mcclusky?st: popov i think, right now you see a very divided washington. -- well, i think we have a divded washington. washington should not be seen as a job creator. there are philosophical differences about what can be done. the american jobs act, the so- called jobs bill, what is holding that up is senate majority leader reid and the democrats. the president is having problems with his own party. this standstill in washington, d.c., is bipartisan and i do not see it going away anytime soon. host: what of the issues that tops the frc agenda? can you get them through before 2012? guest: we have already had a vote on the note taxpayer funding for abortion act. what will get the government completely out of funding abortion and abortion providers. we hope to see a new vote. there is a destruction of religious liberty in a number of states right now. there is a bill on the democrats' side that would destroy a religious liberty when it comes to adoption and of running catholic charities and other

tom, mcclusky thank you for joining us.> we'll go to michael smerconish. michael, what do you think about the conversation there? >> i think that when voters wake up on a sunday morning and the vast majority of the country is not represented by people who were in that room and the take away, the headline is how a leader of the organization in and interview equates mormonism with a cult, i think it's a net negative and a loser for the gop field. that's what i think. because this is the headline. this is the story. in the same way, alex, when there was a debate recently and the boo'ing of a gay soldier was the headline, in the same way that when rick perry at a prior debate was asked about the number of executions in texas and there was applause before he responded. in the same way that there was the hypothetical put by wolf blitzer to ron paul about do you let somebody die in an e.r. somebody shouted out in the crowd, let them die. there's an opinion forming. this is maybe unfairly but it's being associated with what the gop

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