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Is obama the 'first gay president' as newsweek proclaims? by wwy yrj
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Is obama the 'first gay president' as newsweek proclaims? by WWY YRJ
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That s unlikely to happen this coming week. The cover of Newsweek magazine portrays Obama with a rainbow halo and proclaims thathe s the first gay president. The New Yorker cover picks up onthe rainbow theme shown as multi-hued White House columns in what it s calling its "Spectrum of Light"cover. Both magazines hit newsstands Monday. It may be true, as Rep.
Barney Frank (D) of Massachusetts the first openly-gay member of Congress says, that Obama scoming out on behalf of same-sex marriage this past week won tmake much difference in November s election. "If you were going to cast your vote based on a candidate'sposition regarding same-sex marriage, you were already going tovote for Obama [or] Romney based on that," Rep. Frank said onABC's This Week Sunday. "I literally don't think anybody'svote was changed by this one way or the other." Still, Obama s end to evolving on gay marriage though itmay generate enthusiasm among his liberal base, including gayactivist fund-raisers will continue to generate criticalcomment, including from some commentators on the left. His embrace of gay marriage was not a profile in courage, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wrote over the weekend.
Even when he does the right thing, by the time he does it and inthe way he does it, he drains away excitement and robs himself ofthe admiration he would otherwise be due, Dowd wrote. Whydoesn t he just do the exhilarating thing immediately? Why does healways have to be dragged kicking and screaming to principle? Meanwhile, even as he tries to emphasize economic issues, Obama hashis work cut out for him. According to a new Associated Press -GfK poll, Americans are growing more pessimistic about theeconomy, and handling it remains President Barack Obama's weak spotand biggest challenge in his bid for a second term. The gloomier outlook extends across party lines, including asteep decline in the share of Democrats who call the economy good, down from 48 percent in February tojust 31 percent now, the AP reports.
Almost two-thirds ofAmericans 65 percent disapprove of Obama's handling of gasprices, up from 58 percent in February. Nearly half, 44 percent, strongly disapprove. And just 30 percent said they approve,down from 39 percent in February. Obama has an overall 53 percent approval rate, according to thispoll, but that could change if the economy fails to pick up at afaster pace. Generally speaking, most Americans aren t sanguine about that.
The AP-GfK poll finds that fewer than one-third expect their household'seconomic fortunes to improve in the coming year, down from 37percent in February. Eighteen percent see their finances asworsening, up from 11 percent in February. New polling by the Washington Post and ABC News shows the same problem for Obama. In none of his major economicaccomplishments the economic stimulus package, increasedfinancial regulation, and the auto industry bailout does he winmajority approval (47 percent, 48 percent, and 49 percentrespectively in those three areas). That none of Obama s major economic proposals garner majoritysupport has to be worrisome for the president and his politicalteam, who recognize that the incumbent s stewardship of theeconomy will be the critical issue for many undecided voters inthis election, write Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake in their Washington Post column The Fix.
This has put Obama in a neck-and-neck position with presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney ahead by just 2 percentage points in the Real Clear Politics polling average. So whether or not Obama is the first gay president may makelittle difference come November. I am Explosive writer, reports some information about raising game birds , banner maker pro.
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