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Way to Win the Heartland

Carol Platt Liebau | May 22, 2008 10:11 PM

A week after California's Supreme Court declared gay marriage to be a "right," it's worth noting, as CNS does here, that Barack Obama has called for the complete repeal of DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act).

As the linked piece points out, that position is one that more moderate Democrat senators oppose. And it's hardly likely to win Obama the votes he needs in states like Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio.