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Are cycles, but we have a as a result of what's going on, many, many, many disenfranchised systems. i'm surprised, when someone will ask me, what's going on, they just know they're upset and they don't know why. so there's a strong need to review what's going on and to consider, how do we make a change. >> and is there -- so governor brownback will be up for re-election next year in 2014. and i've seen some polling that says his approval rating is down. it's balanced by a lot of the nationals who say it's still a republican state. should we be looking for a primary challenge to sam brownback? ...

Of hilarious ironies and not so hilarious ironies. you were talking about south carolina earlier. and comparing kansas to south carolina. you know, which is where nullification comes from. of course, nullification was, you go back and look at your american history, was invented by a guy called john c. calhoun, who was vice president and andrew jackson was president. but his idea was that the states came first. the states were prior to the federal government. and therefore, they could just, you know, if they felt that something was unconstitutional, if they didn't like something, they could jus...

The november election, november 2014, that will be after we've already lowered our taxes and increased the local property taxes and taken away funding for education in our state. people are concerned about that. >> it's also not a coincidence, i think, that this is happening in kansas and other states during the obama years. and i want to get into that when we come back. i did? when visa signature asked everybody what upgraded experiences really mattered... you suggested luxury car service instead of "strength training with patrick willis." come on todd! flap them chicken wings. [ grunts ] wel...

For everybody. i think what mark kirk has done is taken the party back to its roots. we believe in equality under the law. and if we stay with that, we do pretty well. >> what about minnesota, rachael? this is when people look at blue state. you had mondale in '84, a little easier that year. but people look at it as a blue state from the outside, but this is a state that produced michele bachmann, ron grams, there is a very conservative christian element to the republican party in minnesota that maybe keeps republicans from voting with the overstate preference. >> i think that's true and i thi...

Two days from now, the state of minnesota is widely expected to make history and become the 12th state in the union to legalize gay marriage. the house passed a bill just three days ago and the senate is expected to do the same tomorrow. once that happens, governor mark dayton has already vowed to sign the bill into law, likely on tuesday. the developments in minnesota are just the latest in a broad and rapid national transformation on the issue of gay marriage. but there's an irony to this particular milestone in minnesota, one that was set in motion two years ago. back in may of 2011, republ...