creating sensible drug policies it's time lawmakers in washington got on board to another bad ovide lamontagne lamontagne is the republican nominee for governor of new hampshire he was asked by reporters whether pay equity laws like you lilly ledbetter fair pay act are proper exercises of government and rather than support the idea that women should make the same pay as men for the same work lamontagne told the reporter quote i don't know that it's appropriate for the government to continue to micromanage the workplace and quote new hampshire has one of the largest wage gaps in the nation and it looks like if mr lamontagne is elected in november he's content to let grow even more and now the very very young. really pastor robert j. anderson anderson spoke at a panel discussion this past weekend sponsored by the maryland marriage alliance the group trying to block the marriage equality ballot measure in maryland during his speech anderson quoted from the bible using scripture to infer that people are worthy of death he then went on to say in a little more bulb only stating quote if we don't vot

be success. >> moderator: our next question comes from howard, and that is to be addressed to ovide lamontagne>> mr. lamontagne, last year the house passed a bill to allow virtually any adult in new hampshire to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. those who couldn't get a permit, including convicted felons, people convicted of domestic abuse and the mentally unstable could still possess a gun in their home. if it reaches your desk, will you sign that bill or veto it? lamontagne: the bill you've described, howard, is called constitutional carry. vermont has a constitutional carry law, too, and no one's accused vermont of being overly conservative. the reason for that is they put their trust, their confidence, their presumption in favor of law-abiding citizens to be able to carry when they see fit. and so i believe with the proper conditions i would support constitutional carry while leaving in place the permitting process we have right now. speaking of gun owners, and i'm a gun owner, a hunter, a fisherman, an outdoorsman, and i have spoken with gun owners in vermont who says keep those

. >> reporter: hassan's challenger is republican ovide lamontagne. he says democratic candidates are overstating the importance of women's issues to distract voters from the economy. >> in the course of over a year of campaigning across the state, attending house parties and um, and across the spectrum, i can't tell you that more than half a dozen times i've been asked questions about social issues. that is not a front burner issue at all. it's really not on the radar screen of any voter. the issues have only come up now in the general election. >> reporter: both president obama and former governor mitt romney-- a part-time resident of new hampshire-- have made the granite state a frequent stop on the campaign trail. they're both courting female voters-- here and across the country. >> dear daughter your share of debt is $50,000 >> reporter: but how women's issues will play out in this largely independent, libertarian-leaning state is anyone's guess. the same is true for economic issues; new hampshire's unemployment rate is just 5.7%, far lower than

the most interesting contest to me is in new hampshire where ovide lamontagne who's been a perennial candidate has been dead even -- >> he was a student of yours, is that correct? >> he was a student of mine many years ago at catholic university. in other places where democrats had hoped to do well like north carolina they are not, in washington and in missouri where democrats thought that they were going to be in deep trouble, they're probably favored a little bit. there isn't much going on at the gubernatorial level this time because, of course, the big contests were in the midterm election last time, and that's going to be what's most interesting to watch two years from now, whether states continue to be 'em battled by an economy and there's a backlash against those economies many of whom like in states like michigan, ohio, florida and wisconsin remain popular, but that's something for another day. >> thank you very much, norm. because our panelists have been so very disciplined, we have a half an hour for your questions, and while you're thinking about your questions, i would lik

. >> this is to be addressed to ovide lamontagne. >> the house passed a bill to allow virtually any persononcealed weapon without a permit. those that could not get a permit included the mentally unstable, victims of domestic abuse, and convicted felons. will you sign the bill or veto it? >> the bill you describe is called constitutional carry. vermont has a constitutional law and no one is accusing them of being overly conservative. they put their trust, their confidence, there favor of law abiding citizens. speaking of gun owners, i am an outdoorsman. i've spoken with gun owners over in vermont and they seek to keep these in place so that if you travel to another state, that reciprocity will be recognized. there is an appropriate place in a society of ours to respect a fundamental right. that is the right to bear arms. that is a part of our culture, our economy. i stand with this but there has to be appropriateness. >> i support the second amendment and the right to defend yourself in your home. i support, and sent it to what has happened is in this legislature in terms of gun laws, the