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To me. if you look how quickly over time this number is being sort of changed and public perception about gay marriage is changing so quickly, its remarkable. were watching a revolution right in front of us. does it -- you know, however, you go back four years ago or five years ago, there was a real wedge and the gop used gay marriage as a read wedge. i think this lessens this as the ability to use it as a wedge but economic times are so tough, americans are less concerned about social issues th...

This season, we are reminded that theres something about the resurrection, something about the resurrection of our savior, jesus christ, that puts everything else in perspective. >> joining us to talk about faith and politics, cnn contributor eric erickson, the editor in chief of the conservative blog redstate.com along with democratic pollster and cnn political contributor, cornell bellcher. usually when the president talks religion we go to does he need to do this because so many people still ...

security forces moved in with tear gas and live ammunition. listen. [ gunshots ] >> the witness tells cnn the attackers included syrias ruthless and much feared brigade four, which is controlled by the presidents brother. at least four people reportedly died in the chaos. then today, abruptly, syrias government seemed to reverse course and signalled it may end a state of emergency thats been in effect since 1963. cnns halla is watching the developments from cairo. i want to talk to y...

Everything, its so disorganized. there hasnt been -- still today, impossible to understand what either side is really talking about, what are the baselines? cuts against what? you read the presidents fact sheet yesterday, i couldnt make heads or tails of it. i know these numbers. will cut this or cut this but didnt give us any lines what are they cutting? what are the numbers. what percent of national income. >> all right. >> and the focus is the debt ceiling. there is going to have to be someth...

>> no question it will be interesting to watch. congressman mcdermott, we appreciate it. >> youre welcome. for more on the reaction of the other side, justin phillips, leader of the tea party nation, whos vowed to primary boehner next year. you heard us say eric erickson said he should be horsewhipped. >> i dont want to see anything violent or extreme, just a better candidate to replace him. >> what would the candidate do? just say no, no, no and never any deals? >> no deal is better than a ba...

an editor solid can a sodden dismoment. oversold and dependent on classic washington budget trickery. the episode is strike one against the speakership of john boehner. >> i guess thats the best i can do for an edge speaker. they were angry, showing of the $38.5 billion in cuts, about $8.of billion were in rescission cuts. thats money that was appropriated but never spent. there is a chance that some of that will eventually not get spent. my god, sound the sirens, they only cut 30 bill...

"fortune" magazine. >> hes for himself. >> the president wants to trim 4 trillion over 12 years. here we dgo. >> here we go, mika. watching the president throw his first punches and paul ryan on the other side, where are we in this battle? then i go back to those great -- youre too young to remember this but these guys arent. great cosell interviews between mohammed and joe frazier. were not in the first round, where ali is yapping and saying he will do this and frazier on the other --...

Obama and they take donald trump if he wasnt a laughing stock. the problem mitt romney has when it comes to the republican primary is voters look at him and expect the next words out of his mouth can be what can i do to get you in this new bmw. thats a big problem for him. >> thats not very nice. eric, you have one of the best tweets of the day. we want to put it up. at a time calling for boldness did mitt romney pick a logo with shades of gray as his background? if we can put up the romney logo...

Get me wrong, romney will be a formidable force within the republican party. i just think between jobs and foreign policy, well find a lot of voters looking for someone else. >> cornell, briefly if you could, you do polling. you poll for the president. how does romney do with independents? if jobs are a big concern and romney is strong on jobs, he should do well there. >> i would push back that hes strong on jobs. >> bring it. >> the president has created a lot of jobs 13 straight months here. t...

Hell have a problem on the left with liberals who he needs energized in 2012 saying what happened to that investment in education, infrastructure, et cetera, that you talked about in the state of the union. on the right if he talks too much about tax increases thats a nonstarter for speaker boehner and some republicans. if he at least mentions those and angers the left and right a little bit, he can go down the middle and say theyre fighting on both sides. i have the sensible center. its what th...