. going so far right with a bill like this that mcdonnell, governor mcdonnell looked at it. at first glance thought it was okay. then remembered he might be a running mate for mitt romney and realized maybe it's not okay. and said it's not acceptable. i think what you are seeing is a real takeover on the right, maybe an overreach on social issues where they think maybe we've gotten this far in the primary race. may