Republicans are poor students of recent history if they think marriage can be used as a successful "wedge" issue in the November elections, according to Patrick Sammon, president of Log Cabin Republicans. "If we choose the politics of fear and division that helped defeat our party in 2006, we will alienate the independent voters who will decide this election," Sammon writes. "We will suffer an even bigger defeat in 2008." The Politico (Washington) ...

Well, I’m about two days into my experiment, in which I do what I’m supposed to be doing when I’m supposed to be doing it, and don’t do what I’m not supposed to be doing when I’m not supposed to be doing it. It’s too soon to tell, since the experiment isn’t over, but preliminary results reveal some interesting outcomes Doing what I’m supposed to be doing when I’m supposed to be doing it, and not doing what I’m not supposed to be doing when I’m not supposed to be doing it:

1. Does not result in more time to do the things

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The president of the Log Cabin Republicans, Patrick Sammon, urges fellow conservatives to back off using gay marriage as a wedge issue again: "Acceptance of loving, committed gay and lesbian couples is on the rise and, consequently, the marriage debate does not have the same heat it used to. Republicans who try exploiting the issue for political gain this November will fail. And they’ll further alienate the young people who are already leaving the GOP in droves." So...stop pushing this issue because it's no longer effective, not because it's wrong? ...

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has previously insisted he supports California’s Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage. Then, last week, conservative group Protect Marriage said that McCain backed their unholy mission: passing an amendment again restricting nuptials to one man, one woman. McCain’s camp didn’t reply to those allegations, but the homo-politicos over at Log Cabin Republicans dug into the candidate and confirmed the flip-flop. Let the political expediency begin! From wonder woman Kerry Eleveld: A statement released Tuesday by the Log Cabin Republicans read: “Late last week, the group pushing California’s anti-marriage constitutional amendment released ...

Log Cabin Republican president Patrick Sammon warns his party peers not to push gay marriage this year: “Acceptance of loving, committed gay and lesbian couples is on the rise and, consequently, the marriage debate does not have the same heat it used to. Republicans who try exploiting the issue for political gain this November will fail. And they’ll further alienate the young people who are already leaving the GOP in droves… So, a word to my fellow Republicans: If we choose the politics of fear and division that helped defeat our party in 2006, we will alienate the independent voters ...

John McCain’s obviously not ready to come out for the gays. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has kept up a series of off-the-record meetings with the Log Cabin Republicans. We’ve known for a while that McCain and the gay GOP group have been holding talks, but apparently things are getting serious. Too bad everyone’s remaining mum: Log Cabin President Patrick Sammon confirmed his meeting with Senator McCain earlier today. A source with close ties to the Log Cabin Board of Directors provided information about the meeting to GayPatriot earlier this week. This source disclosed that the Log Cabin meeting was ...

Log Cabin President Patrick Sammon confirmed to the Gay Patriot blog that John McCain held a meeting with the group in "the past couple of weeks" that didn't ever appear on the Senator's schedule. Said Sammon to Gay Patriot: "We’ve had a series of productive meetings with the campaign since Sen. McCain won the nomination—including a recent meeting with the Senator. We expect to have more conversations with the campaign as we head toward November." Gay Patriot: "According to published news reports the Sammon-McCain meeting would be the first face-to-face dialogue between a Republican Presidential standardbearer and the President of the ...

Gay Patriot has the scoop: GayPatriot has exclusively learned that presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Senator John McCain held a personal meeting with the head of the national gay Republicans organization, the Log Cabin Republicans. Log Cabin President Patrick Sammon confirmed his meeting with Senator McCain earlier today. It is not inconsequential that the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party has met with a leader in the gay community. It suggests that McCain recognizes our community to be a constituency and that we have specific concerns and issues upon which we may be able to find common cause. It also suggests that ...