I think that she wouldn’t have been allowed to issue this announcement without some people at the WH playing chess with it first. They will see if she can make it stick. If so, they will inch forward. If not, they haven’t lost anything (they think).

More calculating, less change making. Too bad.

We need to come at DOMA straight ahead, not with too-clever-by-half attempts at violating it. Besides, haven’t we had enough of Executive Branch officers claiming “inherent authority” from the Bushies?

A never-acknowledged “Stop Loss” was in effect back then, with the Pentagon knowingly shipping out gay and lesbian personnel overseas then firing their asses the moment they got back home.

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman made a teriffic documentary about the U.S. during Gulf I entitled Where Are We? that deals with this situation, among others.

This “Partner Plan” is simply a continuation of already long-extant policy, and will have no effect on Obama’s unspeakably mendacious attitude toward the GLBT community that elected him thanks to his promises of “fierce” support for our causes.

Like I keep telling you people — he’s Bush Lite !

Foggy Bottom is not the White House, and Clinton’s progay stance is no surprise. So if she can accomplish it, then DOMA may go. If she can’t, she can say she tried, and Obama doesn’t get slammed one way or another.

It’s a trial balloon and a worthwhile attempt.