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so take us through the process. how did the state attorney general decide to move forward with this petition? well, inca milla harris was elected in november. she campaigned on a promise to not defend in court. and i think this was something that following president obama s decision last week to discontinue the federal act which actually defines marriage between a man and woman opened it for day marriage supporters. in the meantime, just let people get married. we are seeing a backlash from proponents of traditional marriage? well, i think this is obviously a hot-button issue. there s always going to be opposition. it s interesting here. it s not much of a rallying cry but proponents of prop 8 of
a lot of talk about how the president has handled the crisis in egypt and libya. a majority of approved of the way it turned out. 55% to 30% as it stands right now as the crisis in libya continues to evolve into what people say is going to be a civil war. the president gets high marks as well. 48% to 26%. we should add that the president s approval rating in down from the high of last month. remember, he did get a lot of approval. a bump, if you will, after the arizona shootings. he was over 50%. he s down to 48%. that s the bad news if you re the president. if you re the white house. that s still consistent where it s been the last several months. his disapproval rating 46%. so he s still in positive territory, thomas. mike, as we were talking about the lead-in to this show, president biden will be having a meeting of the minds but no real concrete solutions coming out of this? we saw republican leaders, mcconnell and john boehner come out and dare democrats, senate demo
colewding. so i think it will continue to be discussed. when you talk about the waiting game here, what is the timeline? well, it s actually interesting. the 9th circuit court of appeals has this case. they are going to decide whether or not to up hold saying it was unconstitutional. in the meantime they asked the state supreme court whether the backers of prop 8 have standing to be taking this case to the federal courts. harris, the former governor schwarzenegger, brown, all have said we re not doing it. we re not going to defend what we think is unconstitutional proposition. so they re kind of on their own. there s a lot of questions over