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Individual freedom. federal law still says it is still ill the golden not break out but she chose. >> they like their part jokes. >> it is a great reminder you will not get help from politicians on this issue. the way to get things done is gore round with the initiative process or the technicality to get things done. democrats are just as useless as republicans. john: to the proposition of tax increases. >> native californian jerry brown pushed proposition 30 increasing taxes to help cover the budget deficit. john: only if you make a quarter of a million dollars >> year is the big picture betw...

Washington. >> washington state. >> right. you have to raise a lot of money for these. this is not a grass roots -- i mean it's grass roots at a certain level but running a big campai campaign. >> it is grass roots. the reason we may succeed this year is because we have been knocking on doors, having conversations with neighbors. not just in the political moment but over years. it's persuasion over time that's helped people change their hearts and minds on the freedom to marry. to run a political campaign with the air wave war you have to wage. it does cost millions and millions of dollars. fr...

Probably one in four dollars spent by outside groups are going to be from, who knows. anonymous money. i think it's interesting. i don't think people are talking about it near as much as the super pac. >> they have all the headlines. >> the dark money, the groups that are counted as 501 c 4s. justice kennedy made a point about the importance of disclosure. we are now seeing that violated to the nth degree. >> there are hundreds of hilarious lines by kennedy, but the most hilarious is, look, we always have disclosure. everyone will know who is giving money. it will act. >> they can figure it ou...

For more information go to our facebook page at facebook.com/up with chris. want to find out what my guests think we should know heading into election week. >> if you're a voter in california, you probably already know that the voter guide is 144 pages long pause there are 11 ballot o measures for californians to vote on. as usual, most of the questions put to them are stupid. the three strikes reform notwithstanding. that's your statewide vote. if you live in san francisco, you have an additional seven local questions to vote on. if we're thinking about whether ballot initiative is a good ide...

Poised to be on the preface of getting this passed. >> thanks for having me. ultimately, what we have seen in colorado is an ongoing discussion about marijuana, about the fact that it's less harmful than alcohol and the failed policy. it's occurred over the last eight years or so here, thanks to ballot initiatives. we are now at a point where people are ready take that step. they are ready move forward and take on a more sensible approach. >> this is the capstone on what has been a long trajectory of public opinion. i want to show national numbers here. in 1969, there was a time when people we...