one more example of how this issue has changed so much. the last time she ran in 08, body she and senator barack obama did not support the legalization of gay marriage. now you have to as a democrat but martin o mally, former governor of maryland he said history celebrates profiles in courage, not profiles in convenience. he didn t mention her specifically. but that was the point. of course he signed this into law in 2013. in his state in maryland. this issue of marriage equality is it going to be a bigger issue this time around? probably not not but it will still be a big issue. there s still 40% of americans who don t agree with smengs marriage. 60% of republicans. i think we ll hear it in terms of religious liberty. that s how it will be framed. as long as you have folks like maybe bobby jindal mike huckabee in this race it will be an issue. it s the supreme court that s going to do the heavy lift in the end. the supreme court s going to decide. for some republicans, that w
house via social media. joining us now in what is the eve of mrs. clinton s announcement and henry in des moines iowa right now. ed? reporter: really great to see you. we expect that announcement from hillary clinton officially on sunday so we re just hours away now. interesting because very similar to what she did in 2007 when she ran the first time put out a video on social media re-introduce her to potential voters. the last time it took her about a week because she was still a sitting senator voting on various legislation and did not get out here to iowa to actually compete for votes. this time they hope to get her out here in the next couple of days. you talked about the republican rivals hitting her. she has got democratic rivals hitting her as well. jim webb a former virginia senator, martin o mally they have been here for days. they are trying to canvas for
fearing the clumsy handling of the nine-day frac kus of her e-mails was a warning sign. many democrats who want clinton to succeed lament that she s stepped back into the political arena in a defensive posture. we re joined by josh barrow of the new york times on this. josh, i don t know who these democrats are that they re talking about. i haven t heard anybody concerned about this. they have a candidate who has a prohibitively, just huge in the polls. yes, we ve had front runners before but never with those numbers. but what democrats are concerned about is hillary is out of practice and an easy primary will cause her to continue to be out of practice. enter martin o mally. as you said, batting practice. i m surprised how sort of tepid martin o mally has been.
numbers. but what democrats are concerned about is hillary is out of practice and an easy primary will cause her to continue to be out of practice. enter martin o mally. as you said, batting practice. i m surprised how sort of tepid martin o mally has been. if we were someone really intending to beat her for this nomination, we would have been a lot more aggressive. if he is intending to run against her and maybe get a position in her administration like vice president, like something else, so i think it s remarkable to me the vacuum that seems to exist in the democratic party right now. if i were duvall patrick, i would be salivating. there was an interesting quote from him saying, you know, the electorate doesn t like inevitability.
to receive more than two years ago. under the freedom of information act. because i covered her campaign from soup to nuts in 2008. i saw something in her at that press conference at the u.n. a couple of days i did not see in 2008 which was this profound weariness of i can t believe i m going through this again. even in 2008 her toughest days in 2008 there was always a fire there, a fire in her eyes that she wanted to keep going. she kept it going to the last primary. here at the u.n. before she s even announced, she s so tired of it. i thought what she was going for was kind of cool like you re not upsetting me. i thought she was going for, i hate this. howard the other thing about martin o malley if he really wants to knock her off, i think he can t go out there and attack her on anything, because what he needs is for her to make some kind of a mistake, for that campaign to falter so people turn to him. because if he s ever going to