Can you see DADT repeal being an issue in the 2012 GOP primaries?

[bluestateguy]

Remember, in Iowa and South Carolina (not so much New Hampshire) it's all fundamentalist Christians for the caucus and the primary.

I could see all of the candidates trying to curry favor with the fundy crowd by promising to reinstate DADT.

[LLStarks]

1. Advocating such would be political suicide. It's a different animal than HCR. nt

[TheWraith]

6. They said a lot of shit in the 2008 primary that would be political suicide normally.

But the rules don't apply to Republicans talking to their base.

[msongs]

2. no because there will be no big deal in the military except from a few fundie xtians nt

[zeemike]

16. If it were only a few....but it is not.

And then there is the guy who is macho and thinks he is Rambo....he will hate it a lot.
I don't see it as being all that smooth

[Motown_Johnny]

3. I'm sure some teabaggers will bring it up but it won't go anywhere

[David__77]

7. No, the "Tea Party" cannot bring it up.

Not as such... they would then cease to be the "Tea Party." But perhaps we can destroy the "Tea Party" with so-called social issues, bringing libertarian-minded people back to the Democrats.

[DainBramaged]

13. The last thing a Teabagger " brought up" was last night's liquid dinner

[Safetykitten]

4. In no way. Will not happen.

[Still Sensible]

5. No. It will just be a tool for wingnut teabaggers to

get money out of freepers...

[struggle4progress]

8. I think this issue's dead now: our side won the PR fight on this some time ago

[TheKentuckian]

9. Not really. It was a throw away wedge issue to keep the morons rilled up.

There may be some of the more fundie minded that will try to roll it over to DOMA and use it as an illustration of how much danger "the sanctity of marriage" is in or a lil push to deny benefits.

[toddaa]

10. Gay marriage is the issue that whips them into a frenzy

[H2O Man]

11. Let's hope so.

If they opt to bury themselves, it's a good thing.

[AlinPA]

12. It will be used to fire up the republican base (Thune, Palin, Gingrich, Huckabee will use it), but

in the general, it won't carry any weight. Overall, the American people have moved past the bigotry of the republican base.

[Statistical]

14. I doubt it. Any politician even if that is their personal view will ...

be conscious of how it will play out in general election. They don't want to "trap" themselves over a minor issue.

[polmaven]

15. You may be right for the primary,

but I think it would work against any General election candidate.

[ixion]

17. Nah, it's only relevant to their whacko-fundie base

[TlalocW]

18. I think for the most part

By the time we get to 2012, except for a few bumps (which will be "Xtian" soldiers and "Xtian" leaders in the non-military world working together to try and push some story about how the "Xtian" soldiers' rights were trampled on), the DADT repeal will have gone so smoothly that it won't be on anyone's minds or be seen as worth the effort.

TlalocW

[panzerfaust]

19. No. As it would necessitate criticism of the military.

Far rightwingers are very confused people.

[Change Happens]

20. They can try, but won't gain any traction at all...