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Thursday, July 07, 2011

Obama Would Be A Shoo-In For the GOP Nomination

'cep' he ain't a white guy.

I may come back later with links to shore this up.

And he's as good as his word. From NYT:

The president’s renewed efforts follow what knowledgeable officials said was an overture from Mr. Boehner, who met secretly with Mr. Obama last weekend, to consider as much as $1 trillion in unspecified new revenues as part of an overhaul of tax laws in exchange for an agreement that made substantial spending cuts, including in such social programs as Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security — programs that had been off the table. (Emphasis added.)

And under the heading "Fierce Advocate":

That's why I have to play the role of Debbie Downer with regards to this story that the administration is now filing briefs on behalf of gay plaintiffs challenging DOMA in court.

Don't get me wrong. The administration's brief is historic. It's a big deal, as Lambda Legal noted in its press release the other day. The problem is that the brief was apparently filed late on a Friday night at the beginning of a major holiday weekend. In Washington, DC, the only news you leak late on a Friday night, not to mention 4th of July weekend, is news you want to bury. That's my problem with all of this. From all appearances, the administration didn't want the mainstream media reporting on the fact that President Obama had evolved quite significantly on DOMA, far beyond simply no longer defending the anti-gay law in court. And their apparent embarrassment over just having done quite a good thing is a rather disturbing problem.
(Emphasis in original.)

There will probably be more.

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