Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100203:11:40:00
Was immensely brave. sort of quixiotic actually. this particular moment is so delicate for obama. he needs a win so badly. i guess for him this is a win with his own base. >> at the same time, jonathan, 1993 is not that long ago. how have we come so far in 17 years as we have? >> think about it. in 1993, corporations giving domestic partner benefits to employees, very few, if any. gays and lesbians were still fighting to save their jobs. all over the country. today, it -- you have a culture where gays and lesbians are for lack of a better word, more accepted. we went through the will and grace...