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Achieve which is a ban on gay marriage in california. they could provide some fodder for republicans in the midterm elections, but in the main, rick, the economy's still the central focus. rick rick what are republicans saying, and is everybody on the same page exactly how much to push these social issues? >> reporter: i've talked to several lawmakers who say, look, these issues can fire up the base, but the base is already extremely fired up on issues related not only to the economy and jobs, but deficits, debt, and the overall trajectory of the u.s. economy. here's kevin madden, republican s...

Gonzalez weighing in on whether to repeal element of the 14th amendment that automatically grand citizenship to anyone born in america, even to the mother of an illegal alien. will they be driving forces in mid-term elections? probably not. because as your previous guest just discussed, republican and democrats i talked to agree the economy will be the central focus. but these other issues have gained prominence. shannon: do the republicans see that as a potential advantage for them? >> reporter: at margins. they know anything that motivates their base is a net plus for them as they try to gat...

Crimp narrow bank activity they find another way. i have great hope in intellect of bankers. they figure out ways. will it impact jobs negatively? at some point if they wait a year to figure out the landscape, the new landscape? >> the bankers are fine and i agree they're smart. they're doing well when you look at the hiring and the profit issues. to wayne's point, the issue -- you're not correct. in the law, there are new rules that are in terms of what depository institutions can do with respect to speculation. they are coming back a little bit on the glass-steagall. >> you're wrong! >> the ...

Flotilla raid. let's bring in david miller. thanks very much for being with us. >> it's a pleasure. as i'm sure you know, prime minister netanyahu endorsed the u.s. call for direct talks, but with the borders of any future palestinian state, really key to any peace talks, does it make sense to do what they're asking to suspend construction in areas that are potentially a part of this future state in order to get the peace talks moving forward? >> well, first, let me say that i think that the central focus, which the obama administration has had, is to extract concessions up front from israel. ...

Weather's not cooperating. we may have to accept the application of disbursements as the lesser of two evils, compared to having more amounts of oil come ago shore. >> is there a fear with the disbursements that may still kill wildlife, perhaps it will kill fewer species of wildlife than to allow the spill to just move ashore on its own? >> well, any of these things are simply nibbling away at the edges of a very large problem. obviously, the central focus for everybody involved, the spiller, bp, the administration is not a blame game right now, it's to figure out how to shut off the leak at t...