Democratic Senate aide on White House involvement prior to DADT vote:

[VMI Dem]

"We were really looking for the president or the very senior members of the administration to be calling people regularly to push this, but the White House is not stepping up to the plate in any meaningful way on this,"

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/30/Obamas_DADT_Dilemma/

[WillParkinson]

1. I'm shocked. Shocked I say.

Wait. No, not really.

[zipplewrath]

2. They didn't want it this soon to begin with

No one should be surprised that the White House isn't pushing this. They didn't want it done until after the bigots in the DoD had been surveyed and figured out how not to bother their sensitivities.

[VMI Dem]

6. Exactly.

[xchrom]

3. The white house has a bad case of the Gay Icks. Nt

[AldebTX]

4. That's Because We Are Going Too Fast

Dontcha know? *sarcasm*

[msongs]

5. obama has to wait to be told what to do by the CIC, but Petraeus is usually busy lol nt