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Also trying to move quickly, but in the u.s. senate, that's like trying to swim through concrete, which means the biggest outstanding question today, right now, is whether democrats will be able to maintain attention on the issue for long enough to get it done. attention is a precious resource in politics. it is, in fact, the most precious resource in a political system. it's literally the only thing the president really, truly, and fully controls. you only get to choose a very small set of things to put on the agenda when you're the president and president obama has chosen this. he has chosen...

Squalled liberal californians supported same-sex marriage. by the time proposition 8 landed on the ballot, same-sex marriage had gained significant support. 48% of californians voted in support of marriage equality in the 2008 election. by may of 2012, californians had an official change of heart. as of last spring, 54% supported same-sex marriage and support continues to grow. as the supreme court debates whether law making must catch up to social science, prop 8 seems to have outstayed its welcome on the left coast. how far behind is the rest of the country? let us bring in david sarota, sal...

By the time proposition 8 landed on the ballot, same-sex marriage had gained significant support. 48% of californians voted in support of marriage equality in the 2008 election. by may of 2012, californians had an official change of heart. as of last spring, 54% supported same-sex marriage and support continues to grow. as the supreme court debates whether law making must catch up to social science, prop 8 seems to have outstayed its welcome on the left coast. how far behind is the rest of the country? let us bring in david sarota, salon.com contributor. david, have you a great piece in salon ...

Had gained significant support. 48% of californians voted in support of marriage equality in the 2008 election. by may of 2012, californians had an official change of heart. as of last spring, 54% supported same-sex marriage and support continues to grow. as the supreme court debates whether law making must catch up to social science, prop 8 seems to have outstayed its welcome on the left coast. how far behind is the rest of the country? let us bring in david sarota, salon.com contributor. david, have you a great piece in salon talking about california. it is dramatic to me. we talk a lot abou...

>> well here's how it works out here. john hickenlooper, you would have called him five or six years ago, probably a moderate republican. the democrats in the legislature are probably more progressive than john hicken looper as a whole. there's a good dynamic going on here, a slowsly-divided state house, in terms of the numbers in the state house. i think there's a good dynamic where a more progressive legislature is sending bills it a more conservative, yet still democratic governor and finding common ground over there. rather than what we've always seen in so much of our politics is the righ...