Big Day

Big Day - Yesterday was a huge day for the president.

Leaving aside the moral rights and wrongs of the issue, I think the Marriage Amendment is a can't-lose for the President. Most Americans across the political spectrum oppose gay marriage - even California rejected it at refererendum by nearly 2-1. Even the front-running Democrat candidates, Kerry and Edwards, are at least silent on it - as Medved put it yesterday, Kerry will court the votes of gay marriage supporters, while winking and nodding and not being especially broken up if the issue goes nowhere. So in solidifying his base, I doubt Bush has lost the vote of a single person that would have voted for him.

For conservatives, the last few months have felt like sitting in a trench, sweating out an enemy artillery barrage, wondering where the hell the morons in Artillery are. Yesterday's speech to the Republican Governors answered that. Damn, it felt good to have the campaign finally begin.

I plan on asking Rocket Man from Powerline - do the events of the last few days affect his pessimism about Bush's chances at all?