the public supports gay marriage but state by state you get an entirely different picture. what people say to pollsters may differ. this has emerged as a kind of civil rights issue. this is a country in which you do not the want to see as standing against the advancement of civil rights. you may tell a pollster one thing but that doesn t say how you are going to o vote. i think it is a net minus for the president. the president s position on this hasn t evolved. it resolve. in 1996 he was in favor of gay marriage. 2004 he was against it and stayed that which until just now. we also know that they planned to roll this out at a particular time obviously for maximum political advantage. this is a position that we are now to believe that he held for sometime but withheld at the same time.
state by state, you get an entirely different picture and what people say to pollsters could differ. this is an issue that has emerged as a civil rights issue. a country in which you do not want to be seen as standing. to thwart civil rights. you may tell a pollster one thing but that does not mean you will vote that way, and i don t think the apparent supports means that is how people will support. it is a knelt minus net minus for the president. and, also, it looks so nakedly political. the president s position has not evolved but resolved. in 1986 he said he was in favor. in 2004 running for office, he said, no, he was again it, and he stayed that way until just now. and we know as paul described they planned to roll this out at a particular time. obviously, for maximum political advantage. so this is position we are now to believe he has held for some time but withheld at the same time, and what did he say, actually? did he say, i m for this and i
that prompts a change in perspective. not wanting to somehow explain to your child why somebody should be treated differently when it comes to the eyes of the law. you ve got joe biden, arnie duncan coming out for gay marriage. did all of this force the president s hand. it s sort of sped up the timeline, but they insist that the president had already made up his mind on this issue a couple of months ago, after as you pointed out, in that sound bite we just heard talking to family members and friends and that the president was planning on going public with this at some point before the convention. then what followed were a lot of tough questions at a briefing this week, questioning jay carney as to when the president would reach that okay, dan lothian from the white house, thanks so much. and she s an american idol fi finalist, a grammy winner and a movie star. but jennifer hudson s the jury begins it s second day of deliberations in the trial of water vapor imagery
captions by vitac www.vitac.com anyone cheering president obama s new stance on same-sex marriage has vice president joe biden to thank. the president himself is now confirming what many had suspected that the vice president forced the president s hand when biden announced his support for gay marriage over the weekend and now we re hearing that s a sore subject at least among some white house insiders. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is working the story for us. what are you hearing over there, jessica? reporter: wolf, there are times when a president is more forgiving than his aides and this may be one of those times. some of the president s top aides are deeply annoyed. they acknowledge the president was going to come out and speak out in favor of same-sex marriage before the democratic convention, but boy, are they frustrated that vice president biden made it happen sooner than they wanted. he was planning to say this some time before the democra
has favorability ratings that are net minus 12. howard dean, boy, you just don t usually find a presidential candidate in that position. you know, whenever people would ask me, well, why can t sarah palin be president a year and a half ago, two years ago? i would say just look at the net favorability ratings. that they usually don t turn around. same with newt. the net unfavorability ratings were so bad, that rarely turns around. there s another problem with these numbers. not these particular numbers. the net unfavorability numbers are very bad. but this was a poll we showed on this show about six months ago, i think it was gallup, that showed that 70% of americans believe that mitt romney only cared about rich people. whether that s true or not is not the problem. the problem is that if that s what you believe, as you know, one of the most important polls, on any poll, and almost in every poll for a candidate is, does this candidate care about people