republicans have to weigh how badly they want a republican candidate for missouri.hey have to weigh that against how much it's going to cost them to be associated with the legitimate rape, your unladylike jailed abortion protesters i'm against civil rights guy in missouri. now he says that businesses should be able to discriminate in what they pay their workers,

active in republican politics. again, he is the guy who is helping paul ryan prep for next week's vice presidential debate. i talked to ted olson and david boyce about it today. watch. mitt romney and paul ryan are pledging a federal constitutional amendment to define marriage as only for straight people at t federal level, which is unchanged from a george w. bush promise that went unfulfilled. they're also promising to defend doma with the democrats stopping doing that right now under this administration, the house republicans are defending doma. why isn't the republican party following public opinion on this? and why would you want to elect mitt romney and paul ryan in this circumstance given how you feel about it? >> you may have overlooked the fact that for the last few weeks i've been joe biden. >> mr. olson has been playing the part of joe biden in paul ryan's debate prep which will help paul ryan get better at debating which will help him become vice president which would be bad for gay rights. right? >> or

not democrats or republicans. that is why our candidates and our recruits are doing so well across the board and why the races are now in play. >> congressman you keep noting the number 25 and the cook political report. david of "the cook political report" has said you will likely need to pick up between 3 and 40 republican seats because you are likely to lose some on your side. >> well, david understands that we have got some democrats and pretty tough districts, you know, the terrain may not be as favorable as we want. there is no question we have to ply offense and defense. if i paid david to be resident scept uk i didn't pay him enough. it understand that you know, he is not going to be a cheerleader for one party or the other. i happen to think that our front line candidates, democratic incumbents in tough districts are in good shape for two reasons: number one, if they could win in 20010 against the roughest and the most brutal environment that many of us have ever seen, they can win in 2012. it is much more

larger republican. is probably well reflected by the policies and presidencies of eisenhower nixon you know before nixon went crazy. the republican of my dad my dad was eisenhower republican and war and was very active in the party and in fact i went door to door for barry goldwater nine hundred sixty four i was thirteen years hard three years later i was getting arrested these lansing and you know anti-war riots but. that party you know. why it's famous letter dwight eisenhower's famous letters brother edgar nine hundred fifty four you know there's the small number of oil millionaires who think that they can do away with social security and labor protections their numbers mall in their stupid you know that party is it seems gone. have you have richard lugar in indiana he's going to get wiped out this week that but that party one of the things that i say i see with great voting is that you know that party is there it's just the leadership of the party has become much more radical than the rank and file

and i'm a republican. i'm a conservative republican. working hard, making sure i create jobs for more people. >> reporter: cecilia feels she is doing her part but the republican party itself is struggling. [ speaking spanish ] >> why is the economy weak? >> reporter: while nevada's republican party is supporting ron paul, the national republican party is unifying behind mitt romney. >> we are having a rally for mitt romney. >> reporter: to people like cecilia, it seems there is no clear party direction. no easy way to be involved. until mitt romney comes to town. >> i'm talking to some of the romney people to see what i can do to help them to recruit hispanics. >> reporter: at last, cecilia feels engaged by her party. >> we see record numbers of foreclosures. i don't have to tell you that. we need new leadership in washington. >> it totally inspires me, you know, gives me hope for the future. so i can't wait for him to become president. >> reporter: republican or democrat, nevada's latino community shares the same hope as its future, se

caller: frank is trying s -- republican line. caller: old forge is located grebetween scranton and wilkes- barre. my question is about the honesty of voters. many voters say they voted -- the democrat party here has to long-term senator is that are currently indicted or convicted. we have the propensity of democrat judges. having most voters, giving the level of disgust with the corruption, these convictions, would make people give both candidates an honest shake to see what they have to say? i feel, from the indication of yard signs s.c., i see romney winning. what do you say? guest: the gentleman refers to an exceptionally difficult time, to put a myopic, pennsylvania lawmakers, when we had a large number of them prosecuted. the governor, when he was attorney general. this is a state that historically has had problems with corruption among its public officials. having said that, i think the presidential election is viewed differently by the voters. they are not going to go back for the most part and say, my state senator was in

