Mitt takes a Hit
Court won't force Massachusetts gay marriage vote.:
"BOSTON (Reuters) - In a setback to gay marriage opponents, Massachusetts' highest court said on Wednesday it would not require lawmakers to vote on a proposal that could ban gay marriage in the only U.S. state where it is legal.
Responding to a lawsuit spearheaded by Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the state's Supreme Judicial Court said it could not force another branch of government to act after lawmakers recessed last month without deciding to put the gay marriage issue on a 2008 statewide ballot."
Tried and true Republican tactics though.
Romney wants that nomination and he'll do anything for anybody to get it.
posted at 12:40 AM
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Republican tactics notwithstanding, do you think this is fair for the citizens of Massachusetts? The ballot initiative rules are ridiculous there.
12/28/2006 01:56:00 AM
Do I think it fair for the citizens of the state of Massachusetts that the courts of the state rule that the Constitution of the state must be observed?
Yes and that is what the court has done.
12/28/2006 02:00:00 AM
Got it.
12/28/2006 02:43:00 AM
To me this looks like a lose, lose, lose for Romney. If the legislature goes ahead and votes against the amendment, Romney looks like a fool. If the legislature votes to place the amendment on the ballot and it loses, Romney looks like a fool. If the legislature places it on the ballot and it wins then Romney looks like a hero to a narrow constituency that doesn't even include his own state.
What am I missing?
12/28/2006 11:31:00 AM
"What am I missing?"
Romney can claim to the "staunch Traditionalists" that he tried without ever actually having done anything that could have happened.
He can claim to the more "Progessive" that he didn't do anything.
Hence He's the perfect "middle of the road" candidate.
That is unless both sides decide that he's a political bullshitter.
12/28/2006 03:38:00 PM
1138, I believe that is what both sides will decide about Romney. A Republican governor from such a liberal state, wanting the presidential nomination... Given those factors, I believe a necessary question arises, of how much he really worked for what the people of his state wanted. We would be correct to ask if he would be a president for all Americans, or like the one we have now, who seems to only be president for white Christian Republicans.
12/30/2006 01:21:00 PM
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