Day: February 1, 2015

If you, like the GOP Establishment, think marriage equality will be over as an wedge issue against the GOP once the Supreme Court rules for it this coming June, you are sadly mistaken. At Iowa Rep. Steve King’s Iowa summit last weekend, conservative activists revealed it to be the next litmus test for their candidates:

“If you dodge the question, then it’s the kiss of death,” said social conservative Sam Clovis, who finished second behind Joni Ernst in last year’s Iowa GOP Senate primary. “Candidates have got to be declarative about where they stand. Period.” “If you’re not vocally pro-life and pro-traditional marriage, I don’t think you can win here because you’re going to get hammered,” added Clovis.

So the GOP nominee will have to be violently anti-gay, anti-marriage equality, and anti-choice. Thus unelectable. I love it when wedge issues work for the good guys.