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Title: GOP avoids gay marriage ruling
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URL Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/40776.html
Published: Aug 7, 2010
Author: MAGGIE HABERMAN
Post Date: 2010-08-07 17:51:10 by Skip Intro
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GOP avoids gay marriage ruling When a federal judge in California last week ruled the state’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, several political observers braced for a flood of Republican blasts on the issue that could end up resonating in campaigns nationally. Instead, the anticipated GOP bang over the ban — known as Proposition 8 — amounted to little more than a whimper. There were angry columns and cries of protest from right-wing groups and conservative writers, but the majority of the Republican establishment kept on a bread-and-butter message — and party leaders are encouraging them not to stray. It also was expected that Democrats, outside of deep-Blue states, would not press the issue in broad strokes — but the relative calm from a party whose last president called for a constitutional ban on gay marriage and denounced activist judges was telling about the meta-narrative of the 2010 cycle. Things could change — it’s the doldrums of August, after all — and there’s a possibility the issue will be used surgically in certain districts. But this election cycle is focused, by both sides, on a swath of the electorate that isn’t driven by social issues — the independents — and the very real economic problems facing voters. In California, the two leading GOP candidates — gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman and U.S. Senate nominee Carly Fiorina — issued muted statements. On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” the day after the ruling, Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), who opposes gay marriage, said he thought it may come up in a “subliminal” way in campaigns and moved off the topic fairly quickly. The national committees didn’t touch it in a real way — “I haven’t been following closely,” said one Washington GOP operative who works with one of the committees. Meanwhile Republican leaders made clear their strategy is staying on jobs. "Every indicator that I have ... generally speaking is that economic growth and job creation are the tandem issues that will be the principal drivers of voter decision at polls,” said Republican National Committee political director Gentry Collins at a press briefing at the party’s Kansas City, Missouri, meeting Thursday. "What I’m encouraging candidates to do is go out and run on an economic platform, a jobs platform."
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#1. To: Skip Intro (#0)
Lucky for you skippy.
You don't need to worry now, your favorite country Israel will be able to recognize your and MD's marriage.
"See in my line of work, you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." --- George W. Bush (Rochester NY, 5-24-2005)
You're a gin soaked moron, whininggold! My favorite country is the USA. A country which you don't deserve.
Yet your favorite candidate flew a flag from another country in her government office.
"See in my line of work, you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." --- George W. Bush (Rochester NY, 5-24-2005)
To your gin soaked imagination that indicates what? That you are stupid?
GOP avoids gay marriage ruling
#2. To: Ibluafartsky (#1)
#3. To: mininggold (#2)
your favorite country Israel
#4. To: Ibluafartsky (#3)
You're a gin soaked moron, whininggold! My favorite country is the USA. A country which you don't deserve.
#5. To: mininggold (#4)
Yet your favorite candidate flew a flag from another country in her government office.
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