in states with republican legislatures and republican government. that includes efforts to crack down on voter registration drives, to make it harder for people to register by demanding proof of citizenship. that means cutting back on early voting. that requires the government- issued i.d. to cast a ballot. that prevents ex-felons from voting after they served their time. purging the voter rolls. these are all laws that have been passed by republicans and republican states. that is why the article was titled the gop war on voting. tavis: why are the republicans pushing this issue? what is the take away for them? >> if you ask republicans why they are pushing the issue, they will give you a two word response. voter fraud. if you ask me, it is because they looked at the 2008 election and they saw a massive turnout from young voters, hispanics, and african- americans, termed coalition of the ascendant. they said, this cannot happen again. the demographics are changing that if this coalition of the ascendant turns out in the same numbers in 2012 and goi

republicans. he made opposition to slavery and the power of the government to lacked such a policy direct legacy of the founding fathers during the aftermath of the revolution. focusing on a discrete group there were overwhelmingly anti-slavery including seven hours. in his version of history this noble goal had been shattered aside and was the duty of the republicans. the speech was enormously 86 us will lincoln defined his remarks as fax the founding fathers had not circumscribed slavery and all. slavery and free them were more less side-by-side with powerful support new territories opened required to organize under every president george washington to james monroe including james madison as well as washington and monroe. the founding fathers decrease the more complicated legacy than what they wanted to believe. we can never spoke publicly but it he did write private letters to seven hours the arrow him and he would tell them he thought it was wrong as early as 1850 he told a law partner that th

>> lots of republicans. lots of other republicans, as well as non-republicans. efforts in the congress, i don't want to bore you with all this kind of details, but there are congressional publicans who oppose some sort of compromise and they would write lincoln and as going to please women are second and, and lincoln would say no. anti-secessionists in the upper south and border states wrote to lincoln, urging them to accept compromise and lincoln said no, he wouldn't do it. so there were some republicans, many more than seward, and union is an upper south and border. also northern democrats. the republican party itself was invited -- was divided. it was an up and down vote on compromise and undoubtedly any compromise forces would have been on top. most other republicans were in the middle. they didn't know what to do. the republicans in congress, and they would say and public leadership, they are waiting for a signal from somebody what to do, so lincoln made clear where he stood. steward realized that lincoln was the president-elect, and he couldn't buck lincol

like a republican party? guest: it is good to know that we have some partisan democrats calling in today. the fact is when you look both stimulus and obamacare, we tried to put in amendments. the democrats wouldn't allow them to the floor. this is the culture nancy pelosi had in place. if you're a republican, you didn't have a chance to speak. fact is speaker boehner allowed more amendments on the floor twice as much as the democrats before them. we still believe that the ability to pass bipartisan bills is important. that's the reason why we have 30 jobs bills over in the senate that we love to get passed. guest: the one thing i would say, the extreme fringe in the republican party demanded that the republicans hold a hearing on how to ban women for having access to contraception. having nothing to do with jobs. they didn't allow a single woman to speak at that hearing. one one woman did come to speak, she was shut out. any notion about the notion is being control pail in comparison what the republican have

republicans controlled ohio.ey found themselves in charge, ohio republicans got very ambitious very quickly. they passed a law to strip union rights in the state which led to protests in the streets. ohio republicans said they would take union rights away from police and teachers and firefighters and snow plow drivers and they did not care about the anger it generated. they had that majority from the 2010 election and they were going to use it to do what they wanted. three months after republican governor john kasich had to give his state of the state address over the shouted cat calls of protesters in the capitol, this truck rolled up at the secretary of state's office in ohio bearing 1,502 boxes of petitions. 1.3 million ohio residents had signed petitions calling for the reveal of the republicans' new union stripping law in the state. it turned in five times the number of signatures they had to turn in to put that thing up for repeal. five times. at the time it happened, somebody sent us this picture of her --

