which ban guy marriage. what are the chances a court headed by john roberts will favor equality? that s next. and jon stewart tells chris christie to his face that republicans only like government when it s good for them. the same day christie vetoes health care exchanges in his state. governor howard dean joins me next, next. and republicans are pushing south carolina governor nikki haley to make the right choice to replace jim demint. will she pick right or far right? that s coming up. capella university understands businesses are trying to come
to make sort of big change, being in government isn t necessarily the place to do that. and we ve spent a lot of time talking about grover norquist, another person out of government in the mind of everyone serving in government. and that is a way to make change. ryan, we talked about the heritage foundation. and if he is going to be an activist, is heritage the right place to go? senator demint is the one who said if we re able to stop obama on the affordable care act, it will be his waterloo. it will break him. the idea for an individual mandate which is the centerpiece of the affordable care act was birthed at the heritage foundation. right. but i think jim demint can kind of shape the heritage foundation to his political will. and the fact that he is able to
about this issue, and he is going to be one of the people arguing the case, there is a deeply conservative position to be taken here that two people who love each other, who want to spend their life together ought to have, no matter what their sexuality, ought to have the same rights as two heterosexual people that want to live together. and that s just a basic fairness. and, you know, conservative republicans should be for two people who love each other. it s family values that two people who love each other want to be together. indeed. it is family values indeed. steve elmendorf and chris geithner, thank you. thank you. from now on jim demint won t just be pushing the fringe of the senate to the right, he is going to be pushing his whole party. and chris christie goes to washington to ask for government help while vetoing his own state s moves to support health care reform.
maybe somebody who had a superpac. wait a second. i know when i look at the u.s. senate, i say to myself, you know what they could use? another white guy. in the spotlight tonight, how jim demint s departure will hurt the republican party. governor nikki haley writes on her facebook wall that she will not appoint stephen colbert to south carolina s vacant senate seat. stephen, thank you for your interest, but you forget one thing, my friend. you didn t know our state drink. big, big mistake. what s the state drink? [ laughter ] there is a state drink? it s milk. [ laughter ] haley also writes on her facebook wall, he will make this decision quickly. number one, he will not take the appointment myself. number two, i will appoint a person who has the same philosophy of government that jim demint and i share. here is what senator demint and
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