margin, that s carry, don t you think? and look, it s not just him, it was murkowski and bob bennet, if the same standard were applied, bob dole would be kicked out, ronald reagan wasn t in the congress, but one presumes he would be kicked out of the party as well. it s like it s not a liberal conservative here. it s about temperatument. it s like being in favor of the free market. he is saying i will not compromise on any position whatsoever. not just principals but every piece that implements it. now willard mitt romney is locked into positions of having
word marriage was something that invokes very powerful traditions, religious beliefs, and so forth. i have to tell you that over the course of several years, as i talked to friends and family and neighbors. when i think about members of my own staff who are incredibly committed to monogamous, same sex relationships, raising kids together. when i think about the soldiers, airmen, or marines, or sailers out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that don t ask don t tell is gone because they re not able to commit themselves in a marriage. at a certain point, i just concluded that for me personally it s important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. this comes just three days after vice president biden said he was comfortable with same sex marriage. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, and women marrying women, are entitled to the same exact rights and civil liberties, a
out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that don t ask don t tell is gone because they re not able to commit themselves in a marriage. at a certain point, i just concluded that for me personally it s important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. this comes just three days after vice president biden said he was comfortable with same sex marriage. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, and women marrying women, are entitled to the same exact rights and civil liberties, and i don t see much of a distinction. we had signs for months now there might be a shift on this issue from the white house after supporting civil unions but not gay marriage, the president said in december of 2010 that his views were evolving. the public has been wrestle wg this issue as well and have been changing and polls show steadily rising support for same sex marriage over the next decade. a
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obama on extending the tax cuts for the very wealthy. richton, new jersey, walter, an independent. good morning. caller: good morning, senator specter. how you doing? good. caller: i want to ask you, what do you think can be done to make local people like yourself and colin powell and republicans that hold a more moderate view? the answer to have an aroused, informed electorate. let me tell you some of the details as to what happened to senator lisa murkowski in alaska. she was challenged by the tea party, and they beat her in a primary. and she decided to run as a write-in candidate. now that is unprecedented. strom thurmond did it in 1954 under very different circumstances. but in an unprecedented way, lisa murkowski won a write-in. now, do you know how hard it is to spell murkowski? if you write murkowski and you have ay instead of a i, they throw out your ballot. if you have a o instead of a u, they throw out your ballot. and she beat the system. which means tha