to finally get this laurie peeled. what do you mean an act of diligence? i know right now it wasn t until today the senate finally scheduled a vote to get the vote on the agenda and it s going to take this continued attention to the issue to point out the fact that, hey, don t ask/don t tell is still affecting people today, that people are still getting kicked out of the military based solely on their sexual orientation and that s just wrong. i think we lose sight of the fact this policy is affecting people every day. by bringing awareness to this and making it a big deal then we re finally going to be able to get it repealed. let me ask you about the choices that you have made in the images from the vma, i m struck that you re in your west point uniform. as were other members of the military who were with you, i don t know about the policy implications that has. can you tell me about the decision to wear a uniform and whether or not that s a controversial issue for you? certai
if you let the house vote first. exactly. that s the key. and that s why there was some reporting today on talking points memo and other places saying the house wasn t going to move ahead with the vote. that s part of the strategic calculation. i talked to a staffer for a democrat who has been in the house for a while and face as tough challenger. we don t want to vote on anything. our challenger isn t in the house. any vote we take is going to kill us. all we want to do is put our head down and get through the last two months. there s some of that intense, defensive crouch, risk aversion that s also driving. let me ask you about whether or not the democrats are really going to press ahead. frank rich obviously very influential wrote how fdr in 1936 was able to turn populist anger against the economy into political advantage even though they were the party in power by saying that republicans were the party of the financial bad guys, the people who were getting rich while everyone
if you let them water it down by having and giving republicans an opportunity to vote for just tax cuts for the middle class, you outat ke that away as a politic issue or you at least cloud the le yens of it. if you let the house vote first. exactly. that s the key. and that s why there was some reporting today on talking points memo and other plac saying the house wasn t going to move ahead with the vote. that s part of the strategic calculation. i talked to a staffer for a democrat who has been in the house for a while and face as tough challenger we don t want to vote on anything. our challenger isn t in the house. any vote we take is going to kill us. all we wantr to do is put our head down and get through the last two months. there s some of that intense, defensive crouch, risk aversion that s also driving. let me ask you about whether or not the democrats are really goering to press ahead. frank rich obviously very influential wrote w fdr in 1936 was able to turn populist a
momentum to get this law finally repealed. i m absolutely optimistic but at the same time i know that it s an act of diligence that s going to finally get this laurie peeled. what do you mean an act of diligence? i know right now it wasn t until today the senate finally scheduled a vote to get the vote on the agenda and it s going to take this continued attention to the issue to point out the fact that, hey, don t ask/don t tell is still affecting people today, that people are still getting kicked out of the military based solely on their sexual orientation and that s just wrong. i think we lose sight of the fact this policy is affecting people every day. by bringing awareness to this and making it a big deal then we re finally going to be able to get it repealed. let me ask you about the choices that you have made in the images from the vma, i m struck that you re in your west point uniform. as were other members of the military who were with you, i don t know about the policy i
reporting today on talking points memo and other places saying the house wasn t going to move ahead with the vote. i think that s part of the strategic calculation here. i talked to a staffer for a democrat who has been in the house for a while and face as tough challenger. we don t want to vote on anything. our challenger isn t in the house. any vote we take is going to kill us. all we want to do is put our head down and get through the last two months. there s some of that intense, defensive crouch, risk aversion that s also driving. let me ask you about whether or not the democrats are really going to press ahead. frank rich obviously very influential wrote how fdr in 1936 was able to turn populist anger against the economy into political advantage even though they were the party in power by saying that republicans were the party of the financial bad guys, the people who were getting rich