I think that's been clear for a while, yeah
Posted by
znufrii
May 7 '12, 06:06
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and he doesn't come out and say it because there's really no political benefit to it. Whose mind would it change, really, that he hasn't already reached through use of codes (his "evolving" views) and surrogates (Biden, yesterday) to get his views known without actually having to say it.
This way he retains either or both of the following:
For the political cynic in me, he has plausible deniability if it's ever used as an attack
For the pragmatist, the reveal could be a very potent counter-attack against some future move by the GOP.
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