in iowa democrats hope republicans may have another sharon angle or todd aiken. joining me is msnbc analyst joan walsh and republican strategist john braybender. we reached out for her campaign's reaction and got this reaction from a campaign spokesperson. bruce b are raley is so desperate that he's once again waging a dirty and false campaign. joni has not and does not endorse or support nullification. she said in a couple of references in the tape that she does believe states can nullify a federal law. now she's put out the word that her opponent leaked it when we have it on tape. what do we make of her position on nullifications which was a reason for the civil war? the south believed they could say state by state, south carolina, georgia, the federal government pass as law on slavely for example they could ignore it, nullify it. >> the whole question in a sense is a clay citiness of washington. we'll have the conversation. what does she mean about nullification. >> what do you think? >> i don't know. >> does the word mean something? >> the context shefts sayi

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take missouri congressman todd aiken.omment on rape were a big reason for his 2012 senate defeat. last night he addressed those comments and showed he may not have learned from his mistakes. >> what you said that was so controversial was first of all you said it was very rare to being pregnant from rape and then you said if it's a legitimate rape the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down. >> right. >> do you believe that today? >> look. here was the point. the legitimate rape comment was an abbreviation. it is an idea of a legitimate claim of rape. >> if it's a legitimate claim of rape the female body has a way to shut it down. >> stress plays some part in fertility. >> what about politicians who actually reside in power. remember when nancy pelosi said this after the hobby lobby decision? >> we should antibiotbe afraid court that five guys decide what contraception is not. that court decision was a frightening one that five men should get down the specifics of whether a woman should use a diaphragm and

todd aiken has taken it all back.republican is returning to the spotlight and a new book out saying he is sorry for apologizing about his controversial rape comments. he said, quote, taking my comments in order when a woman claims to have been raped. the police determine if evidence supports the legal desks finitif rape. he also says my comment about a woman's body shutting of the pregnancy down was directed to the impact of stress of fertilization. i can't even read any more of this crap. >> just stop. please stop! >> it's a theme of your show today. sterling. bieber. palin. people want out of the national stage. >> jesse ventura! can they all go on a boat and row away somewhere far, far away? but todd aiken, he's coming back. >> he's coming back. he has got the book out. as you said, he basically unapologizes for his comment, quote/unquote, about a woman's rape and a woman can shut her body down to prevent a pregnancy. i doubt anybody wants this their summer reading. supposely mike huckabee who wants to run wrote th

you made a comment about todd aiken, and as someone from missouri, we kind of think he's crazy. and so i was wondering if you could maybe talk a little bit about what republicans or conservatives can do to keep people like todd aiken from running, kind of ruining our stereotype for our party? >> well, i mean, i don't think -- maybe i'm wrong, but i don't think anybody saw it coming. he wasn't endorsed by national right to life, he wasn't endorsed by sarah palin. it was the democrat candidate who was pushing him. i mean, the more shocking one, i think, was richard murdoch who by all accounts was smart be, you'd think he'd be a good one, and he turns around and starts talking about a pregnancy in the case of rape be a gift from -- of rape being a gift from god after the aiken thing. and by the way, as a political commentator, i argue both those points on their side. that's why you should never, ever run me for any office. [laughter] and that's why, i mean, i guess one thing i think tea partiers -- i say that just sort of generically about people who have not been involved in polit

i'm sure that had a lot to do with putting aspirin between the knees and todd aiken and all of that. i think we will see it grow even more. >> and your point about the sort of importance of birth control was fascinating to look at the majority opinion yesterday and the dissent in which aledo, it is a religious freedom case. for ruth bader ginsberg she talks about how this is part of the legislation to begin with and how important birth control is and why congress put it in there. it was exactly the way the case has been covered from the left and right which is the right saying this is religious freedom. >> they were so careful to say it was just going to afeck birth control. your religious opposition to my birth control is more valid than vaccinations. >> that is where you have women on average going to spend five years trying to get pregnant, being pregnant, nursing a young infant. they spend 30 years trying not to get pregnant protecting their health and lives and futures and families and planning for that. women get that. >> that was put front and center by the ginsberg dissent. t

. >> look what they did to todd aiken. it only takes one maniac.y elevate that person to be face of the party. republicans have to be extra careful. i'll say this. there's a movement in talk radio and on the right to profiteer from these ideas. that's the formula, staking out their territory on the right. >> i still think it's a cool way to raise money for the democrats. >> the point is the same thing goes with hobby lobby where they took something which had nothing to do with banning contraception but made it into oh, my god this hobby lobby decision you'll never have contraception again -- >> you're not. >> exactly, bob. all right. next, my favorite topic. the bachelorette picked her ♪ >>> welcome back to the fastest seven minutes in cable. three fiery stories, seven fierce minutes. jesse ventura is known for his antics in and on wrestling programs. somehow this clown was elected governor of minnesota. he'll be forever known as the fool, jesse ventura sued the widow of an american hero chris kyle. he wanted $15 million from the family. the jury c

