toward leadizing gay marriage. they were all successful for the pro-gay marriage side. that was a huge development because there had not been a ballot win before that and so you did see among the republican base some opposition still lingers. remember, you had the chik-fil-a protests in new york. there was at least one primary that was lost by a state senator who had voted in favor of gay marriage at the state level in new york. generally speaking, you're right. in a general election framework, mosh nationally beyond the party base and in the middle there has been movement on this. i think it's worth noting when you're talking about the cross tabs of where opinion has changed, african-americans now in most polling show a majority support for gay marriage. that's a big change. >> that's the reason john derry is secretary of state rather than president. because in 2004 the issue was in ohio people got together there, our friend what's his name, karl rove, got together with don king and got a lot of african-americans preachers up in cuyahoga county in cleveland