pennsylvania was a blue state in 2008. see how blew. it was a blue state in 2004. it was a blue state in the year 2000. seriously, that's what pennsylvania looks like when it votes blue. that's what makes pennsylvania a blue state. they have voted for the democrat in all of these presidential elections and in fact all of them back to 1992. but the map of mpennsylvania voting in presidential elections looks all red like this because the less populated rural counties of the state always vote republican. it's the corners, those corners that are the urban part of the state. philadelphia on one side and pittsburgh on the other. and it's because of those areas that have so saturated with lots of people who happen to be mostly democratic voters that democrats are able to carry the state numerically even if they just win in those heavily populated areas on the edge of the state. and that means the democrats count on huge voter turnout specifically in those urban parts of the state in order to give them the overall state-wide majority of votes. if something happens to mess

state and regional economic and trade discussion. as you know, san francisco has been home to the biggest and the oldest chinatown in the united states. and so, there could not be a more appreciative place to hold this conference. i will say as i said earlier to the vice minister that it is interesting to note to and i am a student of our chinese history. in the 1800's as darlene has mentioned, many of the ancestors came over from china and whether it was for economic opportunity or search of gold, it is interesting to know that today we're of course seeing our contemporaries coming to invest and look for partnerships opportunities in the united states and in san francisco. it is a very nice twist. i am proud to say that san francisco is the innovation capital of the world. and we have been dubbed the center for clean technology in the united states. our goal of reaching the zero waste in 20/20 -- 2020 is a real goal. . companies are popping up in our city. we recently signed a memorandum of understanding in beijing with the national

state. the secretary will announce the votes to which each state is entitled. i am pleased to introduce our distinguished secretary of the convention, the lieutenant governor of iowa, and the assistant secretary, kelly knight of kentucky. i am pleased to introduce our tally clark. >> ladies and gentlemen, let us commence the call of the role of the state's. alabama, 50 votes. >> madame secretary, i am proud to lead the alabama delegation. alabama is on the move. a leader in transportation technology, 3 world-class auto manufacturing plants and a new jet plant just announced. we need a job-builder who will cut the debt holding us back. delegates unanimously cast our votes for the only person who can do that, the next president of the united states, the mitt romney. >> alabama, 50, romney. alaska, 27 votes. >> madame secretary, alaska, the largest red state in this glorious union, enjoys an abundance of pristine coastline, towering mountain ranges, roaring rivers, lakes, streams, a gigantic gl

where's the evidence of the united states involvement in syria i mean obviously the united states would love to see assad fall but we're not entirely happy about what the consequences of that might be and that is a continuing conversation that is taking place in our state department at the moment the idea that the united states knows what it wants to achieve in syria is ridiculous will hurt if you want to see in all fairness he sure you want to hear in all fairness the secretary of state that says assad must go so the united states does have an interest in the fate of syria one way or another ok and what is the united that is it is a city in the middle that it wasn't really something everyone wanted to ease please every time the united states says somebody has to go you know what they do eventually john in boston you want to jump in. yes yes i want to go back through a couple things first of all i want to go back to something herb said he said that the idea of isolationism is nothing new in american politics well it's true i said recently it's new it hasn't made its appearance here in a

the connection i make is between states and government or state power and governance. all human interaction requires the governance for rules. we can have rules that are spontaneously derived or they emerge without deliberate patterns. a lot of those govern our lives. think of how pathways emerge in jungles. someone walked that way the first time, another person followed, and then there's a pathway created, people follow it, and they can organize their behavior. there's lots of rules that can emerge spontaneously. we see them all over the world. for instance, the principle of first come, first serve. that emerges spontaneously. people figure that out pretty easily, or one thing that you can study all over the world is sit down two children, give them a cake, and ask them to divide it. they all figure it out quickly. one cuts and the other chooses; right? that seems to be something we all settle on pretty well. it's not so culture specific. states are not merely sets of rules. they are organizations, however. right? so the firm is an institution, but general motors is a

