Encourage the GOP to hit bottom

A group in Ohio has taken the first steps to repeal that state's marriage protection amendment that was approved in 2004 (the same time as the one in Michigan). The method they are attempting is currently the only way to do it without waiting for the Supremes to stike it down. They have a long way to go to get it on the ballot in November. GOP says go right ahead. It will draw out the conservative voters in 2012 the same way it did in 2004. So if you push for repeal Obama loses the state.



A few days ago I wrote about the issue of the Archie mag that featured a gay wedding that prompted a boycott by One Million Moms. Because of that extra publicity the issue sold out.



Santorum again confuses cause and effect. He claims deterioration of two-parent families causes poverty. I've noted before that poverty makes people less inclined to get married.



Root for Santorum to be the GOP nominee. Joe Nocera, writing for the New York Times:

If Mitt Romney takes the nomination and then loses to Obama, the extremists who’ve taken over the party will surely say the problem was Romney’s lack of ideological purity. If, however, Santorum is the nominee — and then loses in a landslide — the party will no longer be able to delude itself about where its ideological rigidity has taken it.

An alcoholic doesn’t stop drinking until he hits bottom. The Republican Party won’t change until it hits bottom. Only Santorum offers that possibility.

A commenter thinks a choice between Santorum and Obama means moderates sit this one out.