I think face. I mean I think it wasn't practical fear so much as just gut fear. Here's someone speaking out for something that probably everything he ever learnt as a child and everyone who ever helped him along his way in politics not only said was a bad idea, but probably cast really crappy aspersions about. I have to suspect that he thought lightening was going to come down on his head doing that, and that when a week goes by and it hasn't, he'll be like "oh. okay."
Also, you have to consider that he has now put himself in the crosshairs of every conservative and psuedo moderate religious group in the nation. This might be the equivalent of committing political suicide, as he can now no longer classify himself as a "moderate", but to the left of social issues.
Hopefully, San Diegans will reward their mayor for his courage.
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Date: 2007-09-24 08:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-25 02:02 am (UTC)Hopefully, San Diegans will reward their mayor for his courage.
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