Watching some of these Gov. Pence interviews it doesn't seem like he's really for this bill as he should be. In one interview he seems to blame this on Obamacare (shocking!). In others,he doesn't mention things like this is what god wants or it's to help Christianity. Instead, he just dodges the question all the time, like he doesn't really have an answer. Yet, when asked about equal rights for LGBT in Indiana, he clearly says it's not on his agenda.
It's almost like he knows that he has to be for civil rights if he want to be president, but against them if he wants to be nominated. The overall impression I am getting is not one of a person who thinks of himself as a servant of the voters, charged with making Indiana a better place. The impression I am getting is of a man who is IN CHARGE, dammit, and whose first impulse upon getting busted is to double down, regardless of the wisdom of signing this law. He's a pol who wants to be liked, or at least simply not hated, by most of his electorate, and possibly a national one too. He knows he needs to straddle some rails to do that. But he just isn't very good at it.
It's almost like he knows that he has to be for civil rights if he want to be president, but against them if he wants to be nominated. The overall impression I am getting is not one of a person who thinks of himself as a servant of the voters, charged with making Indiana a better place. The impression I am getting is of a man who is IN CHARGE, dammit, and whose first impulse upon getting busted is to double down, regardless of the wisdom of signing this law. He's a pol who wants to be liked, or at least simply not hated, by most of his electorate, and possibly a national one too. He knows he needs to straddle some rails to do that. But he just isn't very good at it.