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McCains Conundrum

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The California Supreme Court ruling striking down all laws forbidding same-sex marriage is going to present John McCain with a bit of a a problem. He has been on the record for years opposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. He doesn't support same-sex marriage but says it is up to the states. If California wants to allow it and Alabama does not, that's fine with him. That's the theory. Now the practice. California is about to allow it and California is a bellwether in so many areas that once it is legal there, it will soon be legal in New York, Maryland, Oregon, and most of the blue states. It is already legal in Canada and much of Europe.

What does McCain do now? One of the reasons the Base distrusts him is precisely because he opposes a constitutional amendment forbidding same-sex marriage. If he reiterates his long-standing position that it is up to the states, the Base is going to be reminded of why it doesn't like him. On the other hand, if he flip flops to make the Base happy (1) the Democrats will accuse him of flip flopping and (2) many independents will vote against him. Well-off suburban women in Missouri are by-and-large not into gay bashing and libertarian states in the West like Colorado don't like the federal government trying to regulate morality. It's kind of a no-win situation for him. It will be tough to please the Base and the independents at the same time and flip flopping is always dangerous.
 

Texan

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McCain has a lot of conundrums when it comes to pleasing "the base." I heard him speak about the environment and the sob sounded almost like Al Gore.
 
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