Barack Obama finally came out of the closet today....We always had a feeling about that: the neatness, the love of Soul Music, being Oprah's BFF. Wait, that's Gayle King...... OK, politically he came out of the closet today. To us and most objective observers, it wasn't done on his own volition. After another verbal gaffe by Vice President Joe Biden on a Sunday talk show, White House reporters smalled blood in the water, and went for it.
There's little doubt that this was not a planned event by having Biden talk about it first, then see what the reaction was. Obama was pretty invisible the last couple days. Meanwhile, WH Press Secretary Jay Carney had a giant bullseye on his back.. The obvious split in policy, and Carney's statement that Obama's view was 'evolving' - like Ramapithicus to Cro-Magnon Man - got the Press Corps' juices flowing, and when they see a contraversy, their claws don't let go til you cry Uncle.. Uncle came today..
Much like the scene from The Breakfast Club, where Claire is badgered about her virginity until she finally screams out 'NO, I never did it!' The press hounded Obama for an explanation of his Homosexual Evolution - until he finally caved to his personal softball specialist, ABC's Robin Roberts. Now, was this a maturation over the past three days? We seriously doubt it, although it was hilarious to hear him say he had been asking around for the past year, including chatting about it with his daughters, Sasha and Malia... If he asks his kids about Gay Marriage, that may explain his poor handling of the US Economy. Maybe it's all the girls' fault...
Are we concerned about his stance? Not at all. Just for the record, we are in favor of Civil Unions, just like any other two people who engage into an agreement, but that each state should choose it's own opinion on it. In short, for an issue that's split 50/50 nationally, the way we handle it as a nation is pretty good. Nah, we're more interested about the politics of it.. The big question is will it work to Obama's advantage or disadvantage?
Our answer to that is..... Both. Yeah, it's the chickenshit way out, but it's true. More than a net win or loss on this, Obama's real effect is that this will throw a little more gas on the fire of an otherwise flameless race at this point. Yeah, the left is crying hallelujah today, in the hopes of a National bill for Gay Marriage. However, just as much joy as there is on the left, there will be people on the right who just got even more fired up than they were. He likely just contributed to conceding North Carolina, but he'll gladly give up the Tar Heel State if it solidifies other swing states like Iowa, Virginia, New Hampshire and Colorado. He knows this will not be as easy as 2008, so dropping a state here and there will be the collateral damage....
We're sure that right now, Barack Obama is wishing he could put that straight jacket on Joe Biden - or at least a gag on him. But shit happens... He's tried to make the best of a bad situation. Whether it works or not - we'll see...
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2 comments:
Mike--given the complete repudiation that NC voters gave gay marriage, the unpopularity of the NC governor, the mess with the DNC convention in Charlotte has become; Obama appears to be handing NC to Romney.
Also the gay marriage is not a tier 1 issue, but it is one of those issues that blue collar labor union democrats (think Ohio/Michigan/PA) are in disagreement with Obama about. This is one more potential reason for this group to vote not so much for Romney as against Obama.
Obama/Biden/Congressional democrats will be able to use this to fire up their liberal base, but for married independent undecided voters he has handed them a tailor made reason to vote against him.
Now the question becomes how much play and mileage can the Romney campaign get out of this??...teg
I think it's pretty obvious it was a roll out. I think he looked at where the votes for the NC measure came from, saw it wasn't the areas that one it for him anyway, then made the announcement right in time for Clooney's big Hollywood fundraiser. He also gets the benefit of bringing up social issues, which will make the crazies in the GOP get louder and that only helps him.
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