some parts of the republican party are moderating on the issue of gay rights. dick cheney, who has a gay daughter in favor of same sex marriage rights and ken mehlman ran the george w. bush in 1994, himself came out of the closet and particularly big dollar donors, zillionaires, some republican big dollar zillionaires very pro gay rights like hedge fund manager paul singer, part of the pro gay marriage renaissance inside the republican party even while they ve been supporting mitt romney for president this year d the daughters and wives of george bush have come out for their support of gay marriage. and george bush s deeply solicitor ted olson, along with david boies has been pushing that same sex marriage case.
income comes from the financial sector. george bush weighed in on that as well. he said it would be a mistake to raise any taxes on rich people because we need to ensure that they get as much money as possible because they are the job creators. the more money rich people are given, the better off we all are. to be clear, this is not about the overall tax rate on zillionaires going up. whether or not they should pay a special mini tax rate that is even less than what other zillionaires bay. the george w. bush legacy is the central issue in politics. the way that has played out for mitt romney so far is things like rom having to explain to poppy bush that he hasn t received george w bush s endorsement and barbara bush has
they get as much money as possible because they are the job creators. the more money rich people are given, the better off we all are. to be clear, this is not about the overall tax rate on zillionaires going up. whether or not they should pay a special mini tax rate that is even less than what other zillionaires bay. the george w. bush legacy is the central issue in politics. the way that has played out for mitt romney so far is things like rom having to explain to poppy bush that he hasn t received george w bush s endorsement and barbara bush has to interject and say we ll talk about that later. it s things like mitt romney having a political constraint on his foreign policy in the campaign because his foreign policy add viers are a roster of george bush guys.
so, the key is tonight, can mitt romney relate to those working class people in the rust belt? and can he figure out how he can become elected president of just rich america because he would be able to essentially unanimously all the zillionaires in the country. tamron, fascinating, one of the most important dynamics in this race. thank you so much, tamron, appreciate it. you know, prepping for tonight, going through past results in all of these states that are voting tonight, one of the things i found fascinating, not true for all of these state bus most of them is in the general election in november when it was obama versus mccain in 2008, the leak tore rat in most of these states voting tonight was majority female. but in the republican primaries in most of these state, the republican electorate was mostly male. you better not do that in a way that alienates women or you will pay for it in the general election w that in mind, how the contraception issue and rush limbaugh these las
what persuaded the republicans who changed their minds, how the pro-game marriage side came together. the rich guy republican donors, conservative donors who met secretly with the staft fers and said they would help him out even though he is a democrat. within days the wealthy republicans sent back word they were on board each of them cut six figure checks to the lobbying campaign for gay marriage rights. those wealthy republicans who bankrolled the pro-gay marriage fight in new york were three hedge fund zillionaires, three conservative hedge fund zillionaires supporting gay marriage last year in new york state. all three of them now supporting mitt romney for president.