Laura Bush: gay marriage not a campaign issue

Last time she spoke for a female justice to replace O'Connor, that turned out to be Samuel Alito. Now she said no one should use same sex marriage as an election issue.

Some election-year advice to Republicans from a high-ranking source who has the president's ear: Don't use a proposed constitutional amendment against gay marriage as a campaign tool.

The first lady told "Fox News Sunday" that she thinks the American people want a debate on the issue. But, she said, "I don't think it should be used as a campaign tool, obviously."

"It requires a lot of sensitivity to just talk about the issue — a lot of sensitivity," she said.

My gut feeling is that Republicans are still trying their best to make gay marriage the central issue this year, hopefully won't work out, especially gay marriage has been accepted by majority of people in opinion polls in some states (and NJ is one of them).