Beck fans (and Hot Air readers) will see the punchline coming, but it’s the rep from the Log Cabin Republicans who has the fun of actually delivering it. In his rush to indict Beck as some sort of doctrinaire social con, though, Matthews inadvertently raises an interesting question: What’s Sarahcuda’s position on gay marriage these days? During Campaign ’08 she said she supported a federal marriage amendment to ban it nationwide but also said at the debate with Biden that she backed lesser protections for gays, like hospital visitations. Then again, she also said at the time that she supported a path to citizenship for illegals and I’m, er, reasonably sure she no longer feels that way. Factor in her surprising libertarian-lite opinion on overenforcement of drug laws and there’s a chance — a slim chance — that she’s changed a bit on this issue too. She can’t move much lest she alienate the social cons she’s counting on if she runs, but it would help scramble the media narrative about her among the centrists she needs to win over. Hmmmmm.
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