Denver Post: 'White House is facing a budding revolt' over its DADT strategy

[HillWilliam]

Source: Americablog Gay

Pressure is building among some allies on Capitol Hill to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell "this year." But, there's push back for that approach coming from the White House according to the Denver Post:

Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., among the Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee backing the move, said the committee was "within a vote or two" of including repeal in the must- pass legislation. He met with three discharged members of the military Tuesday, using their stories to highlight the need for repeal this year.

Rep. Jared Polis, a Boulder Democrat and one of three openly gay members of Congress, holds a key position on the Rules Committee that he is willing to use to insert a similar provision in the House version of the spending bill, he said Tuesday.

Congressional aides said both approaches are likely to face opposition from the White House, which in February laid a timetable built around an extensive Pentagon study that won't be completed until Dec. 1, pushing a final move on the contentious issue past what's expected to be Democrats' toughest election cycle in years.

This is one of the most succinct explanations of what's currently happening on DADT I've seen. And, it confirms what we've been hearing and reporting. Also, it's amazing to read that our "opposition" to our civil rights, to the President's own promise, will likely come from the White House.

Is this not what we have been saying all along? Many promises have been made and immediately broken to the LGBT community. So far, this administration has been particularly egregious in that regard. I and many, many people in our community worked very hard, donated time, money, shoe-leather, and sweat to get President Obama elected. The shocks and insults began even before election day and have continued with speeches indicating undying support of our efforts for equality being backed up within a week by the most offensive of DOJ briefs.

This "give with one hand and take with the other" simply cannot continue. While I agree that the worst Democrat on the worst day is still better than the best repug on their best day, so far we're only getting the former at a cadillac price.

Keep the pressure on. Eventually we have to come out from under the bus.