Maybe Obama made an unconsidered step, or maybe this was coldly calculated. There still has to be a whale of a lot more black voters out there than gay voters, and the blacks typically don’t like the gays horning in on their corner on affirmative action.
“...and the blacks typically don’t like the gays horning in on their corner on affirmative action.”
The blacks don’t like ANY group horning in on their corner on affirmative action.