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Explain and educate about the health care law because so many peoplelaw? >> back in 2001 when we had the rebate checks coming in the mail, there was a huge letter saying president bush signed this into law. d democrated said that was propaganda. david axelrod was on television trying to thread the needle on president obamas b position on same-sex marriage. >> the president does oppose same sex marriage, but he supports equality for guy and less by an c lesbian couples. >> does the president su...

Nondefending original defendant saying tonight in a statement, this decision affirms the full legal protections and safeguards i believe everyone deserves. adding that todays decision is by no means californias first milestone, nor our last. on americas road to equality and freedom for all people. attorney general brown of california saying, judge walker came to the same conclusion i did when i declined to defend it: proposition 8 violates the equal protection guarantee of the 14th amendment of ...

November 10, 2008, after california voters passed prop 8. this may seem like a question of law. this may seem like a question of it is, in truth, neither. it is solely a question of love. finally tonight as promised, the special comment on the passage last week of proposition 8 in california which recinded the right of same-sex couple to marry and tilted the balance on this issue from coast to coast. some parameters as prefaced. this isnt about yelling. this isnt about politics. this isnt really...

Particular issues, keep it simple and focus on issues like this that clearly arent popular and elit heading to november. its if you have for the democrats to defend. >> bret: bill, the white house is trying to sell it. we saw the president on his computer trying to steer people through what benefits they can get through the healthcare law. here is the latest fox news opinion dynamics poll question. changes under the new healthcare law, do they go too far? 45% say yes, they do. dont go far enough...

Insurance. there you see against it, yeah, 71%. no; 29%. huge win for this proposition. and perhaps a big blow for the obama administration. in a bellwether state of missouri. back with the panel. erin, what does this mean? the big picture of politics and healthcare heading to the midterm? >> you heard harry reid saying it will get more popular with time. we havent seen that. in fact, democrats have not done a good job sellal healthcare generally, and this is emblematic of that. this is one piec...

Seeing: we did not chat last week because i was off on vacation. he has some thoughts on the illegal alien ruling and the mosque controversy. before we get to that i want to explain to the audience once again that this ruling overturning the vote in california on gay marriage the people obviously in california dont want it, proposition 8. we want to read that before we comment on it because, you know, we just dont want to off the top of oyou are ohead. so we will have it for you tomorrow. does t...

Im not good at math but that is about like a third. >> a third. >> john heilemann, he also with us in new york. we miss pat buchanan because it would have been good to have at least one commentator here that would have told the side about half of america on this gay marriage issue. we got ezra klein here from "the washington post," a well-known conservative from the deep south. thank you for being with us. >> not at all. happy to fly in from alabama this morning. >> ezra is going to comment abou...

That you should be treated the same regardless of who you are. >> reporter: yet he opposes gay marriage. this morning after a federal court struck down californias proposition 8, his senior adviser was forced to clarify his contradictory position. the president spoke against it and opposed it at the time. >> they made it clear that he had no problem with prop 8. in june 2008, senator obama was asked at a series of questions does it bother you what california is doing. senators answer consisted...

And, thats been his position throughout. so nothing has changed. >> but david, can i just say im looking at an interview right here for abc back in june of 2008 where tapper asks him, does it bother you what californias doing and the president responds, no. >> well, savannah, im at a loss here because im just zitting on a set but be happy to ship you the statement that the president made on specifically proposition 8 and opposition to it at the time. youre working off of incomplete information t...

And he did oppose proposition 8. >> all right. >> so thats been his position. >> okay. tax cuts. i want to play something that the president said right after signing pay as you go legislation. take a listen. >> it was the abandonment of this rule that allowed the previous administration and previous congresses to pass massive tax cuts for the wealthy and create an expensive new drug program without paying for any of it. >> okay. very critical of the previous administration, previous republican c...