Reply #8: In a sense

[zipplewrath]

"I do strongly believe this administration does want to end DOMA and DADT."

I'm reminded of the position of many white southerners that thought Jim Crow was wrong, but they always had a wide variety of excuses why it shouldn't be done in one manner or another. I get the impression that this administration is more concerned about the effects of repeal, than the effects of the status quo.

When the Soviet Union was collapsing, the conservatives should have been celebrating. Instead, they were worried sick that it was just all a ruse. They just couldn't imagine a world in which their signiture issue, the collapse of communism, was a realtiy. It's the old problem of "being afraid of success". One can get a very quick impression that this administration is very afraid of "winning" on this issue and wants to narrow the possibilities down to a very limited scope, and pace.