Bruni lets the GOP know it'll be pro-gay in a few years

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06/09/2012

by Jeremy Hooper

Using billionaire conservative Paul Singer's new "super PAC" as a focal point, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni makes the case for the GOP's gay inevitability. Some thought-food worth consuming:

[Paul E. Singer] has given nearly $10 million of his own money to gay-rights initiatives, including the same-sex marriage efforts not only in New York but also in New Hampshire and New Jersey. And that figure doesn’t include his assistance in tapping a broad network of donors for individual candidates. He was pivotal in rounding up about $250,000 apiece for the Republican state senators in New York whose votes for same-sex marriage provided its margin of victory in the Legislature.

Now, Singer says, he’s providing $1 million to start a new “super PAC” with several Republican compatriots. Named American Unity PAC, its sole mission will be to encourage Republican candidates to support same-sex marriage, in part by helping them to feel financially shielded from any blowback from well-funded groups that oppose it.

In an interview on Tuesday, he told me that he’s confident that in Congressional races, which would most likely be the super PAC’s initial focus, there are more than a few Republicans “who could be on the verge of support” or are “harboring and hiding their views.”
FULL: The G.O.P.'s Gay Trajectory [NY Times]