it is always is the gateway of the united states to china. as the economic and trade cooperation between china and the united states and california deepens, now we believe that trade and investment keeps growing. china is the third largest export destination for california. many multinationals like hp, intel, cisco, and chevron are doing well in china. they're making money in china. at the same time, as the close relationship is going on, many chinese companies are working in san francisco in california. i would like to name a few. the tsl, ciuts, just to name a few. these are successful chinese companies working here. as the american companies in china, the chinese companies working in california in san francisco are also making contributions to job creation and the development of the economy in local areas. we're thinking these are very good signs. as the previous speakers mentioned, we paid a visit to the united states last february. governor brown proposed that we set up a working group for the u.s., a state, and china provinces to cooper

that means you can jump in anytime you want anyone if i go to you first in washington what is the state of america's soft power today ok a lot of people think it would be us to go real battering under the bush years and now we've had four years of obama what is this what is america's brand value. well i think america has a lot of brand value but i don't think it comes from. funding democratic forces in other countries i mean i don't think this rule works very well since one thousand nine hundred we've tried to impose democracy using military power fifteen times and eleven times it's failed two times it's still out and four times it succeeded so it doesn't have a very success rate even when you force it on people so i think letting it bubble up from the bottom is better than funding democratic groups in elections and funding even things to bring about democracy i think people have to do it themselves in whatever country it is and i don't think we have the money for it here in the united states anymore to do these types of things ok craig what do you think about that i mean you know i've

new york state police are always around the empire state building, since 9/11. have surveillance tapes in their custody right now and maybe they're looking at them as we speak. we do know the suspect's body is still lying near the entrance. police have been taking pictures. his body is now covered with a white sheet. we don't know about the other victim's body. we have not been able to locate that body as of yet. we understand that the white house has been informed of this shooti shooting, we don't know if the president is expected to make a statement. mayor bloomberg is expected to conduct a news conference in six minutes. poppy harlow is on the scene on fifth avenue. poppy, what do you see? >> reporter: we are waiting, carol, for a press conference here on fifth avenue right in front of the empire state building, i believe you're looking at shots of that. what i can tell you is since we last spoke new york city police commissioner ray kelly along with new york mayor mike bloomberg went into a nearby building to be briefed. i spoke briefly on the phone with the

the state law.>> that is a technical amendment doesn't need action where allowed by the state law. is there a second to the amendment? discussion? yes, sir. >> i went to see if the secretary of state of mississippi would accept the amendment i know exactly what he's getting at and i agree. what he meant to say is the electronic delivery of ballots people were calling for the voting at websites which are subject to security risk where we absolutely must allow the electronic ballots. would he accept that amendment? >> he will come in yes, thank you. >> would you be kind enough to repeat it will look at the screen? >> mr. kobach? >> the word of voting should be struck and replaced with the delivery of ballots. >> answered after electronic delivery of ballots and it's on the screen. there's been a second to the secondary amendment. any discussion on that clarifying amendment? hearing none colin favor of the secondary amendment, aye. all opposed? that amendment is adopted we are now back to mr. hoseman's

states.ska cast 18 votes for governor mitt romney. this is america's election headquarters. alert, i'm bret baier. >> i'm megyn kelly. one of the things making this republican convention unique is it's happening right now. the delegates are formally about to nominate mitt romney for president on tuesday. one day earlier than normal. >> actually a couple minutes earlier than we thought. the state vote in alphabetical order. each state is awarded a different number of delegates based on the size of the population. the way it's voted in previous elections. states that went republican in 2008 got a bump. so here is the deal. we will keep track of the delegate voting at the bottom of your screen. you can see the magic number needed for nomination on the right side of your screen. that magic number 1144 delegates. the state vote willing be on the far left of the screen when it's happening. when it votes and announces its delegates. now it will all be tallied in the middle of your screen. that runni

