decide in terms of which cases they ll take, whether they ll mush a few of them together. and particularly what are they going to do about california. for me, that is the big question. california, the prop 8 decision where voters of california voted to allow same-sex marriages and then a few months later voted to write into the state constitution that such unions were illegal. if the supreme court decides not to take up that case, then people in california gay people in california would be able to get married almost immediately. but if they do take up the case, then the question of a right to marry goes to the supreme court. very fascinating time. are you surprised that they decided not to yes, i am surprised. and i will be even more surprised if they don t do something on monday. i think a lot of people are waiting. i m hoping that the supreme court will weigh in on this. i want to see the courts and perhaps the legislature deal with this and not leave to the voters because
gilda radner was doing a lot of disgust being stuff and talking about sweat coming off her nose and like whatever in her meat. she did that. i think what s changed is, you know, the people in power, the network executives, studio executives, letting women express that side of them in a public way. so it s not that women didn t do it, it s not letting women ex were he is that side of themselves into a public way. it s just whether it s just getting it into the mainstream and showing that it does appeal to a mainstream audience. you know, i absolutely adore the late great phyllis diller. we showed a little bit of her earlier. one of the things that fascinates me about her, she writes about how she intentionally made herself look bad. she had this very trim and attractive figure. one time show posed for playboy, it was supposed to be a gag but the photos were too beautiful and they decided not to use them. now we have female comics who are truly beautiful and sort of embrace that.
is generally considered a more these are very loose generalizations, but story telling is considered a more feminine form of humor. and i think that men do that, as well. louie ck does that. so both again dgenders cross th but those are the generalities. and fart jokes more masculine, right? actually, i think women tell them as much, they just don t necessarily tell them in front of the guys. about that, in terms of raunchy comedy, we ve started to see more women branch out. what was the kristen wiig movie out. bridesmaids used a lot of raunchy comedy. has that been a hurdle? i think women have always done that kind humor. you look at the old snls and
increase taxes on wealthier americans and republicans have been firing back all day long. but the clock is ticking. there is not a whole lot of time left here. you remember there was that sort of harmonious tone that came out of the first meeting that president had with congressional leaders. right now we re look at a stalemate. john boehner call this had a stalemate earlier today. president obama doesn t have any specific plans that the white house is reading out to talk to congressional leaders, but they say he will remain in contact with him in the coming days. kristen welker at the white house. thank you vyou very much. now to governor ed rendell. the optics of the president in the burbs is interesting. why did he choose the suburbs for this fight? these are traditional swing voter, voters who decide elections in pennsylvania. right now pennsylvania statewide elections are decided in the philadelphia suburbs.
reasonable. ic ti think the $1.6 trillion i reasonable. but he knows he won t get $1.6 trillion in revenue. but he puts that out there because i think he probably wants to wind up at $1.1 trillion, $1.2 trillion, somewhere along that line. and you ve got to start at a little higher figure. but the president make no mistake, he s committed to more spending cuts substantially. and i have to agree with you. one the criticisms that i have leveled at the president for his previous negotiations like with health care reform, rather than starting with what he actually wanted, he started with this very centrist proposal with the public option. it was then demonized as socialism and he had to move to the right from there. so i m glad to see him putting a plan on the table that is something that he would actually want and that people like me and the base would actually want to see. but my question for you is there s obviously a lot of resistance from democrats about significantly cutting