RE: Bush renews gay marriage ban call

Since we all know that W. doesn't give a crap about this issue, I guess we can assume this is simply a transparent attempt to salvage his tarnished reputation among social conservatives?

His reputation isn't all that tarnished with social conservatives. This is part of Rove's brilliant "new" plan to get conservatives to come out and vote in November. The other part is to constantly remind conservatives that there are still more Federal bench appointments and that there may be another SCOTUS seat coming up. So, the "new" plan is just the "old" plan with bigger, brighter, and better jingoism attached.

As far as I can tell, it's not working very well. The amendment, which is a bad idea in the first place, has about zero chance of passing the Senate. From what I read and hear, Bush will get no credit for making the attempt, and most conservatives see the move as arrogant and condescending.