this is new york state.st railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination... and businesses lead the world. the new new york works for business. find out how it can work for yours at thenewny.com. >>> there is fierce opposition to a move by a colorado university to lower tuition rates for children of illegal immigrants. we just spoke to the president of the university who backed the move by the board of trustees. and now a critic who is suing the school to get the policy reversed. a former congressman and the co chair of the antiillegal immigration team joins us from denver. before children of illegal immigrants were charged out of state rates of about $15,000 a year and now the school is cutting that in half, you say that is illegal. why? >> it's an opinion not just i hold but an opinion held by the u.s. attorney

of them come on the states. i'm not sure a lot of them, but as they think about this competition, they understand this state that they came from probably would agree with other states. what has happened today in the world, today our states are competing not just with each other, but with many, many other nations. and so that competition has stepped up. and so, sort of like the olympics, if you're going to win and jobs competition you often have to have years of preparation and dedication. it does not happen by accident periodontist it like. energy, regulatory education work force, y'all are sort of required to be part of that plan and strategy. then you have to have the tenacity and the toughness to see it through. when these strategies come together it is a wonderful thing. ec countries are states becoming successful. they are more competitive, and as a result, they are having success in terms of job attraction and private-sector job creation. they become -- places that we all want to emulate. they win these co

if it comes down to state by state, up to the states and democratic party recognizes that situation. >> urges states to make it. >> how is that going to affect ohio? >> i think ohio, iowa, virginia, and north carolina are all states where democrats can look at it and say, if the targeted messages go out right, this could, on balance, hurt them. those are four really important states. >> your thoughts, mr. frank on how this will affect the election. >> chris, i'm puzzle willed by this. the president has already said that is his position. he said doma is unconstitutional and believes people should have the right to get married to people of the same sex and has taken concrete action to oppose it. all the ohio democrats voted against the defense of marriage act. on the issue, democrat approval is there. people are giving the platform more prominence than it ever earn. >> i predict that the beginning of the democratic convention in charlotte when nothing else is happening monday and tuesday when the word is out about the platform, we will be talking a lot about that on the front pages of

the legislature and governor in 24 red states, republican state, and 11 democrats states. the parties together, they can take a stake in one direction or the other three are getting serious reforms. real savings. real improvements. school choice for the lowest income kids, half the kids in louisiana and indiana. massive reforms. and the quality government and also less expensive government. i would argue that what we need to do -- we are spending 4% of gdp on national defense. you can reduce, if you really felt you had to send more money, you could spend more money out of the national budget to an ex canada and reform of the parts of government to cost less. you could double national defense to 8% of gdp and drop the rest of the government down to 15%. why is the position of ted kennedy's government -- we will keep the same amount forever and this is mine. this is my money. that is why obama talks about giving people stuff. the money the government takes from you as his -- he used the money the government takes from you as his. that is not the way most americans view the p

united states.want to be in agreement on issues of the election integrity. we do not want a divided state. that is the path down which we are heading. with us today are some of the leaders who have faced the breakdown of the system and are choosing to speak out, to take action in their states, and to protect liberty itself. we are pleased to be joined by our distinguished panelists. i will introduce each one and each one will take the podium and share with you their own comments. the first gentleman i would like to introduce is kris kobach, secretary of state in kansas. he has been a strong advocate of requiring voter i.d. at the polls and has led the way in overall improvement of our electoral process by developing a legislative program that includes provisions for security in mail-in ballots, laws requiring proof of citizenship while registering to vote, and requiring voter identification. his secure and fair elections process has seen great success in kansas. our next speaker will be scott gessle

in the most diverse state in the world's most averse democracy. the delegation will appreciate this as you walk the streets of san francisco at our best as it is across the state. people are living and a dancing together across every conceivable and imaginable difference. i have believed the world looks to us to say it is -- if it is possible to live together across every conceivable difference. we're proud of our home and place in history and proud of our example. but we also are humble in the context of the world we're living in. a world that is another connected but hyper-connected with a merger of i.t. and globalization. we recognize our faith -- fate is connected to the fate of others. that is the spirit that binds us together. the spirit that brings us here today. i want to close by reminding you that california is the birthplace as mayor lee was saying of life science, biotech, the home of the california stem cell institute, a state with more engineers, more scientists, more global -- nobel laureate's than any other state or we still lay cl