republicans have to weigh how badly they want a republican candidate snar for missouri.hey have to weigh that against how much it's going to cost them to be associated with the le jat mitt rape, your unladylike jailed abortion protesters i'm against civil rights guy in missouri. now he says that businesses should be able to discriminate in what they pay their workers, inevitably you know he's going to be asked about how else businesses should be allowed to discriminate. inevitably todd akin is going to be asked about segregated lunch counters. what

we have out raise the republicans. we have out run them we have redistricted them in many areas, like illinois, new york, and elsewhere, california. everything that we have been asked to do, we have exceeded expectations. again, we have over 70 districts in play. we have 52 red-to-the candidates. we only need 25 to win the house back. -- red-to-blue candidates. we only need 25 to win the house back. we have enough districts in play. we have a defined battle space. the battle gives the scene of districts in place to win 25 seats could but there's no question about it. it will largely depend on the wind. if the gender -- president generate enough win on our back, it will be easier could if something goes wrong and we have the wind in our face, we will might get the 25 seats. >> what are these emerging districts that you are thinking of that were not necessarily in plate or that are now in play? >> we have districts in florida in play and we're doing very well. jose hernandez against jeff dunham in play, really doing well

i am a republican.st: this is a senate race that probably has not gone as well as republicans would like. there is the state treasurer, 35 years old. he has an impressive resume for someone so young. he did two tours of duty in the of iraq and was a member of the ohio state legislature. shourd brown was elected in 2006. he is one of the senate's more liberal members and republicans thought that he would be an easy target. but he is also a tough campaigner. as someone in ohio told us last year cannot -- last year, sherer brown may not vote with us, but he will always listen. that may be enough for this particular voter. i think he is ahead in this race. as the presidential race gets a little closer cannot -- a little closer, so has the senate race. guest: barberton, ohio is a suburb of akron. it is also the area where it is one of the two democrat versus incumbent races in the country. betty had and is also running in this district. she lives just outside the county. if you look up both candidates linked

republicans. that is a testament to the libertarians. -- the libertarian spirit. it's really not the government's business what i do in the privacy of my own home and a lot of them look at the nation's war on drugs, specifically marijuana and things were a lot of money has been wasted on the effort. people were pushing the legalization efforts here equate marijuana and alcohol and the measure calls to regulate marijuana like alcohol. our newspaper has supported legalization. we came out in opposition to amendment 64, the legalization piece this year, because we did not think this was the right vehicle. host: what about third-party candidates in colorado? guest: a lot of us in colorado who have already received their ballots and saw the number of candidates on the balance were surprised. we have 16 here. former new mexico gov. gary johnson running as the libertarian candidate is the most prominent of them. it depends on who you talk to. some people say governor johnson's it support for marijuana le

we had a republican president.ublicans and democrats created this mess and it is something that has to be cleaned up by both parties. the democratic president has not tried to clean it up. jamhe has htried to do is down obamacare in our throats. the over-regulation that we have been be. it is almost impossible tfor you to start a business in hawthorne or anyplace else to create jobs. what the president is trying to do is have the government do that. that is not the government's job. the government job is to create a stable economy said the individual can do that. host: a viewer writes in on twitter -- we have talk about the latino vote out there. i want to get your take on how well the republican party has done this time around. done ast: i think they have lousy job. we have marco rubio out here. instead of taking him into the latino sections of las vegas, they take him out to green valley and anderson. we need to go to the latinos. we cannot sit back and expect them to come to us. the democrats have done a great j

a lonely and welcome to cross town peter lavelle republicans and democrats alike tell the american people that they have a stark choice before them in this election year is it really the case does america's two party system monopolize national politics in crowd out real discussion of political issues and does it really matter who is elected president in november. to cross-talk the us political system i'm joined by nicholas carroll in sacramento he's a journalist and author of walk away from debt for a better future in washington we have bruce fein he is the founder of the lic field group and american freedom agenda and in frankfurt we crossed to christophe on marshall he is the u.s. bureau chief for spiegel all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want nicholas in sacramento you got up early as for the program so i'm going to go to you first ok i live abroad i've lived abroad for a long time and i've had to explain american politics to foreigners for over two decades it looks like american politics is trivial it's about character and it's not ab

