Hmmm...yes. I wonder much at Obama. He isn't fortunate, this is for sure. He is trapped in a severe recession that is not his fault (nor, probably, his predecesor's), and therefore unpopular.

I can understand his hesitancy to become engaged in a cultural war. That said, considering that his presidency is likely over if the economy does not recover come 2012 (which seems unlikely), he might as well go down being for something. Might as well throw his weight behind this, seeing as this is where his tendencies seem to lie, anyway. Although, then again, maybe this is why I am not in politics.