Pennsylvania Senate candidate Tom Smith apparently missed the boat with his own rape comments. Commenting on the horror of rape, Smith said he knew how bad it was since he experienced something similar.
“I lived something similar to that with my own family,” Smith said. He then described his daughter’s out-of-wedlock pregnancy — from consensual sex.
“She chose life, and I commend her for that. She knew my views but fortunately for me … she chose the way I thought. Now don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t rape.”
Smith affirmed that he believed his daughter’s pregnancy from consensual sex was similar to a rape. “Put yourself in a father’s position, yes, I mean it is similar.”
As we contemplate the political ramifications of Richard Mourdock’s comments on rape pregnancy in this current hot house environment, let’s step back for a moment and consider what he said. Read More
Romney camp tells TPM: “Gov. Romney disagrees with Richard Mourdock’s comments, and they do not reflect his views”
GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock tells debate audience rape is no exception for abortion because rape pregnancies are “something that god intended to happen.”
Interestingly, just yesterday Mitt Romney appeared in a new TV ad supporting Mourdock’s candidacy.
We now have the numbers on how many people tuned in to last night’s final presidential debate. According to Nielsen, 59.2 million people watched. That compares to 67.2 million for the first debate and 65.6 million for the second.
That’s down certainly, but the same basic chunk of the national electorate watching.
A big day on the trail, as President Obama announces his new plan…
We don’t know yet what’s going to happen in Ohio, but if Barack Obama pulls it out (most polls now show a razor-thin but abiding margin) it will almost certainly be because of the auto bailout. The hard choice President Obama made and the political expedient option chosen by Mitt Romney.
As so often happens in a presidential race, the issue has been beaten down into contending catchphrases. But the real decision, the real difference is about as clear today as it was almost four years ago. Read More
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Romney top advisor says having the UN arrest Ahmadinejad could solve the Iran crisis.
“I think it would remove probably one of the most anti-Jewish, anti-Israel, pro-genocide members of that regime in Tehran. I’m hoping that he would be indicted and that action would unfold following that indictment. Absolutely.”
Kyle Leighton takes a look at the foreign policy polling after the final debate: