Romney is frequently accused of flip-flopping and it's going to be hard for him to rebuke those accusations after tonight's debate. The former Massachusett's governor is questioned about his stance on the Supreme Court's decision that the constitution gives a right to privacy--particularly with regards to the right to buy contraception. Romney initially responds by saying he doesn't think that decision was correct.
However, when pressed further, Romney says there's no reason to make a law allowing states to ban contreception--"it's working just fine, just leave it alone," he says smirking, to laughter and applause. Very funny, Romney, but George Stephanopolous is not amused. When called out for giving two answers to the original question, Romney clarifies that he disagrees with Roe v. Wade. That's great, but not what George asked. Related searches:
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The Iowa caucuses are an electoral event in which residents of the U.S. state of Iowa meet in precinct caucuses in all of Iowa's 1,774 precincts and elect delegates to the corresponding county conventions. There are 99 counties in Iowa and thus 99 conventions.
These county conventions then select delegates for both Iowa's Congressional District Convention and the State Convention, which eventually choose the delegates for the presidential nominating conventions (The Iowa caucuses are noteworthy for the amount of media attention they receive during U.S. presidential election years.
Since 1972, the Iowa caucuses have been the first major electoral event of the nominating process for President of the United States. Although only about 1% of the nation's delegates are chosen by the Iowa State Convention (25 Republican delegates in 2012, assigned proportionately), the Iowa caucuses have served as an early indication of which candidates for president might win the nomination of their political party at that party's national convention, and which ones could drop out for lack of support.
