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President Obama waded into North Carolina state politics Friday, even as he visited the United Kingdom for official meetings and to celebrate Queen Elizabeth s 90th birthday.During a press conference in London, the president came out forcefully against the state s transgender bathroom law, saying the legislation was wrong and should be overturned. stanley cup North Carolina gets blowback from anti-gay law 01:04 stanley cup The people of North Carolina and Mississippi are wonderful people. They are hospitable people. They are beautiful states, Mr. Obama told reporters Friday. I also think that the laws that have been passed there are wrong. And should be overturned. The president attributed the anti-LGBT law in North Carolina -- which stops local governments from passing anti-discrimination rules and requires transgender students to use bathrooms assigned to their biological sex at birth -- as in part a response to politics and also to some emotions that are generated by people. Some of whom are good people, he qualified. But I just disagree with them. When it comes to respecting the equal rights of all people, regardless of sexual orientation, whether they re transgender or gay or lesbian -- a stanley cups lthough I respect their different viewpoints -- I think it s very imp Vyss Gingrich: I m one to battle plenty tough Obama
5935831Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele was asked by Fox News Sean Hannity last night if the GOP will take control of the House of Representatives in the 2010 midterm elections. Steele s response Not this year. Democrats currently outnumber Republicans 257-178 in the House, giving them a 79-seat advantage. Steele said that while we re going to see, I think, nice pickups in the House, he didn t expect to close that gap entirely. Steele, who is pushing a new book, did hedge later in the conversation, saying I don t know yet when asked again about the party s prospects. He said we re just now beginning to look at the races. I can t give a number yet, Steele said. Other Republicans have suggested they believe the GOP can take the House in 2 caneca stanley 010. MORE: Michael Steele: Republicans Screwed Up ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-d1cbbbf8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-d1cbbbf8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; stanley cup inline-recirc-item--id-d1cbbbf8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; Brian Montopoli Brian Montopoli is the national reporte stanley us r and political analyst for CBSNews.
President Obama waded into North Carolina state politics Friday, even as he visited the United Kingdom for official meetings and to celebrate Queen Elizabeth s 90th birthday.During a press conference in London, the president came out forcefully against the state s transgender bathroom law, saying the legislation was wrong and should be overturned. stanley cup North Carolina gets blowback from anti-gay law 01:04 stanley cup The people of North Carolina and Mississippi are wonderful people. They are hospitable people. They are beautiful states, Mr. Obama told reporters Friday. I also think that the laws that have been passed there are wrong. And should be overturned. The president attributed the anti-LGBT law in North Carolina -- which stops local governments from passing anti-discrimination rules and requires transgender students to use bathrooms assigned to their biological sex at birth -- as in part a response to politics and also to some emotions that are generated by people. Some of whom are good people, he qualified. But I just disagree with them. When it comes to respecting the equal rights of all people, regardless of sexual orientation, whether they re transgender or gay or lesbian -- a stanley cups lthough I respect their different viewpoints -- I think it s very imp Vyss Gingrich: I m one to battle plenty tough Obama
5935831Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele was asked by Fox News Sean Hannity last night if the GOP will take control of the House of Representatives in the 2010 midterm elections. Steele s response Not this year. Democrats currently outnumber Republicans 257-178 in the House, giving them a 79-seat advantage. Steele said that while we re going to see, I think, nice pickups in the House, he didn t expect to close that gap entirely. Steele, who is pushing a new book, did hedge later in the conversation, saying I don t know yet when asked again about the party s prospects. He said we re just now beginning to look at the races. I can t give a number yet, Steele said. Other Republicans have suggested they believe the GOP can take the House in 2 caneca stanley 010. MORE: Michael Steele: Republicans Screwed Up ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-d1cbbbf8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-d1cbbbf8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; stanley cup inline-recirc-item--id-d1cbbbf8-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; Brian Montopoli Brian Montopoli is the national reporte stanley us r and political analyst for CBSNews.