I agree....this does not seem to help him politically...at least in the short term. I thought that was refreshing.
BUT....politicians rarely do things that don't seem to help them politically....so maybe the Obama folks see a different angle on this that I don't. On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > He really gains nothing from it. If anything it hurts him. > > The teahadis who are mostly against same sex marriage are not going to > vote for him anyhow. Those on the left will probably vote for him > regardless, what other choice do they have. It will cost him with a > lot of conservative black voters though. They are not going to vote > for Mittens, but they most likely will just stay home in November. > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:31 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Political move to secure his left wing in an upcoming election year > cycle. > > No more no less. > > > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Eric Roberts < > > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> yeah...that was awesome. it is never too late to do the right thing. > >> Biden did sorta give him a kick in the backside on this. Go Joe! > >> > >> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > I usually am not that engaged on this issue, but I did want to note in > >> > passing that I applaud Obama for saying something about this when the > >> > conventional wisdom was that it was not in his own best interests to > do > >> so. > >> > Even if he was pushed :) He still did the right thing and I think a > >> little > >> > less cynically of him now because he did. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350613 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
