Gay marriage, Obama and the fierce urgency of now: Why did he do it this week?

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Steinhauer said:
25% of former Obama voters are saying they are not going to vote for Obama again because of his recent flip flop.

He has alienated African American Christians (which were most of his supporters in 2008).
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He didn't flip flop.

He...."evolved."

And I laugh.
 
Steinhauer said:
Obama Gay Marriage Support Leaves Black Churches Conflicted
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It doesn't means black people will switch their vote to Republican Party because they have many issues to disagree with Republican Party.

I found a quote from your article.

Fuzz said he thinks the president's comments won't hurt him politically, although some African-American Christians may be upset with him. "There's really no better option. People are not going to go out and vote for Mitt Romney."
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Foxrac said:
It doesn't means black people will switch their vote to Republican Party because they have many issues to disagree with Republican Party.

I found a quote from your article.
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Actually, yes, most Christians will vote for Mitt Romney now, even though they would not normally vote for a Mormon.

Look at the polls .... just saying

Obama stated this for political reasons only, to gain fundraisers. But ... he is going to lose a lot of votes. nothing to sneeze at.
 
Steinhauer said:
Actually, yes, most Christians will vote for Mitt Romney now, even though they would not normally vote for a Mormon.

Look at the polls .... just saying

Obama stated this for political reasons only, to gain fundraisers. But ... he is going to lose a lot of votes. nothing to sneeze at.
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The economy and jobs have consistently been the number one issue today in this election year. And it has been for quite awhile.
Priorities
 
Steinhauer said:
Actually, yes, most Christians will vote for Mitt Romney now, even though they would not normally vote for a Mormon.

Look at the polls .... just saying

Obama stated this for political reasons only, to gain fundraisers. But ... he is going to lose a lot of votes. nothing to sneeze at.
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No, not true for black voters and they are not going change their vote. The Huffington Post had posted few different articles over weekend about black people's voice. They are not going vote for Mitt Romney because of gay marriage. It is very ridiculous for people to vote on president because of issue with gay marriage and most Americans are not concerned about gay marriage, however economy is...

You said polls don't matters to you so it doesn't matters to you either. The polls don't mention about black voters, all other bullshit that you mentioned in your post. It is just saying about political reasons, that it and it doesn't saying about Republican Party. Obama said on ABC interview that supporting gay marriage is his personal, though.

That's your dream about losing a lot of voters but that's not going happen, except for some independent voters due to economy reason, not gay marriage.
 
kokonut said:
Interesting...though not surprised. North Carolina will be an interesting state to watch.
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There are overwhelming religious white people helped constitution ban to pass so those one will not pass with religious black people only.

There are nearly 40% black people backed gay marriage, just up from 20's in 2008.
 
kokonut said:
The economy and jobs have consistently been the number one issue today in this election year. And it has been for quite awhile.
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That's correct.

I support Obama - not because of gay marriage, I support his policies on economy, fiscal, jobs, welfare, healthcare, etc.
 
saywhatkid said:
Agreed. So why do people assume that his same sex marriage comments will cost him the election? I think his bumbling of improving the economy is a much bigger problem for the PR machine.
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lol, it is only for Steinhauer and he thinks small claim can turns into unusual and big deal to him.
 
saywhatkid said:
Agreed. So why do people assume that his same sex marriage comments will cost him the election? I think his bumbling of improving the economy is a much bigger problem for the PR machine.
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Yes, and yet at the same time his "stance" may have caused a few more voters to decide not to vote for him because of that. If you look at the CBS polls you can get a bit of an idea of that happening. The only question is how much damage, if any, will be the result come election time. No doubt it's the economy and job that are at the heart of this election issue.
 
kokonut said:
Yes, and yet at the same time his "stance" may have caused a few more voters to decide not to vote for him because of that. If you look at the CBS polls you can get a bit of an idea of that happening. The only question is how much damage, if any, will be the result come election time. No doubt it's the economy and job that are at the heart of this election issue.
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Yup, you got good point.
 
kokonut said:
Yes, and yet at the same time his "stance" may have caused a few more voters to decide not to vote for him because of that. If you look at the CBS polls you can get a bit of an idea of that happening. The only question is how much damage, if any, will be the result come election time. No doubt it's the economy and job that are at the heart of this election issue.
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Well, I don't see myself voting for the same change as 2008. I believed it once, shame on them.
 
Steinhauer said:
Actually, yes, most Christians will vote for Mitt Romney now, even though they would not normally vote for a Mormon.

Look at the polls .... just saying

Obama stated this for political reasons only, to gain fundraisers. But ... he is going to lose a lot of votes. nothing to sneeze at.
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Also, there are plenty of Christians support gay marriage.

Majority of GLBT populations in USA are Christians.
 
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