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Help him with a portion of his base, absolutely, gaze and lesbians it would be a huge deal. but african-americans, another key pillar of president obama's base are among the least supportive groups of that legalization. i think his attitude is why do it now? it's not a slam-dunk issue. why not wait if i win a second term, then maybe tackle it then. i think they want to quickly move on from this. >> i have two states to mention wes we talk about why not. how about north warnl whicaroli is going to be voting on a more restrictive law. and west virginia. >> too culturally conservative states too,...

Before president obama came out and supported same-sex marriage we had a vote in north carolina that would ban same-sex marriage, say that the only legal recognizable union in the state is between a man and woman. that's a swing state. not only a swing state of course it's the state that the democratic national convention will be in in a few months time. and the obama team picked that because they know north carolina is a swing state and they want to emphasize it. so, you know, it's an interesting dichotomy. if you look nationally, luke, polling would suggest that legalization of gay marriage,...