Same-Sex Marriage: Dueling Presidential Senior Advisors Talk Obama
Richard Socarides, former senior advisor to President Bill Clinton, remind President Obama that, “the future is now,” and says, “he should just get on with it.”
“We’d like him to come out for marriage equality.”
http://cloudfront.equalitymatters.org/static/flash/pl52.swf
David Axelrod, President Obama’s senior advisor, talks with Lawrence O’Donnell about President Obama, the Progressive Left, and same-sex marriage. Axelrod made clear we should not expect Obama to move forward on supporting same-sex marriage — in the near future.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640
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