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Supreme court has the responsibility to catch up to that. >> congressman, good to see you. thank you so much. anna, since we are talking money and politics, in your reporting you found republicans may be able to raise more money if they support same sex marriage, right? >> absolutely. we have talked to several gop fund-raisers. theres been a turnoff by the big donors in some of the socially liberal areas like new york, california, florida who feel like this last election was lost because there w...

2016, or is there more to it than that? >> it seems that shes keeping her options open on this issue and the clintons are nothing if not savvy and pragmatic. and they understand the political landscape. so for both bill clinton, who signed into law the defense of marriage act, to write an op-ed, reversing his position, hillary clinton putting out that slick ad, where she looked very attractive, i have to say. >> you wouldnt say that if she was a dude. >> you dont think so? >> setting herself up ...

Being heard together. winded theyre way up through separate passes of the country to converge at the supreme court. the first case, perry case heard tuesday is a prop 8 case a state restriction on same-sex marriage. whereas the case herd wednesday, the defense of marriage act, whether or not federal benefits vts to be afforded to the same as couples married in their home states. >> the pew research poll showing support for same-sex marriage, its grown in the last ten years. especially generation...

There. how about the mcconnell camp? how are they reacting? >> mcconnell camp pretty confident so far. my understanding is theyd prefer to have judd run. they think they can link judd to president obama. president obama lost in kentucky by 23 points and ashley judd has been a pretty big obama advocate. they think they can run ads that say judd equals obama and win that state. mcconnell people are worried particularly if grimes runs. his approval rating is only about 37% which means theres a lot ...

I think it is possible that with this debate over -- especially with this debate over the debt ceiling that were now expecting to come in august, that there will be some kind of grand bargain. weve seen over and over again how hard its been to get to a deal. >> yeah. perry, i want to ask you about the kentucky senate race because theres been so much buzz around ashley judd potentially running there. now theres talk about kentucky secretary of state allison grimes and youre a louisville native, i...

Explain that. >> well, its significant because its been so long since the senate managed to pass a budget. i mean, its a nonbinding kind of blueprint for spending but the senate hasnt passed one since 2009. now we have a senate version of what a budget should look like. th and a house version. they could hardly be more different. the house version would repeal obama care. its not like theres much common ground between them but at least theres a starting point for the budget debate we will hear i...

This is huge for hillary clinton. >> i agree with ben 100%. no democrat in the 2016 campaign is going to be opposed to marriage equality. before this, she was not pro-marriage equality. now, shes come out for it, i think thats great. like you mentioned, senator portman coming out was a great thing this week. >> i love how we get to say all these people are coming out, you know. im glad these people are coming out and going through all this. its hard to step up and be accounted for. perry, how do...

Talking about the fed here. >> no. i think he is basically the outer, outer edge of the senate caucus. what were seeing then is a question about what cpac wants. cpac doesnt automatically mean the most conservative, although it can. and i think the real question for a lot of liberals was, is this genuine? and theres been a lot of debate, especially on the internet -- >> when you say "this"? >> is rand pauls dispute over drones and the filibuster, was it genuine? and i think i disagree with perry...

President, as opposed to political ones that weve seen in the past four years, and that was a really important moment. i would say the thing about rand paul, his foreign policy views may be less controversial than we think they are. his domestic policy views may be more controversial than most parts of the republican party. he put out -- in a speech to cpac, he talked about how he wants to balance the federal budget in five years. thats half the time paul ryan wants the balance the budget in. th...

California governor, republican an ald schwarzenegger and is advising perry who may have plenty of ammo. >> we have the third highest unemployment in the country. ceos say it is the worst place in the country to do business. >> he is likely to encounter resistance, especially from silicon valley. the ceo of the hot new travel website called peek. >> those of us that want to lgd big technology companies dont see anywhere else but california to be. >> he has his sights on other industries includin...