re: #248 moderatelyradicalliberal

I think the president did it because he believes it’s the right thing to do. He is a solidly pro-reproductive choice man. The reaction from the right may be predictable enough to plan for, but it happens on it’s own. The fact that it has rebounded in the president’s favor is just gravy. The GOP just does not know how to stop offending the shit out of people (blacks, Hispanics, gays, non-Christians, women, etc.) once they start. If it’s popular with conservative white male evangelicals, they will keep at it to the exclusion of anyone else.

Oh he’s done a lot of things that he believes are right. Great things, but this one seemed to be a bit of an odd choice. Why birth control and why now? I don’t mean it in a bad way. I’m happy to see he’s politically savvy. It’s an essential trait for a President.