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17. If it makes you feel better, 51% of the public approve of Obama's endorsement of marriage equality

Fri May 11, 2012, 09:07 PM

May 2012

Compared to 45% who don't. The vast, vast majority of that 45% weren't voting for him to begin with, I'd imagine.

My purely political take on this: This will help the president. Gay donors will donate big to his campaign and other Democratic causes, young people are fired up again, and the only people who vote only against gay marriage were not going to vote for him anyway. It doesn't concern me that this may have pissed them off and motivated them. They were pissed and motivated to begin with. If Romney wants to make this about social issues and same-sex marriage, then he will lose on a LBJ-Goldwater scale. Obama is on the right side of history here, and he knows it.

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Check out the great cover of 'The New Yorker' [View all] Are_grits_groceries May 2012 OP

That's wonderful! nt gateley May 2012 #1

I LOVE the New Yorker elfin May 2012 #2

Goes with This: n2doc May 2012 #3

Both are awesome! dmr May 2012 #4

Love it! Little Star May 2012 #6

Makes my heart sing! Little Star May 2012 #5

I don't think conservatives are going to get it. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #7

I'm a little slow. *Rainbow*? n/t Smarmie Doofus May 2012 #8

signifies the LGBT community, a rainbow Whisp May 2012 #11

Gotcha. Thanks. n/t Smarmie Doofus May 2012 #13

Obama - making me proud to be an American - again. tabasco May 2012 #9

very creative and nice. Whisp May 2012 #10

Well, existentialist May 2012 #12

Gay. Not offended. Legit considerations. Smarmie Doofus May 2012 #14

he does a lot of talking about the economy Whisp May 2012 #15

"Well, It is nice" - I was going to ignore your post TBF May 2012 #16

I understand the need to celebrate, and existentialist May 2012 #20

Oh please! Can you think and chew gum at the same time? lunatica May 2012 #31

If it makes you feel better, 51% of the public approve of Obama's endorsement of marriage equality boxman15 May 2012 #17

I certainly hope that you are right in your analysis. existentialist May 2012 #21

Understandable, TBF May 2012 #25

Thank you. existentialist May 2012 #40

existentialist - were you able to watch the Jon Stewart show truedelphi May 2012 #34

The outrage has fallen flat with minorities too from what I've read. Rozlee May 2012 #38

I believe it will xxqqqzme May 2012 #28

I think the timing is OK lunatica May 2012 #32

The right wing evangelicals are all over social issues, that's all they have. It's about time the crunch60 May 2012 #36

Good points existentialist May 2012 #41

Love it. morningfog May 2012 #18

Nice! one_voice May 2012 #19

Yeah! Now let us challenge the LBGT Community to go into Overdrive cr8tvlde May 2012 #22

Spam deleted by OKNancy (MIR Team) Franks1 May 2012 #23

does anyone have the rainbow campaign logo ? JI7 May 2012 #24

I swiped these from FB (do a search for LGBT Obama) - TBF May 2012 #26

k&r HappyMe May 2012 #27

The New Yorker does a great job of providing visual commentary on current political discussion... progress2k12nbynd May 2012 #29

I love all of these positive vibes! loyalsister May 2012 #30

badass roscoeroscoe May 2012 #33

I also see it as being synonymous with the Rainbow Coalition created by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. crunch60 May 2012 #35

Well done. pinto May 2012 #37

Back to the top sarcasmo May 2012 #39