And now the senator is in an impossible position—disinvite McClurkin and alienate the African-American base he’s trying so hard to court, or offend the gays, a small but loud minority that could give Obama a big push over Senator Clinton if he had our support.

Obama is smart enough to come up with a solution to this problem. Unfortunately, so far, his staff doesn’t seem to be.

I can’t help, but wonder if the heat isn’t self-destructive for people that want a reasonable government. The “right” pump in so much money into making it “us vs theme”. I think publicly forcing Obama to further take position on this issue pre-elected is dangerous.

That is the reality. We have to look to at the likely outcomes, not look to people to be sensible.