President Barack Obama participates in an interview with Robin Roberts of ABC's Good Morning America, in the Cabinet Room of the White House on May 9, 2012 in Washington, DC. During the interview, President Obama expressed his support for gay marriage, a first for a U.S. president.
*In the first 90 minutes after news of President Obama’s support of gay marriage Wednesday, his campaign banked $1 million in spontaneous contributions, according to BuzzFeed.
“This is beyond unifying — it’s electrifying,” said Eugene Sepulveda, a former fundraiser for Obama who withdrew to take a non-political job early this year. “This man stands for right, despite the political consequences.”
Jeff Soref, a longtime Democratic activist in the gay community, told BuzzFeed: “I think the people who were disappointed by the president’s failure to support marriage quality will now have that barrier removed for them.”
Indeed, top gay donors have been using their expensive access to bend Obama’s ear on the issue for years. Some now feel that their specific pleas have been answered.
“There have been a lot of us urging him to do this for a very long time. I imagine he and Michele felt some pain for us after North Carolina yesterday,” said another longtime gay Obama bundler. “There are more LGBT co-chairs across the country are raising more money than we’ve ever raised. And you’ll see a lot more of that now,” the bundler said.
Soref said that aside from energizing supporters, Obama’s decision sharpens the choice for the general election.
“There is a contrast between the President and Mitt Romney, and this clarified the contrast, and that will help with fundraising,” he said.
The Obama campaign sees the announcement and the contrast with Romney’s position, as playing into the campaign’s narrative of Obama as the forward-looking candidate and Romney as the one of the past.
So gay marriage will define this election? GTFOH!!
I knew the financial backing was coming. Wow!!
This is nothing than a political move because Mitt Romney has been very vocal about being against gay marriage so now what Mitt?
Gay advocates succeed once again.
Black folk..look, learn, and listen.
Black people have nothing to learn from white RICH gays.
Keep believing that lie. Those white RICH gays have gotten more public support than we have.
It’s not a lie, honey. So what are we going to learn without the money to get his “attention”. Nothing. How many super pacs are you funding?
Go Obama
I VOTE NO TO GAY MARRIAGE, WHAT WRONG WITH OBAMA, I ASK ARE YOU FOR GOD OR FOR MONEY, VOTE, AND ELECTION TO ME YOU OBAMA MADE THE WRONG DECISION. I VOVE FOR GOD AND HIS DECISION. WOULD YOU TELL YOUR DAUGTHER IT’S OK TO MARRY ANOTHER WOMAN. OBAMA YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER TO LIVE IS FOR CHRIST AND TO DIE IS TO GAIN. WE ALL HOW TO GO BEFORE GOD.
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@Musb, I co-sign. Off the subject, I’m just curious to what will happen tonight with the big whig dinner George Clooney will have tonite.
I have mixed feelings about Obama announcing his support for gay marriage.
Although I’m against gay marriage, I felt that it was a welcome change that Obama would come out in support of something, as opposed to allowing the radical right to dictate his every decision.
But now seeing the reaction, I’m wondering if Obama’s move was anything but political. Maybe just like when he would be afraid to act, fearing Republican backlash, he also only acted here because he found out how much it would pay off politically. Well, the jury is still out on that.
You are putting too much thought into this.
Gays would have chosen Obama over Mitt anyway so it really wasn’t necessary for him to play this card.
I bet Robin handed BO her check on the spot…then called all her running buddies to do the same.
@Melody, LOL…ok, I thought maybe no one have picked up about Robin as of yet. Hey don’t forget about George big party tonite. I bet that’s the thank you for the announcement party. Yeah him too.
@ Diva are you hinting at what I think you are about Robin Roberts??? I have been a bit suspicious about her for a while now ever since she was covering the major sporting events for ABC befoare GMA. NO!!! sa y it ain’t so about George Clooney!!!! lol!! I do not believe that for a minute.
And don’t forget John Travolta might drop in at Clooney’s…LoL!!!!
@Melody, I am with you on this one regarding Gays would have chosen him over Romney anyway!!!! I really hope this doesn’t hurt his reelection bid. This election will be decided in battlegrounds states, NC, VA, OH and PA where people are more socially conservative.
Gays are gonna back away from Willard since his church has already taken a stance. I actually heard some talking about him and his church’s position against Blacks during the last campaign.
Diva and babycakes…a whole lotta folks have slowly picked up on Robin over the years. She’s an open secret fa sho!
Robin looked like she could barely contain herself. Gays jumped for joy and ran to the phones cause one of their own got him to say it. BO knew EXACTLY who he was talking too and the impact it would have.
Slmply put!?, there are a WHOLE lot more homosexuals in the closet, than there are “outward/in the closet” …racist!! And the shyt is “CHESS”, not…checkers! Obie once AGAIN!!, has touched uopn a demographic that YT/Repubs. have ignored/looked down ‘on/disrespected. And the biggest irony of this thang heeah eeah!?…the G.O.P. is FULL of closeted homosexuals!!! So…. the score is…Obie 10, (at least!!) Repubs…”0″!, AGAIN!!/Sum Moe!!!
The UNstoppable “swag” of The POTUS!!! They’re so “stuck ‘on STUpid”?, they cain’t eeeeeven see him coming! But….. they wiiiiiiill “feel him” this Novembe/next 4 years!!!, TRUST!!!! Hollaaaaaaaaaah!r,