Then there were 3: The Democratic holdouts on same-sex marriage

[steve2470]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57578538/then-there-were-3-the-democratic-holdouts-on-same-sex-marriage/

It's been almost a year since President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, and the dominoes have steadily fallen as 54 of 100 U.S. senators - including two Republicans - have joined the cause's scaffolding. Retiring South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson's announcement Monday that his "views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation" whittles the number of outlying senators in the Democratic Caucus to three: a number that will likely stand until the 2014 midterm elections.

Johnson, who announced last month he would not seek reelection, said in a press release that "lengthy consideration" brought him around to backing same-sex marriage. "This position doesn't require any religious denomination to alter any of its tenets; it simply forbids government from discrimination regarding who can marry whom," he said.

His revelation leaves three remaining Democrats who have not endorsed the position: Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Mary Landrieu, D-La. and Mark Pryor, D-Ark. All have indicated their stances are relatively anchored.

"I believe that a marriage is a union between one man and one woman," Manchin, one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress, said in a statement to Bloomberg News. "My beliefs are guided by my faith, and I support the Defense of Marriage Act."

[Erose999]

1. Pretty much 3 useless placeholders keeping "real" Republicans from getting those seats. When was the

last time any of these 3 fuckers contributed anything useful in Congress?

[Sgent]

3. Landreau

Voted for:

Supported the ACA -- including (eventually) the public option
Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell
Voted to uphold birth control as part of the ACA (against the wishes of conservatives)

She has an overall conservative rating of 36%: http://senator-conservative-ratings.findthedata.org/q/51/230/How-do-conservative-interest-groups-rate-Senator-Mary-Landrieu

We could of course replace her with Bobby Jindal or another Vitter clone...

[rmax]

2. Not sure if you're interested in it or not, but here's another "and then there were three"...