what we know is that there are 10 key states and three knots of key states. up those 10 key states we know that indiana and north carolina are certain wins from at romney. democrats will try and tell you oh no we are going to win north north carolina. it isn't even close. yes president obama wanted in 2008 but is traditionally red state. they had and enormous turnout in its african-american population that it won't be able to replicate. i'm simply not worried about north carolina. and indiana is the reddest of red states. that was a temporary stroke on the national scale. it hit indiana voters. put those two in romney's column so you're getting closer to those 270. romney has to win really four plus one. he has to win these four states that i'm about to mention, florida, ohio and virginia, excuse me, three states, florida ohio and virginia plus just one more of the following, pennsylvania, wisconsin, new hampshire, iowa and colorado. those are fundamentally favorable electoral dynamics. i want to walk through the specifics. in 2000 president obama won florida

or is it up to the state? >> it is up to the state. most states, if you are going to consider something that affects a stick at large, they will have an opportunityo hear from voters on the proposal and have so debate at the state level. that is good. >> but you would not rega that as a due process concern of the sort that wouldarrant federal legislation requiring states to do it one way or the other? >> no, i do not think so. we left the states free to choose their own method of judicial selection. >> right. i certainly agree with that. finally, you were a long time advocate of federalism while on the supreme court. a strong believer in the fact that there is a difference between state power and federal power. >> yes. >> we have to respect that for our system to operate correctly. what would you advise to federal lawmakers about how best to protect that system? and the distribution of power between state government on one hand and the federal on the other? >> well, all members of this body, the senate, come from one of the 50 states.

one of those states is itself called the state of mexico. it is not to be confused with the nation of mexico. a republic. nieto has been governor of the state of mexico for the last six years. 2005 to 2011. nieto is married to a soap opera actress. she is a full-blooded mexican and is well known. he will soon be the president of the republic of mexico. he was opposed by manwell lopez obrador who wran against him in the just completed mexican election, he came in second. obrador was the endorsed candidate from the democratic revolution party. and he says the won was brought and the party of pri has a long history of being boug 38%. beating obrador by seven points with 31%. obrador filed his challenge sev obrador files his challenge with the federal tribunal which is investigating whether the election was bought. the tribunal will either ratify or reverse the election by september 6. >> question, with what is the good news coming out of mexico today? you can also predict who is going to win the election but i don't want to talk about that. i w

a serious state and a reasonably powerful state now we have the code which is virtually succeeded we have. which are. conflict with each other this is come about as a result of us policy i mean us policy makers aren't stupid and they didn't exactly it didn't come as a complete surprise to them that this was how or what would happen once the united states invaded the same thing as happened following libya i mean we've already seen the spillover effect. in mali i mean again this was always a likely once the united states aligned itself with various radical islamic forces very very groups that it had already listed as terrorist organizations and the same thing is clearly happening in syria we've seen that the the civil war which has been clearly few and funded and financed by the united states has now spilled over into lebanon and this as this war continues as it will do. lebanon will almost certainly be engulfed in the civil war so i think these are policies that great powers particularly the united states will into existence because they weaken possible opponents ok and what do you th

people notice these yellow states, why are they tossups? >> we've looked at the states the associated press ranks as tossups and they're tossups because it means they're close in the polls, the voters there are not sold on the president deserving a second term. >> sreenivasan: let's look at how they broke down in 2008 every single one of these states that are battleground this time around were light blue for obama. >> that's very true. and when you look at the general rust belt area this is why it's the romney campaign strategy because they feel like they have an opportunity there. the president was able to win by a slim margin of votes. >> it's such disenchantment with the entire political system right now part of the listen to me campaign, here's a couple sample of voters that are frustrated. >> when a person like myself who can't be a huge financial donor can't even get word one with any of the candidates, that's a broken system because those people are supposed to represent me. >> i think people are afraid if they go one way or another

