Hear, hear. > Are they trying to keep people from clamoring for more changes? If the goal is re-election, then from a game-theoretic standpoint, that would in

Hear, hear. > Are they trying to keep people from clamoring for more changes? If the goal is re-election, then from a game-theoretic standpoint, that would indeed be part of a winning strategy. If gay marriage is ever fully legalized at the federal level, for example, you'd inevitably see lots of light-blue districts in blue states swing to red. In the aggregate, the Dems can only lose votes by legalizing it. (Unless maybe they play the abortion strategy and pretend for 40 years that Roe is going to get overturned any day now.)