melinda henneberger, of the "washington post," and our own norah o'donnell. this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning, again, and welcome to "face the nation" on this mother's day. we're going to hear many voices on this issue of gay marriage, same-sex marriage, this morning. but we're going to begin with massachusetts governor deval patrick, in richmond, massachusetts, and former bush administration solicitor general, ted olson, who joins us from ellison bay, wisconsin. gentlemen, a gallup poll out friday shows 60% of americans say the president's support for same-sex marriage will have no impact on whether or not they'll vote for him, versus 26% who say it will make them less likely to vote for him, and 13% who say they are more likely to vote for him because of this announcement. i want to go first to ted olson, the kiest's conservative, the founder of the federalist society, george bush's solicitor general, but you, mr. olson, joined with david boy,