so the president visiting that key state. also going to the state of ohio. that's a place where recently he had that bus tour. had been spending a lot of time in that state. he's ahead in the polls there, but both of these states, critical to deciding who wins the white house. and the president also going to new york. new york city, as you know, a lot of money there. so he'll be going to collect some campaign cash to fuel this very competitive race, john. >> new york, more of an atm than a swing state, at the moment for the campaign. how do they view this? mitt romney will dominate, he'll get most of the spotlight, the lead up to his convention and then the convention week. how do they decide in the obama campaign when to step back and let the republicans have their day? >> reporter: right now it doesn't appear they want to step back. they're engaging very much either with the candidate himself or on the air with these very tough campaign ad they've really been pushing this issue of medicare. that's something that has been part of this campaign cycle, but no

conservatives love states' rights and they idea is that if you let state legislatures elect senators then the senators will be more beholden to the interests of the states they'll be you know they'll have to go back to the states and the their their bosses will be in the state government so they'll be more responsive to the direct needs of the state they won't go to washington and kind of forget about what's going on at home but the huge problem with this whether these tea party people who are supporting this realize this and this is actually out here motive or not i won't say but before the seventeenth amendment there was rampant corruption in the election of senators i mean the whole reason that we have the seventy the moment is not because it was undemocratic before hand it certainly was because the corruption was so out of control with bribery and you know all kinds of terrible things going on that there was this uprising and people said we can't support this because if you think about it the cost per vote ratio that you have to do if you want to influence an election is so much

maybe the state of california is the state of golden opportunities, where we have a chinese-americanor of san francisco. 35 years ago, congress members passed similar resolutions in both house and the senate to formally recognize the first 10 days of may as asian-pacific heritage week. one year later, president jimmy carter signed into law a joint resolution to officially designate the annual celebration. 11 years later, president george bush extended the weeklong celebration to an entire month. you know and i know that our mothers say that every day is asian pacific american day. i want to recognize all of the milestones the api has made in the state of california and in the entire country. the caucus has a record of 42 members in the asian caucus in congress. one of their very first things we want to say is it was a young man who was the first member -- we want to make note of that. the reestablishment of the white house initiative by president obama was another accomplishment. president obama's cabinets has dr. steven chu. the very first asian-american -- as ambassador to the repu

of the united states. and we can calculate and dollar terms, in current dollar terms what would the impact of these. here is a table you will not believe. i hope you can see this. the first row of this is calculating the present value of the added gains to our g.d.p. of the next 80 years. which is the lead time of someone thborn today. but it expected gdp. the columns are in germany, canada, finland, and i will get to nclb. and a second. these are levels of performance that are increasingly farther from us. the first member, i do not know that i have -- i have the wrong thing. the first number on that chart, and the upper left hand corner says that getting up to the level of germany as a present value of a 43.8 trillion dollars. that is on a $15 trillion g.d.p. that we have today. we are talking about three times the current g.d.p. is the present value of getting up to germany. now, think of canada. when i was on to graduate school, we used to refer to it as the 13th federal reserve district. in this kind

bridges cross into other states and roads cross into other states. that is a big deal. the other issue, is, there is a reason why the national league of cities is saying the first bond to defail are the bridges and school building bonds because states routinely, and i am a history geek and i know you are, historically states and localities have taken the money and plugged it, plugged balance sheet holes and not used it to create bridges or for roads. the federal tax money goes into the never land. until we have a national discussion in congress about the use of this money right now hold off until we can do it right. >>neil: it is like they found the money in the glove compartment and, well, here is more we can spend. it seems desperate, desperate. thank you very much. one of the stars of fox business network. i want you to to know a small group of voters can make a difference in this election. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these thin

and the united states.s hope the rule of law, the understanding of what the asylum convention meant in 1951, what asylum means today, will be adhered to by the british. >> michael ratner, the significance of baltimore garzÓn becoming one of the attorneys for julian assange, the well- known spanish judge and prosecutor who is consulting with the ecuadorian government. what about his presence as part of your team? >> part of our team would be an understatement balthazar garzÓn really is the head of the team. he has the ability of political ability to move in that america and around the world, but to be able to negotiate and politically with the next steps are for julian assange. but what is really interesting about baltasar garzÓn case is how similar would happen to him related to what is happening to julian assange. baltasar garzÓn lost his job as a judge in spain because he wanted to be a truth teller, open up the thousands that were disappeared in the spanish war in the 1930's. the conservative, the right

