Now Obama takes a stand?

First, lets be clear, President Obama's new acceptance of the rights of all Americans to marry is the correct course.

BUT for a President who has spent almost 4 years practicing his own version of diplomacy, never quite taking a hard or difficult line, is this the right time to risk his re-election for a cause that is clearly destined to succeed in the near future? The risk of alienating the middle (he ain't getting the votes from the right anyway) is really of concern.

Wouldn't it be a Pyrrhic victory if Obama takes this stance now and looses the election only to have a rabid anti-marriage equality president get 4 years to destroy the progress that has been made in the past several years? Lets not kid ourselves, if nothing else, the presumptive Republican candidate Mitt Romney had been consistent about his opposition to GLBT marriage.

Bottom line, tell your friends, get out the vote, donate to the DNC, make sure to do everything you can to support the re-election of President Obama.

nuf said