Reply #78: Totally

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Obama in 1996: I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/13/obama-once-supported-same_n_157656.html

Obama today: I do not support gay marriage

Obama in 2003: I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care program

http://www.pnhp.org/news/2008/june/barack_obama_on_sing.php

Obama today: I do not support single payer

Obama in 2008: Don't ask, don't tell is a bad idea

Obama today: I refuse to intervene against DADT firings

Obama in college: I sure do love to smoke pot

Obama today: Pot should be illegal


I'm sure there are more. He is cautious, but the problem is he is cautious with issues where 60% of the public supports him. Gay marriage, single payer, marijuana decriminalization and ending DADT are not unpopular issues, they have support of half or more of the public.