is sovereign state. so that is a kind of limitation on state power and has a very important goal of trying to maintain a less warlike, more peaceful international order. on the other hand, internal sovereignty i think it's inherently illiberal. that is to say contrary to the principles of liberty. the classical liberal ideals is to say a law governed state. the law is supreme. not the sovereign, not the ruler, the king of the president of the parliament, but rather the supremacy of the law. the presentation this afternoon i will talk about that particularly in english context, the emergence of this idea of the rule of law. the state as we know it is the institutionalization of the spoliation or read seeking behavior. and to understand that from afraid of pareto, another great sociologists and economists is to understand the importance of concentrated benefits and diffuse costs because the state successfully claimed a monopoly on legitimate use of violence in some given area, they have the ability to impo

but the congress told the state's every state in the country and every precinct have to have at least one machine that can be used by people who were disabled and particularly people who are blind. the only current that can be used for someone that is blind to vote for themselves without assistance is electronic but there isn't a single instance of anyone showing that an eruption in the united states is compromised through the software used in electronic voting machines. >> host: >> guest: but it's been 40 years. >> host: let's go to your central thesis. we've sort of address i think the issue that you talk about florida as a systemic issues. but let's go to the central thesis. >> guest: florida has individual problems. one. some people who were not felons and eligible to vote were barred from voting. a larger group of people who were eligible were allowed to vote them from the palm beach post and the miami herald so those were illegal votes. both of those are wrong. a second, you had a case of in jacksonville a bunch of people were told to vote of dupage to return at foltin sifry pag

certainly in a state like nevada, another swing state where there's a huge latino vote that's going to make a big difference. and right now you'd have to say it's going to go to president obama. u. >> eugene robinson, thanks for joining us tonight, i so much appreciate it. >> mucho gusto. >> i won't say it back. i'll embarrass myself. i should mention, a quick correction. congressman john conyers i said was from the state of georgia. i don't know why i said that. i wrote it myself and corrected it back in the edit after somebody fact checked me, which is idiotic. so he's from michigan, not the great state of georgia. my error. i'm sorry. >>> all right. what do the bp oil spill and mitt romney's time at bain capital have in common? something brand new. that story's coming up. i'm sorry. >>> okay. what's a good second career if your first career had involved tragically miss managing the occupation of a foreign country? thanks to the second career of paul bremer, this is not a theoretical question. you might remember paul bremer as america's point man in iraq at the start of the u.s. occu

search state of the union. "the situation room" starts right now. >>> you are in "the situation room." mitt romney is beginning his final sprint to the republican convention. president obama isn't about to let him have this week ace spotlight all to himself. also, paul ryan's presence on the republican ticket, one factor putting his home state back into play. see why we call wisconsin a toss-up. >>> smile for the camera. stores installing new technology that not only knows who you are and will serve up tempting deals based on what you buy. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i am john king. you are in "the situation room." >>> we are heading into a monster week for mitt romney and paul ryan as they gear up the republican convention now just a week away. to start building excitement, the running mates reunite monday with one of this year's all-important swing states. joe johnson is here to look ahead at what else we can expect in a big, big week ahead. >>

both swing states. we also have some new polls from those all-important battleground states today with the numbers getting interesting. we've been talking on this show for some time about how you look at the swing states, you know, 12 or so swing states, and president obama's been ahead in basically every single one. not basically, he's been ahead in every single one when you look at the realclearpolitics.com average of all polls. we've looked at it time and time again. today? not so much. we're going to take a look at why mitt romney is ticking up in some key battleground states and whether that is sustainable for him. chris stirewalt will walk us through all of that coming up. >>> well, there are new questions today about our economy after the labor department reported a jump this week in applications for unemployment. the number of americans applying for first-time unemployment benefits rising slightly from last week, although the four-week average -- which is considered more reliable -- is now below

