Jasen Comstock

OK! so we are like 0 for 30 on the ballot referendums. Most of the losses were in 2004, we have Prop 8 in California and 1 in Maine.  The prop 8 mess, if you recall, first we blamed all the African-American voters, then it turned out that the team sucked ass and did a really bad job.  So everyone was like, “well we did a crappy job on prop. 8, we could have won it.”  Well now in Maine, as far as I can tell, the No on 1 campaign worked their ass off, had ample resources, and we still lost by 5-6%.

I would like to read or hear a good lessons learned debate on this, but apparently we do not have a winning message or method.

Now some gay activists (who are usually just shit throwers) think Obama/HRC &c. are to blame. I don’t think Obama helped Corzine or Deeds.

Should the pro gay marriage ads not be about attempting to appeal to fairness or family love being gay and straight?  If not, what should the message be?  No on 1 supposedly had a top notch GOTV effort, was it the off year nature that doomed us?  and if so, if we run a ballot initiative overturning gay marriage bans in target states like California and Michigan, would we be successful?

Being the CEO of Gay, I want options, not questions, pontifications or worse- problems.  What should we do?