Not only will the former Republican Massachusetts governor, Bill Weld, support the Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling on ending discrimination in marriage, he says he plans to officiate at a wedding as soon as he can. That’s a visual: a Republican former governor marrying two people of the same sex. I’m also really heartened that, from the article at least, my own private discussions with Weld helped persuade him of the justice and importance of this. Weld was a great governor, a great Republican, and a great American.
THE TORIES SNEAK AHEAD: It’s only a poll; and it’s only a small lead, but the British Tories are now ahead of Blair’s Labour Party. I’d say this paradoxically strengthens Blair’s hand against the lefties in his party. They can’t afford to wreck his policies for much longer without risking their own seats.
The Dish 