Thursday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Well, DADT is the law of the land again -- at least for now. This has gotten absurd. The White House has lost control of this situation and it looks bad. I hope whoever concocted the Obama administration's strategy on DADT (and those who enabled it, meaning HRC and Winnie Stachelberg at CAP) grasp the magnitude of how screwed up this is. The people who are suffering here are the men and women who are willing to put their lives on the line for the rest of us.

The President starts his day in Seattle. He's doing one of his backyard chats on the economy, then speaking at a rally for Senator Patty Murray. After that, he's heading to the Bay Area. He'll be the headliner at an event for California AG candidate Kamala Harris. She's terrific -- and won't defend Prop. 8. He'll spend the night in San Francisco.

Today, at 1:30 PM ET, we're co-hosting a live chat with Congressman Patrick Murphy. As He actually has been a fierce advocate. Murphy kept adding co-sponsors and building support for DADT repeal. The House vote would not have happened without him. Now, he needs our help. He's in a tight race -- very tight. The latest poll showed him with a 3 point lead. So, today, several LGBT blogs and bloggers (Bilerico, Open Left, Pam's House Blend, Good As You) are rallying around Murphy. We've set up an ActBlue page here. This is a chance to help someone who actually deserves it.

12 more days.