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Ann is 100% correct in mocking Rove for not pushing the gay marriage issue. I was extremely concerned and disgusted that this was not a major part of his campaign in those states where bans were on the ballot, particularly and especially in Ohio. As it turned out, every state with the ban on the ballot passed overwhelmingly, and there is no excuse for not bringing this issue up more.

On a related note, there are several threads (rightly) discussing our concern over Specter's comments today. With the President's decision to back off the moral issues during the election, how confident are you guys that he'll stand up to Specter or put conservative judges on the Supreme Court? Forget calling Frist and your local Senator - if Bush doesn't want Specter to be chairman, he won't be there, regardless of what others say or do. And with Bush's campaigning for Specter, I'm not counting on Specter being prevented from assuming the chairmanship.

It's funny. When I heard that those issues passed in every state, I thought it meant that the president was going to be OK, and he was. The issue really helped him, although he didn't push it. He got it by default because Kerry was a liberal.

As for Specter, I don't believe that he'll be as big a problem as people might think. I know he's pro-choice, but he's not going to buck the president. The real question to me is what kind of SC nominees that president will send up. I'll bet anything he gets the chance over the next four years.

Ann is 100% correct in mocking Rove for not pushing the gay marriage issue.

And expose himself for engineering the placement of the issue on the ballot in the states that needed to get out the right votes?