2012-05-09, 11:20 PM
That he would say it now means one of two things:
A) His handlers told him that he'll win the election anyway, so it doesn't matter that he'll piss off swing state voters by endorsing gay marriage.
B) His handlers told him he'll lose the election anyway, so he may as well be honest instead of worrying about polling/lying in a vain attempt to get reelected. It may help in later elections to take the hit now.
I'm leaning more towards B. This does not poll well in Ohio or Florida. Or North Carolina or Virginia. Or anywhere except the Northeast and West Coast, which he absolutely wasn't going to lose anyway.
It could be an attempt to get Romney to say something he'll regret but... that seems like a poor tactic to use against someone widely believed to be the most slippery man alive.
A) His handlers told him that he'll win the election anyway, so it doesn't matter that he'll piss off swing state voters by endorsing gay marriage.
B) His handlers told him he'll lose the election anyway, so he may as well be honest instead of worrying about polling/lying in a vain attempt to get reelected. It may help in later elections to take the hit now.
I'm leaning more towards B. This does not poll well in Ohio or Florida. Or North Carolina or Virginia. Or anywhere except the Northeast and West Coast, which he absolutely wasn't going to lose anyway.
It could be an attempt to get Romney to say something he'll regret but... that seems like a poor tactic to use against someone widely believed to be the most slippery man alive.