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36. No he is playing the Republicans and winning the middle

Reply to devilgrrl (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2012, 07:46 PM

May 2012

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] devilgrrl May 2012 OP

Nope. mmonk May 2012 #1

I think it is 53% of people who are for gay marriage. It will get the kids out. applegrove May 2012 #2

If his team thought it would -- Hell Hath No Fury May 2012 #3

I agree. Sarcasticus May 2012 #5

Massachusetts was the first state to legalize Gay Marriage HockeyMom May 2012 #4

How many people that much opposed to it would consider him in the first place? nt dmallind May 2012 #6

Nope. The fence-sitters don't have this anywhere near hifiguy May 2012 #7

It is a risk but there are so many variables I don't think it alone will jp11 May 2012 #8

Of course not RZM May 2012 #9

No (nt) bigwillq May 2012 #10

Nope, this will be some Obama 'Rope-A-Dope' longship May 2012 #11

Rope a dope? What, he's in favor of legalizing dope too? Bruce Wayne May 2012 #33

It's hard to say. badtoworse May 2012 #12

I don't know but its still the right thing to do. nt Fresh_Start May 2012 #13

It's possible. AtomicKitten May 2012 #14

+1000 Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #20

- 1. You shouldn't base perceptions of reality on DU comments Bruce Wayne May 2012 #32

No. The yahoos who oppose it weren't going to The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #15

+1000 maddezmom May 2012 #28

+another 1000 BoWanZi May 2012 #40

No. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #16

Yep.. pipoman May 2012 #19

No... pipoman May 2012 #17

It will always be the economy. n/t Bolo Boffin May 2012 #18

+1 etherealtruth May 2012 #30

I can't wait to hear AsahinaKimi May 2012 #21

Why did you leave off the fact that it might HELP Rex May 2012 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl May 2012 #25

No. Chorophyll May 2012 #23

I don't think the statement of personal beliefs, in and of itself is a tipping factor Sheepshank May 2012 #24

It depends. GoCubsGo May 2012 #26

My guess is that anyone who wouldn't vote for him for this reason would not vote for him anyway LeftishBrit May 2012 #27

No. He may lose a few, but will gain many. Scuba May 2012 #29

If anything, it may be the thing that unites Independents and Democrats against the theocrats... YoungDemCA May 2012 #31

Too early. The right side of history can be the wrong side of politics. Bruce Wayne May 2012 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author 99Forever May 2012 #35

No he is playing the Republicans and winning the middle underpants May 2012 #36

It may cost him a swing state or three, but not the election slackmaster May 2012 #37

It will cost him some votes. But I don't think it will cost him the election. nt Honeycombe8 May 2012 #38

No way, its going to solidify the liberal base to get out and vote for him. WTG Barack! BoWanZi May 2012 #39

Kudos to Obama for taking the only Moral stand. 99Forever May 2012 #41

No Ohio Joe May 2012 #42