Coffeehouse for desis
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.


GOP steers clear of gay marriage issue

Coffeehouse for desis :: Coffeehouse :: Coffeehouse Main

Go down

GOP steers clear of gay marriage issue Empty GOP steers clear of gay marriage issue

Post by Idéfix Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:21 pm

In 2004, the GOP used anti-gay-marriage ballot measures to turn out the conservative base in several key states, helping Bush on to a second term. For much of the last decade, same-sex marriage was an issue that was politically dangerous for the Democratic party and a great opportunity for the GOP. With changing public opinion and with Obama's open endorsement of marriage equality, it looks like an important milestone has been reached.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79389.html?hp=f1

“Most Republican Party leaders seem to have lost the stomach for this fight,” said Dan Schnur of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California. “Some of that results (from) the number of large-scale donors who support same-sex marriage, some of it’s a result in an increasing number of party leaders who support same-sex marriage, and a lot of it is public opinion polling which shows a shift in the way voters feel about same-sex marriage,” he added.

It is, Schnur said, “still an issue that motivates the party base, but it motivates the Democratic base, too.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79389.html#ixzz22n8mAcXj
Idéfix
Idéfix

Posts : 8808
Join date : 2012-04-26
Location : Berkeley, CA

Back to top Go down

Back to top

- Similar topics

Coffeehouse for desis :: Coffeehouse :: Coffeehouse Main

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum