florists, they were rejoicing. hawaii will become the 15th state. illinois passed it s marriage equality law last week and the governor there is going to make illinois the 16th state to okay same-sx marriage. to characterize it s direct town right now, i think it would be fair to say that same-sex marriage rights are advancing, and rapidly, and they are not just legally advancing, they are advancing in broad terms. as of this summer, a clear majority of americans favored marriage equality for the whole country. among moderates it was 63%. among independent voters it s 53%. among women it s 56%. that s where the country is at right now on this issue, and it s getting more so all the tile. since the supreme court s decision on the defense of marriage act this summer, more and more states have moved toward equalizing their marriage laws. and when that happens inside a state, the sky tends not to fall. and therefore the arguments about how terrible same-sex marriage would be for that
seats in places like montana and south dakota. those seats are tougher for democrats. but this is an issue that i think i mentioned this yesterday. it fits so perfectly into a 30-second attack ad. it s very hard for a democrat running in a swing or conservative leaning state to win that fight at the moment. chris cillizza, kelly o donnell, thanks so much. coming up, actress jennifer garner in her new role of ambassador for early childhood education. plus, hawaii is a signature away from becoming the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage. governor neil aber control bee said he will sign the law today. they expect it to be a big boost for tourism. also, it ends more than two decades of debate in hawaii where two women in 1990 famously applied for a marriage license, sparking a court battle and eventually a national conversation on gay marriage. i hope that we honor each other s differences and
4.7%. 8% overall is not great, but i don t know where one comes down as far as what is too high. your optimism in terms of next steps and anything changing down in gitmo. it really doesn t feel like it s about to close any time soon. as much as the messaging overseas may be bad, there s some in congress who like the message that guantanamo sends to the world, which is mess with us, and you end up at guantanamo bay. there isn t any unanimity this thing is about to close. carol rosenberg of the miami herald, thank you. thanks for the great reporting. thank you. coming up, hawaii is set to become the 15th state to say aloha to gay marriage. we ll discuss the march to 50 just ahead. [ male announcer ] welcome back all the sweet things your family loves
some of the same-sex opponents, some of whom you heard booing there, it was not their day in hawaii, they did not prevail. but for same-sex couples and also for hawaii s caters and florists, they were reoutsides. hawaii will become the 15th state. illinois passed it s marriage equality law last week and the governor there is going to make illinois the 16th state to okay same-sx marriage. to characterize it s direct town right now, i think it would be fair to say that same-sex marriage rights are advancing, and rapidly, and they are not just legally advancing, they are advancing in broad terms. after of this summer, a clear majority of americans favored marriage equality for the whole country. among moderates it was 63%. among independent voters it s 63%. among women it s 53%. that s where the country is at right now on this issue, and
people who live within the confines of this state. and that s, from last night, i think i m doing okay. dana. you told the kids in the classroom just a bit ago that you re not running for president, but everybody s talking about you running for president. the question is, how do you keep that from becoming a major distraction over the next couple of years as you govern the state of new jersey? yeah, i don t get distracted very easily. it takes a lot to distract me. and i think the way it won t be a distraction is i simply won t let it. listen, one of the things you saw in 2010 and 2011 was that there was enormous speculation about me running for president then. and i would get asked about it almost at every press conference, even though the entire time i was saying, no, i m not running. until finally i had a press conference to once again say i wasn t running. i ve gone through this before. we achieved a lot during that