Ed Morriseey at Hot Air:
If the President expects to get a boost at the ballot box over his flip-flop on same-sex marriage, the composition of North Carolina’s vote on Tuesday might indicate a big problem in his strategy. Obama came out publicly against Amendment One, which shifted the state’s ban on same-sex marriage from statute to constitutional amendment, and opponents railed against the loss as a victory for bigotry. However, that message might not sell well in the Tarheel State or in other swing states when black voters supported the constitutional ban by a 2-1 margin:
African-Americans voted 2-1 in favor of the North Carolina amendment banning gay marriage Tuesday, but the White House is betting that black voters there and beyond will stick with the president, despite broad resistance to legalization.
While there’s faith that African-Americans will turn out strong at the polls to protect Obama’s legacy, pollsters point out that while opposition to same-sex marriages has fallen in the black community, it’s still just a point shy of 50 percent — enough to affect black turnout, at least theoretically, in an election where every vote will matter.
Obama’s statement rocked the political world. But it also underscored a widely-held belief that African-American voters are closer to Republicans than Democrats when it comes to gay marriage.
That’s a big problem for Obama in North Carolina, because as Politico’s Joseph Williams points out, African-American turnout was key in winning the state for Obama in 2008. Obama only won by 14,000 votes in that race, and so even a small level of dropoff in voter turnout in this demographic would be deadly to Team Obama’s hopes to retain North Carolina.
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If the Republican candidate has the guts to go to a black church in NC and call upon them to defend marriage, because marriage is more important than Barack Obama's reelection.....
That'll take care of it.
Think twice about this NOMers. I don't see the black community lining up to support Mitt Romney.
OK.
Twice thought.
Mitt, get your bad self on down to NC, and ask those black pastors if they think marriage is more important than BO;s second term.
It's a valid question, and I think you'll like the answer.
Still trying to drive that wedge I see.
The good thing about North Carolina is that it reminds us that marriage is a government institution, not a religious one. Otherwise, why amend a government document, a state constitution?
The next time a religionist claims that marriage is a religious thing, best to remind him that, obviously, it's not. It's a government thing.
Great idea, Rick. I hope Romney does it. Our country's biggest deficit is moral.
Barb, Nothing contributes more to our nation's moral defict than ignorant people cloaking their bigotry in religion while defiling constitutions with discrimination.
you all need to support the gay basher in chief!
http://anthropologist.livejournal.com/1314574.html
I am with you Barb. Social conservatism goes hand in hand with the economy. This country was built on Judeo-Christian values.
I'm with you Rick, Barb, and John,
I think Romeny need tro serious talk to black commnunity, and why they volved for him whether than vote are Obama who does not only share their values, but is usings them to further his LGBT agenda.
My message to the black community, Obama must GO!
My message to the black community, Obama must GO!
My message to the black community, Obama must GO!
Romney needs to reach Black Americans on the marriage issue, and on others.
I don’t know if everyone recalls this, but President Obama suffered a little controversy when he appeared to be telling Black people to "stop complaining" at a speech, after some of them expressed dismay over their economic conditions and the president's seeming lack of concern. Even the liberal Democrat Maxine Waters was offended at the president’s statement, noting that he sure hasn't told the LGBT lobby (among other special interest groups) to "stop complaining."
Even if the majority of Black votes go to Obama, if there is any meaningful shift away from the Democratic party--which has spurned the Black community's support for marriage-- then that would amazing.
Republicans need to get serious about making inroads into the Black community, a historically Republican voting bloc!
“President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage less than 48 hours after the Washington Post reported that prominent political donors were threatening to withhold donations over the president’s position on gay rights.”
“The Washington Post noted on Tuesday that roughly 20 percent of Obama top campaign bundlers—who are responsible for arranging $500,000 and up—“publicly identified themselves as gay.”
Obama’s announcement fits a pattern of changing positions on major issues for what appear to be financially motivated reasons.”
Obama
If Mitt Romney firers his campaign staff and hired NOM he would win in a landslide.
THIS is the issue.
The American people have expressed their will to retain marriage and the Democrats tell them to go fish.
This *cannot be allowed to stand*.
Our nation is not one nation under pollsters, media shills and campaign finance bundlers.
MITT wake up!
FYI, if anyone goes to the linked article on the Hot Air site, stay out of the comments section. A lot of racist comments. NOM, you might to disable the link.
BACKLASH!
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
Cool.
Even Mitt will get the message now.
B73 says:
"Still trying to drive that wedge I see."
And then thoughtfully adds:
"Nothing contributes more to our nation's moral defict than ignorant people cloaking their bigotry in religion while defiling constitutions with discrimination."
Readers will note that B73 has just exhibited the pro-SSM theme of telling others how to conduct themselves while doing exactly what he just tut-tutted.
Society may discriminate between marriage and nonmarriage.
B73 demands that the core meaning of marriage be declared as ignorant, bigoted, and defiling. That is, that the Government coerce society to act like a falsehood is the New Moral Truth.
Note that the SSMers are being all moralistic and stuff. They just want to heal the divides that their bizarre anti-marriage campaign has foisted on society.