Reply #34: I remember 1993

[Big Sky Boy]

And there were a whole host of other factors that are different today.

Clinton's first major roadblock was his Joint Chiefs. Colin Powell (a man with political aspirations of his own) saw an opportunity to embarrass the new president make himself look presidential in the process.

Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA) also saw it as an opportunity to embarrass the new president. He was chair of the Armed Services Committee at the time and rumor has it was extremely bitter about not being mentioned for Secretary of Defense.

Faced with the bad press about expelling Arabic translators and struggling to keep their numbers up, I don't think the Joint Chiefs are in any position to play hardball. Also, no one in the party is going to give Pelosi that kind of trouble that Sam Nunn gave Clinton.

Finally, I could be wrong, but I actually think Republicans are beginning to suffer from Gay Fatigue. Gay issues just don't fire their base up the way they used to.

I really don't think it's something that should come up in the first 100 hours, but I'm not ready to be tabled again.