The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series, as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project, released during the past week.
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someone because the issue is before us. president obama brought it to the fore when he spoke about it. in effect, giving people permission to talk about it and to think about it in ways they had not, and i think for our board, we were saying to each other, if the president can do this, perhaps we can do it, too. it is a welcome surprise to me. i was just i can t tell you how happy i was that this happened. you realize that this is something that the majority of african-americans are opposed to, same-sex marriage. are you worried about backlash? how might this go over with african-americans? i think thinking people will think about it and say i may not agree with it, but there it is. they ve done it and i support the naacp, i always have and will continue to do so. it s like president obama. people are going to say i don t think people are going to say i m not going to vote for him because he took this position on same-sex marriage, unless you weren t going to vote
i ve been flooded with congratulations by e-mail from people all over the country, including many whom i don t know. saying thank you, god bless you. we re so happy you did this. mr. obama in the polls, before he endorsed same-sex marriage had been leading, within a small margin of error. now, in some polls it s showing it s neck and neck. and mitt romney may be ahead, as well. and with women. there s been a turnaround in polling with women. do you think that this is affecting the president s numbers? his endorsement of same-sex marriage? i wouldn t think so. it may do so. but i wouldn t think so. it s too far out. we re too far from election day, to be playing much reliance on these polls. give us a couple more months and we can say, yes. that s scary to hear or i m happy to hear that. i think you bring up a good point. i think most people decide within a couple of weeks, days or hours before the election. just the same as before, they pick who the actual nominee s g