Sheryl Gay Stolberg notes:
G.O.P. Moves Fast to Reignite Issue of Gay Marriage
President Bush and Republicans across the country tried to use a court ruling in New Jersey to rally dispirited conservatives to the polls.
Are the evangelicals sheep? Err, don't answer.
I guess this is Karl Rove's October surprise, surprise surprise. I'm not surprised, btw. What would be surprising is if the Taliban-vangelicals fall for the same old song and dance again.
For conservatives, the debate brings back memories of 2004, when they rallied in opposition to a Massachusetts court ruling that same sex couples had a right to marry. The issue proved central in places like South Dakota, where Senator John Thune, a Republican, railed against activist judges in his successful campaign to oust Tom Daschle, then the Senate Democratic leader.This year, by contrast, conservatives have felt frustrated that the debate over gay marriage and the judiciary is no longer front and center.
“I think they’ve been a little sedate,” Mr. Cella said. But in the wake of the New Jersey ruling, he said, conservatives “are really getting motivated, and this is a shot in the arm to propel that.”
Bleh.
Tags: repression, /Republicans
