Embroiled in a massive battle in Massachusetts against Democratic favored Elizabeth Warren, Republican Scott Brown seems to be shedding his Republican skin and has adorned himself in the Independent banner. In this newly released ad, Brown is said to have “turned out to be unpredictably independent and beholden to no one.”
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he supports gay marriage, reversing his position on a controversial social issue just six months before the November election and adopting a stance fraught with political implications.
Mr. Obama had been under intense pressure this week to lay out a clear stance on gay marriage after several of his top advisers endorsed it. Mr. Obama said he “personally” believes gays and lesbians should have the right to marry, a position he came to after several years of talking to friends and family and thinking about gay members of the military and of his staff who are raising children together in monogamous relationships.
“I’ve been going through an evolution on this issue. I’ve always been adamant that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally,” Mr. Obama said in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts. “At a certain point, I just concluded that for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think that same sex couples should be able to get married.”
(CBS News) FORT LUPTON, Colo. – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday said he unequivocally opposes “marriage between people of the same gender,” drawing a contrast to President Obama’s “evolving” position on the issue.
In an interview with Denver-based KDVR-TV, Romney was asked about the failure of a ballot measure that would have allowed same-sex civil unions in Colorado. “I indicated my view, which is I do not favor marriage between people of the same gender, and I do not favor civil unions if they are identical to marriage other than by name,” Romney said. “My view is the domestic partnership benefits, hospital visitation rights, and the like are appropriate but that the others are not.”
Romney, in another interview Wednesday, told CBS affiliate KCNC in Denver: “My position is the same on gay marriage as it’s been well, from the beginning, and that is that marriage is a relation between a man and a woman. That’s the posture that I had as governor and I have that today.”
However, it’s still early in the election season. Check back later to see if Romney’s position changes. Most likely, it will.
Okay. We know the day is not over, but it will be difficult, even impossible for anyone to beat today’s funniest tweet. It is from Wisconsin’s Governor Scott Walker and his tweet goes out to the public employees of his state, the same “hard-working” public employees that received the brunt of Walker’s attacks for over a year now.
Sidenote: These public union workers in Wisconsin will get another shot at Walker in less than a month. His recall election is scheduled for June 5th.
Walker’s Tweet:
Thank you to our dedicated public employees in WI!We appreciate your hard work and sacrifice.
— Governor Walker (@GovWalker) May 9, 2012
Needless to say, the Twitter world caught on to Walker’s sense of humor (if you wanna call it that). Below are some of the responses;
Completely disingenuous. @GovWalker Thank you to our dedicated public employees in WI! We appreciate your hard work and sacrifice.
— Just Me (@aabowen) May 9, 2012
@GovWalker but forget your right to assemble and have a union and screw you for giving in on my demand you pay more into your pensions — dave (@crazzeeedave) May 9, 2012
@GovWalker “appreciate your hard work and sacrifice” so we are going to take away your rights to collectively bargain #p2 #wiunion
— Bill King (@garak99) May 9, 2012
@GovWalker Thank you to our dedicated public employees in #WI! We (don’t) appreciate your hard work & (want more) sacrifice. #recallwalker
— ScooterChrist Walker (@ScooterChrist) May 9, 2012
