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I think that move hurts Obama more than it helps.

Posted by Bacon, via droid (aka redmond) May 9 '12, 13:04

30 states have anti marriage legislation. Liberal ass Oregon voted anti gay marriage and it wasn't even close.

I also think it takes a republican base that doesn't like Romney and gives them a shot of energy.

Now doing something right at the expense of personal gain? I approve and really respect that. Not a bold move Romney would ever make.

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Ultimately I think the issue here is about the impact on the base as much as swaying people. - pmb May 9, 13:16
maybe he just decided it was time to be honest and do the right thing, politics be damned. - Andie May 9, 13:10 3 1
- I think that's probably it. If there is no gain and some risk, that really would be the likely reason. -- nm - Bacon, via droid May 9, 13:13
- i would rather focus on this aspect too. i'm skeptical it's possible for a President to do something like this in an election year that is truly - TFox May 9, 13:12 1
  - maybe he has an incurable disease and he knows in the future this will be like the civil rights movement and he wants to go down in history with an - Andie May 9, 13:13
I was genuinely shocked when I heard him say it. -- nm - Qale May 9, 13:09
I see very little upshot. I wonder what his game is. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) May 9, 13:09 5
- I can see this statement being a feather in his cap next time he swings through CA/Hollywood trying to raise money -- nm - con_carne May 9, 13:14 3
  - so, later this week, and next? -- nm - znufrii May 9, 13:15
  - California and their stupid Prop 8? -- nm - Andie May 9, 13:15 1
    - So stupid -- nm - con_carne May 9, 13:19
- Probably lining up the ducks to prevent callbacks on failures and oversights wrt campaign promises in 2008 -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 13:10
I think the move helps Alex Smith more than it hurts. And he's already a playoff playmaker. -- nm - David May 9, 13:06

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