washington state and oregon state are both completely vote by mail. when the ballots were cast there is no, first, the ballots are mailed to every registered voter. so some people may not intended to vote. some people meant -- may not be capable of voting so their ballots at large. as you know we've had recount in washington state, and those recounts have been based on the fact that boxes of ballots have appeared inexplicably and unexplained in larger urb areas. voters in rural areas are completely disenfranchised, and there's no way to be certain who cast the ballot. there's no way that you can protect the integrity of a vote by mail ballot. unit even certain if the ballot arrives at the auditors office, is actually cast in your name. and so i would suggest that there is, the voters have no protections under a vote by mail. and we can't assure the integrity of the ballot in either oregon or washington. and i'm concerned about it. so that's why i inserted this language to oppose vote by mail. >> a second to the amendment be adopted, so it is properly

united states senate, every state of matter how big or small the population has two senators.ou know, there's all kinds of protections the framers put in because they feared the tyranny of the majority. but the electoral college, it generally reflects the popular vote. but if you look at the convention, day said we want to put this in the people running for president don't just go to the populous areas of the cities and ignore the rule areas with less population. and they put that in 225 years ago is still true today in a good reason to maintain. >> another reason to maintain as florida's 537 vote difference in the end. that's what was certified. wait a big fight over a small part of the country. imagine if those had been closed. 100,000 disconnected because of thousand is nationwide. even if florida had the vacation in all 50 states, the elect are all college in all college inadvertently and i don't think they plan this comic came to debate over who won the presidential election to win state rather than 50 states and that would've been an even bigger mess. >> so we talked at

states administer, both state and federal elections, and so i submit it is not responsible for statesenforcing that federal law to do nothing, but the honor system. next question, please, again, make the question brief so we can get additional ones in. ma'am? >> hi. i'm new to the country. why have all of the laws cropped up quickly over the last year and not before 2011? how come they did not crop up when george bush was elected in 2000 by a few hundred votes in florida? how can citizens, like me, trust the voter id laws proposed by all conservative legislators are not using politics to disenfranchise voters who typically vote progressive or democratic? timely, it's not just the voter id laws that cropped up over the last year. conservative legislators limited early voting days that increase the voter participation, and which have nothing to do with voter id laws. why limit early voting days as well? >> another great and challenging question. who is first? >> i'll swing first. it is a good question. thank you for being here. the voter id law was actually -- it was attempted to be pas

rules like that in state law had been a practical part of women's contraception in 28 states.e essentially made it national. when mr. ryan was asked at the time on "meet the press" if he thought his own party, republicans, were maybe focusing too much on birth control and opposing this new rule to make birth control more accessible, his answer was no. republicans in the senate tried and failed to overturn the birth control insurance rule. house republicans were also planning to do that until they got cold feet on the issue. house republicans including paul ryan did of course vote to repeal the whole health care law. they did that twice for good measure. along with more than 30 separate votes to repeal, defund, or knock out portions of the law. paul ryan has also voted multiple times to defund planned parenthood, one of the largest providers of contraception services and it his budget would eliminate for all title 10 family planning programs all together. gnaw just planned parenthood, everything. but paul ryan has not just spend spent his time in congress trying to roll back ac

pick is in the state. this has been a central state since 2004, 2008. one again in 2012. that's why they're spending so much time there. >> and chris cillizza. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow we'll join you from chicago. mayor michael bloom beg talking about the economy, maybe trans fats and sodas. jose, you've got a gold medalist. >> absolutely. we're following developing news. any minute we're expecting to see paul ryan at the iowa state fair where he's been campaigning on his own for if first time since becoming romney's v.p. mix. >>> also, never has the u.s. olympic team appeared more diverse. olympic gymnasts and bronze medalist joins me live to talk about the changing face of the team. [ male announcer ] now you can swipe... scroll... tap... pinch... and zoom... in your car. introducing the all-new cadillac xts with cue. ♪ don't worry. we haven't forgotten, you still like things to push. [ engine revs ] the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at&t. th