and i've got to tell you the christian right under palin and under the banner of palin and beck, trying to take that party from its secular roots, almost like a matchup with the middle east politics and try to turn it into a christian right party with some jewish conservatives but mainly a christian right party. they are trying to turn it into that based upon god and jesus and all this in an incredibly un-american way turning a political party into a religious institution. i don't think it's going to help marriage equality. my thoughts now. what are yours? >> well, glenn beck for starters actually is fine with marriage equality, so, we're not going to get in here and talk about semantics about some libertarian movements or some other voices within the republican party. we can, but if we're talking about marriage equality, you happened to raise mr. beck's name. he's actually in support of it. >> i guess i don't hear that sound coming from the rally types, but your thoughts, joe. how do you read it? >> look, i completely agree with you as you laid out the situation with palin and beck, but it is interesting to note that, you know, maybe tactically, even glenn beck