are cycles, but we have a as a result of what s going on, many, many, many disenfranchised systems. i m surprised, when someone will ask me, what s going on, they just know they re upset and they don t know why. so there s a strong need to review what s going on and to consider, how do we make a change. and is there so governor brownback will be up for re-election next year in 2014. and i ve seen some polling that says his approval rating is down. it s balanced by a lot of the nationals who say it s still a republican state. should we be looking for a primary challenge to sam brownback? do you think that s going to take when the moderates go after it? there s a lot of discussion, do we need a third party? that won t work. is there a coalition of the more moderates of our state, the traditional republicans and the democrats who are concerned? is there a way for us to raise a voice, to help people understand there are alternatives. we don t have to do it this way, we can look at ot
atkinson of nevada, who came out last month on the floor of the state senate, and rachael staszenberger. and if anybody recognizes that last name, the granddaughter of a luminary, harold staszen. rachael, you ve been covering this, it is amazing, it s a two-area story that started in may of 2011 with republicans in the state legislature there, kind of looking at what the republican national playbook was last decade, which was put these anti-gay marriage things on the ballot, watch the conservatives come out, and win and get elected with them. they put it on the ballot in november of 2012 and something very different happened. i would say it s been a ten-year story. we ve been seeing constitutional amendment proposals in minnesota. michele bachmann was very primary in some of those early on. and finally the republicans took over the house and the senate and they passed this amendment to the ballot. and after a really long and intense campaign, spending
issues. now, i know in kansas we want to be able to have our guns. we want to be able to have the assurance that they re available and in a legal way. but i don t think that the routine kansas citizens are paying any attention to nullification. they re not talking about it. yeah, it is. pinpoint does seem that there is an aspect here that feels like there s sort of a national conservative movement that s playing out in states where conservatives are in position to put this stuff through to legislature. it s an amazing trend to me, a trend that s sort of it s been revived and unique to the obama era. i ll see if it extends past the obama era. that s a longer term question. i want to thank kristen, david hailey from kansas, thomas frank from harper s magazine, and sheila frum. marriage equality supporters are on their way to another state and this time it s thanks to their opponents. that s next. with more moisturizers than seven bottles of the leading body wash.
daughter whose mom is very involved and has a father, myself, who is very involved. so she still has her mom and her dad. so that s a blown out argument that s kind of old. plus, the argument that she made marriage is only to have kids, versus it s a commitment to consenting adults and to a loving relationship and to commit to one another. there are a lot of arguments about, they re not going to have kids, they can t get married. that makes no sense at all. but i think to some extent, the people who are against the marriage amendment, they say, look, in minnesota, we re not ready for this. we just had this very divisive fight over this amendment and we re not ready to legalize. a few in minnesota say, yes, now is time, but there s still a lot of discomfort. you all have experienced that personally. so what the people who don t want this to pass say is it s just not the time yet. maybe in minnesota, maybe in illinois, but i wonder, have the experiences of states that have had gay
say that they re for what they re against, you know. it s even worse than that. well, it s more ironic than that, let me put it that way. and why do i say that? listen, if kansas gets its way, which they won t, this is all strictly for show, and the reason we know it s for show is if they got their way, every gun manufacturer in america would be out of business tomorrow. why do i say that? how could that be? how could nullification lead to that? do you remember we always think, the federal government is so tyrannical, in 2005, the congress passed a law to strike down state, what were they, liability suits, liability suits. you had them all over in america. and in some states, they were actually going forward. these things would have put gun manufacturers out of business. the u.s. congress and president george w. bush stepped in and slapped down liability lawsuits and took that power away. that s a bizarre imposition on