surprised by one red state at a time all over the country, those are going to be the determining force for what happens in this major civil rights issue in our country right now. which is why it makes sense that when the aclu decided to hire a new strategist to try to flip more states into being pro marriage equality they did not hire a democrat, they hired a republican. they hired a major league hugely respected republican heavyweight strategist to try to flip more states into supporting marriage equality. they don t need a democrat. they need a republican. because that s where it s all happening right now. and the republican strategist they picked to do this state by state is steve schmidt. steve schmidt, who you know and love from this program. the aclu has hired steve to noodge republicans across the tournt toward marriage equality in states that do not yet recognize it. and steve schmidt joins us tomorrow night to talk about that big unpredictable fascinating project that he is ri
map. a lot of what s going to happen in terms of determining what becomes of this map, how this map changes, is not just whether the state votes red or blue overall. it s what happens internally inside the state in the state i party politics, in the remaining states that still don t have equal marriage rights. i mean, mostly with some exceptions but mostly democrats are on board with marriage equality now. republicans are the ones who are all over the map and changing fast, and changing in unpredictable ways and in unpredictable places. and those internal republican dynamics which we will be learning about and we will be surprised by one red state at a time all over the country, those are going to be the determining force for what happens in this major civil rights issue in our country right now. which is why it makes sense that when the aclu decided to hire a new strategist to try to flip more states into being pro marriage equality they did not hire a democrat, they hired a republica