Reply #6: Obama is paying a huge price for his moral cowardice

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His reversal on single payer and gay marriage has done a great deal of damage to his reputation IMO, far more than he would've experienced by standing up for his principals and alienating a few conservative democrats. Obama's willingness to abandon his principals under the slightest risk is doing far more damage than anything else, esp when he tries to give a speech about values and principals (which is his bread and butter) it is hard to take it seriously. Besids, issues like gay marriage and single payer have the support of 50%+ of the public.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0109/Obama_backed_samesex_marriage_in_1996.html

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


The author's insight into millenials (I am one) is dead on. It is an issue of fairness and civil rights for many of us.