From Sullivan: Ken Gude, an associate director at the Center for American Progress, who specializes in national-security issues, and who has close ties to the White House, believes that Obama’s instinct, like Panetta’s, was to set up a truth commission of some sort..."Obama’s political advisers dread any issue that could trigger a culture war and diminish his support among independent voters."
No kidding. It looks like significant steps on gay rights aren't going to happen as long as Rahm Emanuel is chief of staff. Then again, that job usually has a famously short average tenure...