mitt romney still has not honest from the republican public public--where is the republican leadership he would want to see roe versus wade reversed. he wants to appoint judge who is reflect that opinion. he wants to get rid of funding for planned parenthood. he has bought into the whole deal from the republican perspective. and it would really take us back in time to--1972 when women didn't have that right. interestingly enough you know back then only a third of the working force was female. that's not the case today. >> eliot: this is--as the president said in the debate a few days ago, this is a social agenda from an entirely different era of american society. yet, mitt romney doesn't seem to be paying yet at least a huge political price for this. >> he hasn't, and i think it's our responsibility to make it clear to the women of this country that you are about to lose some very, very important rights. that no longer is it a decision about your reproductive healthcare going to be between you and your physician. the government is moving in, and they're going to be telling you what you

guest: it might be news to some republicans we're a republican paper.r as the question about what is going on at some of these companies. we've reported this one case that we talked about earlier and we would report any other cases we become aware of. as i understand it, there is a state law that speaks to this that i think prohibits companies from basically trying to tell their employees how to vote as i understand it. i think i read recently about a similar case in michigan. so the woman in wisconsin we discussed is the only one i'm aware of at this time. there may be others i'm not aware. host: a tweet says -- guest: we have a senate race, it's an open seat, a democrat is retiring. he was first elected in 1988. the democratic candidate is the congresswoman from madison. it's quite a race. it's really been a race in which has surprised a lot of people because former governor thompson was seen as the favorite and a danddat that had a history of attracting moderates and conservative democrats and cross over voters and it was felt that he was somebody th

both of those seats, were looking more in favor of republicans and now less so. can you talk about that and whether you think the tea party has struggled to get republicans elected moving forward and are they a drag on the ticket as some people are saying? >> you know, those who think the tea party is a drag on the ticket really aren't paying attention at all. if you look around the united states in 2010, look at all the new state houses that were taken over, the new governorships, the new senators. did we win every race? no, we won't win every race this time, but there was a wave election in 2010 and it was a tea party wave that came and we won an enormous amount of seats in state legislatures and got control of states that we hadn't have control of in a long time and just because we didn't win every race doesn't mean it was a big wave, so no i think the direction is still in favor of people are worried about the debt. they're worried primarily about the debt and that's what the tea party is worried about, and so i think -- i see the wave going on through 2012.

with the republican party, what they did it to the libertarian and the constitution party, the republican party is not a choice on the ballot. with the voter i.d. law, all they want to do is disenfranchise the voter. okay? the republican party but the libertarian party through hell, to be honest with you. just to get 1% of the boat off the ballot. -- of the vote off. the libertarian party never got more than 1% of the votes nationally and i think it's ridiculous. i have volunteered for the libertarian party. they were arguing over signatures. what a waste of time and taxpayers' money because that had to all go in to the courts. host: terry madonna, third parties and the pennsylvania ballot. guest: gary johnson will be on the ballot house will -- as will jill stein of the green party. pennsylvania can write someone in. we will essentially have four two choices. host: the headline this morning from "the philadelphia inquirer ." joining us is the politics writer from "the enquirer." thank you for being with us. share with us these polling numbers. how many did you survey and what are the res

republican caller.aller: i am wondering about the 92%. i am wondering, what percentage of that do you think are voting for him strictly because he is black? and i do not know the media doesn't point that out as being racist? if i was born to vote for mitt romney may because he is white, there would be jumping all over me and i would be a racist. but you guys can get away with that. why is that? guest: black voters are historically a different voting blocs. 90% of black voters voted for al gore. and the vast majority of black voters have been voting for white democratic presidential candidates for decades. so to say that they are voting for this black democratic candidate just because he is black does not make sense, because if he were a white democratic candidate, he would be getting close to the same amount of the voters. that argument really just as not hold that much water when you look at the numbers of black voters who have voted for white democratic candidates in the past. host: indianapolis. mich

