> So you assume that he's lying and secretly agrees with you. There is no way that could possibly backfire. That is what a lot of liberals (myself included) di

> So you assume that he's lying and secretly agrees with you. There is no way that could possibly backfire. That is what a lot of liberals (myself included) did with Obama's stance on same-sex marriage in 2008. That said, I was banking on his past history (he was pro gay marriage in the 90s. The 90s!), personality, and the fact that civil unions were a politically expedient choice to appeal to the center, not the base.