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He made it very clear in every speech including the one that you just showed a few minutes ago. its important that people understand the president is being very consistent. whats inconsistent is theres not enough republicans in both houses who are willing to just look at it for what it is and actually get, be a part of the actual compromise and get it done. thats the biggest problem. too many politicians thinking about their own election or their own aspirations, instead of thinking about whats ...

Flat-out, im for gay amerimarr? >> i could. >> how do you feel about stephen colberts rendition of your head? >> hes an entertainer. >> its disgraceful. >> peoples eyeballs. >> when he took out the knife and started stabbing it, i think he might need a little bit of professional counseling on his anger management. >> rand paul is grabbing headlines. is he the flavor of the month? a force to be reckoned with in 2016? >> the last two presidents could conceivably have been put in jail for their dru...

California couples including jeff and paul who say they have a right to marry just like heterosexual couples and the states domestic partnership laws arent good enough. >> the term "marriage" is important. it has global recognition. no one celebrates a domestic partnership-versary. they celebrate an an aversery of marriage. >> that was joe johns reporting. and well tell you a strange legal alliance will argue tomorrow that californias proposition 8, one of the cases before the court, will argue ...

Will the supreme court say i do to same-sex marriage? the supreme justices questions during arguments this week may reveal which way they are leaning when they take up challenges to the defense of marriage act and californias proposition 8 which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. i talked about the landmark cases before the supreme court with our political panel. >> im not really sure where their courage is going to lie. certainly i think california is the easiest route, and when you...

Week. yes, to the point, rand pauls got some work to do on his background on what hes traditionally touted as okay and acceptable and so does ted cruz. hes making a lot of enemies on the senate side. hes really going to have to get it together if hes going to want to move anything in the senate. >> now, goldie, one of the things rand paul has talked about over the weekend, maybe this is another attempt to reach out to young voters, is marijuana use and although he said, you know, we shouldnt be ...

A political strategist, he looks at polling, he looks at data. the polling shows that a majority, the vast majority of young people under the age of 30 support marriage equality. 81% of them. thats republicans, independents, and democrats alike. also independents across the board support marriage equality. so if youre going to run for office and you start out by writing off those under 30 and independents, youre going to have a very tough time succeeding. so i think theres a chance that karl rov...

On personal property rights. so ive got real dilemmas with rand paul and some of those issues that i think might play better with younger audiences. and i just dont see how he plays well. >> hogan, another republican senator making waves right now, another tea party darling is ted cruz of texas. in an interview over the weekend he said his biggest surprise of the senate has been the "defeatist attitude of many republicans in washington. many republicans feel beaten down and nothing they could do...

No one brought up in the last few weeks since his filibuster. >> so, angela, republicans have talked a lot about how they can do better among women voters. senator ted cruz recently did a little mansplaining to dianne feinstein on the subject of gun control and the constitution. she said he was being condescending and patronizing. in response, he said, i cant control her reaction. what do you make of all that? >> he sure cant control her reaction. diane feinstein dianne feinstei his clock. these...

To get married, it doesnt hurt the marriages of straight couples. it has no effect on it at all. and had, in fact, enhances marriage. slightly different issue in prop -- in the doma case, chris, because there the question is, if a state does decide to grant same-sex marriage, can the federal government refuse to recognize it, and theres a question here about whether the government has always or usually or normally deferred to the states to let them decide what marriage is. and lurking in both of...

The white house. kristen, we were just talking about president obamas event today, the naturalization ceremony a few minutes ago. what is next for him as he tries on this fupush for immigration reform? >> reporter: i think youre going to hear the president continue to make the argument that he made today that he wants to see congress come up with an immigration reform plan by the end of the month so it can be debated next month and then voted on as soon as possible. of course, organizing for act...