sake, do notgod's vote republican.uest: i am sorry for your personal challenges and the problems in your family. it reminds the voters how important it is to re-elect the president. obamacare is going to protect medicare. it will give people more healthy choices and more options and make our health care system more affordable. it is also important to point out that paul ryan which end medicare as we know it. mitt romney has embraced that position with his selection of paul ryan. he would turn medicare into a voucher system. so would tom smith, that is why bob casey and barack obama and joe biden has rejected -- have rejected that position. we cannot hand seniors like mary's family a voucher and say good luck, figure out the health-care system on your own. we need to reform medicare and to make sure it is solvent for the long term. but we cannot take the romney- ryan approach to medicare and ended as we know it. that is another reason why obamacare was needed and why it will prove to be ultimately successful in helping

republican caller. good morning. caller: i watch the sunday news shows to try to get all sides of the issues. i would like to know what kind of impact on iowa voters is the white house cover-up of the bank of the terror attacks happening -- having? guest: the morning. i know this i know quite slamming into you, but i hope that all of your sick on the east coast. the very complicated set of circumstances, both in been gauzy and libya in general in the part of the world, i really believe that those not lend itself to easy politicizing and cheap 32nd shots. i may state party chair. i have no information other than what you have, rose mary. i understand this is being viewed at three different prisons for you and i. what i have observed there is an incredibly complicated set of facts on the ground changing some of those early days minute by minute. i do not believe that this has been a cover-up. what i believe is that in our rush to fill in a 24-7 news cycle in a highly politicized environment, as the white house and the

republican style.ding that bat crap krasy republican todd akin is not representative of the republican brand. but republican politicians keep popping up all over to prove that bat crap crazy is the republican brand. we showed you this crazy republican congressman from georgia last night who said this about the bible. >> it teaches us how to run our lives individually, how to run our families. how to run our churches. but it teaches us how to run all public policy and everything in society. >> big time national republicans did not feel they had to distance themselves from those crazy words about the bible teaching us how to run all of public policy and everything in society. no statements from carl rove about how he won't help that crazy guy, nothing from mitt romney about it. even though it is a statement at least as crazy as todd akin's legitimate rape belief. and the proof of how crazy that statement is comes from another crazy republican who actually believes it. loy mock. this crazy republican, acc

indiana republican u.s. senate candidate, richard mourdock, has proven to be his own october surprise, in his race against democrat joe donnelly. mr. mourdock got to be the republican candidate in that senate race when he ousted long-time and widely respected conservative republican senator richard lugar, with the help of the tea party earlier this year. mr. mourdock combined richard lugar as just too reasonable to continue to represent indiana republicans. and now with people already able to vote in indianapolis, anytime, all i do long, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., seven days a week at the county clerk's office, now the republican party is reaping the consequences of choosing this guy. >> this fall, i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> i hope you'll join me in supporting richard mourdock. >> that's part of an ad that the democratic-leaning super pac, the american bridge pac cut for the indiana

they are from republican districts of -- republicans are from republican districts.lease. they have shown themselves far more willing to strap a suicide vest not on to themselves, but on to the country, then say it's your responsibility to keep this thing from blowing up. we have no responsibility. we have no responsibility. as part of the mythology that somehow the president is the one who calls all the shots and is always in charge. it's fed in these presidential campaigns. presidential candidates put out visions and realize automatically. it's a machine for disappointment. >> i think that's what democracy is called. democracy -- >> i think it's important for folks to remember, too. i have no idea how this plays into the incentives. heather is right, we have been through this before. the last time we couldn't get a debt deal is when congressional favoribility hit an all time historic low. people are sick of this. they are sick of playing russian roulette with the economy. >> you have a congress that's got a public opinion rating in the single digits. 97% of them ar