Your threat isn't working

A poll in New Jersey says that 52% of voters approve of gay marriage. The legislature appears ready to approve such a bill. As for GOP Gov. Chris Christie, well, he now says tell us what he'll do when the bill comes to his desk. He has, in the past, said he would veto it.

True to form, the National Organization for Marriage has pledged a half-million dollars to show appreciation for GOP lawmakers who vote against the bill and heap scorn on those who don't. In that past, such NOM pledges have come across more like bribes than campaign donations and this is likely no exception.

But GOP lawmakers in NJ may not quake in their boots at the prospect of NOM funding their opposition. NOM made the same pledge to New York GOP legislators last year. Four of them defied NOM and voted for marriage equality. And since then the campaign cash has been flowing in their direction -- in record amounts. So much for NOM's threat.

Brian Brown, head of NOM is unimpressed. Money won't buy them out of their trouble, he says. People are outraged and they'll be defeated.

A commenter named MikeinSanJose sums it up this way:

In fact, people are SO outraged that they are sending check after check to express their shock and horror, with angrily scrawled signatures under dollar signs viciously punctuated with multiple commas and zeroes.