. >> look what they did to todd aiken. it only takes one maniac. they elevate that person to be face of the party. republicans have to be extra careful. i'll say this. there's a movement in talk radio and on the right to profiteer from these ideas. that's the formula, staking out their territory on the right. >> i still think it's a cool way to raise money for the democrats. >> the point is the same thing goes with hobby lobby where they took something which had nothing to do with banning contraception but made it into oh, my god this hobby lobby decision you'll never have contraception again -- >> you're not. >> exactly, bob. all right. next, my favorite topic. the bachelorette picked her bachelor and then something awful happened that will change your life forever. the ugly mess when "the five" returns. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident is designed to clean dentures daily. its unique micro-clean formula kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains, cleaning in a bette

thus far republicans fielded superb candidates and candidates who were sort of todd aiken-like have fallen by the wayside. jon: we mentioned earlier you run crossroads gps, the super pac. article in the washington examine are says republicans are falling behind in that kind of big dollar fund-raising. here's part of what david drucker, the author of that article says. he says, this election cycle two new challenges chilled gop super pac efforts to raise cash from wealthy individuals and corporate donors. anxiety they could get slapped with an irs audit and unease donate could lead to public demonization. demonization like harry reid is doing with the koch brothers virtually every day in the well of the senate. >> this worked well for them in 2012 when they picked out five donors to mitt romney and went out to demonize them this is becoming a standard tactic of the left. i sense it in my work with crossroads. i sense it from some donors they're worried about it, but most of them it is irritating them. you need to look, david i hope it is premature in this observation. one thing that the dem

. >>> todd aiken regrets apologizing for the remark that rape rarely causes pregnancy. it sparked a huge fire storm in 2012 that led or contributed to his defeat for a seat in the senate. in a book due out next week, he said the liberal media twisted his words. by asking for forgiveness, i was validating the willful misinterpretation of what i said. conservative republicans are saying gosh, mr. aiken please stay quiet. we wish you weren't talking so much. >>> florida's congressional district map favors republicans. that's what a judge ruled thursday. it violates constitutional provisions that require fair districts. republican political consultants made a mockery of the redistricting process, tainted it with partisan intent. he ordered the districts be redrawn. the fifth held by democrat. in redrawing them, other districts will be affected. >>> county clerks in pube low, denver, colorado will follow. a district court ruling thursday that boulder county clerk hillary hall can ignore a federal stay. when same-sex couples heard the news, they started rushing over. >> i'm p

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more, these democratic campaigns, you see them trying to tie republican candidates to sarah palin, todd aiken and the other characters who are suddenly popping up in the summer news. >> that is 2014. thomas, 2016, some absolutely fascinating news coming out of new hampshire. >> really is. call it the romney effect. brand-new polls on 2016 coming out of the granite state are in strong support of mitt romney hoping he will launch another bid for the white house even though he has insisted he won't be running in the next election. when his name was not included as a possible candidate we have governor chris christie in the lead among republicans with 19%. followed by senator rand paul and then jeb bush. but there is a big difference if romney gets included in this he holds a commanding 32-point lead over christie and paul. for the democrats hillary clinton is still in the lead but may be losing steam here. ahead of vice president joe biden but that is a six-point decline for hillary clinton since april. so, mike, let me ask you, is there any chance that romney reconsiders and is it the fact he s

todd akin with open ears? >> i'm pretty nuer no one is listening to aiken with open ears anymore.w better for our health, families, politicians, that at the grass roots level is not a partisan issue, in fact, most people believe we should have that choice. so whether it's todd akin, or, you know, senator grassley, or senator it cruz, who we're making up facts and science all through the morning, and combat this bill, because the facts support this bill, i think we're going to see more and more women and men across the spectrum reject the idea that anyone knows better than us, our partners, our family and our doctors, what's best for us. >> and senator baldwin, on that note, may i say i loved the fact that these bills have been co-sponsored by male legislators. i think it is important to overdo and wonder follow see. >> absolutely. and i'll give a shout-out to senator blumenthal, with him i've worked closely on this issue and i'm proud to co-sponsor it with him. >> senator tammy baldwin, and thank you both for your time. >> thank you, alex. >> thank you. >>> coming up -- in a world

remember todd aiken? the bi-word, political bi-word todd aiken? well, he's been very quiet for the last two years. one of the things we noticed is that every day, you know, we subscribe to google alerts like everybody else does, and i always subscribe to todd aiken to see what people are saying about him. and it has never stopped. the criticism that, you know, he's treated like a pariah for an interview he gave which lasted all of about 20 seconds was the controversial part. and, of course, he lost that senate race in missouri as a result. and everybody, you know, putting distance between themselves and him. well, he's coming back after two years of being very quiet, and in july he is going to come out with a book called "firing back" published by wnd books. and i have to tell you, i think it's going to be -- you know, we've done some preliminary work with the media. so far there's not a single news agency, network that doesn't want to have todd aiken on to talk about -- [laughter] you know what i'm talking about, peter. so that's coming out in ju