The EDGE on Don't Ask Don't Give

From The EDGE, about our Don't Ask Don't Give campaign:

There is some concern about the potentially negative effects a financial boycott will have on the Democratic party, especially with the 2010 midterm elections coming up. "The danger is that people’s impatience becomes self-destructive," said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) on Thursday during a reception for the LGBT community in Providence, Rhode Island.

Whitehouse said if bloggers wished to continue their boycott until Christmas, that would be fine, but if they prolonged it any further, there would be damage to the Democratic party in the midterm elections.

’LGBT Americans are a core constituency of the Democratic Party, and we wield significant influence in the party.’Andrew Tobias, an openly gay man who serves as treasurer for the DNC, believes in Obama and hopes the LGBT community will continue to support him."The administration is going to continue to make steady progress on our issues whether or not we help strengthen its hand," Tobias told EDGE . "But the stronger it is, the faster that progress will come."

It doesn't help to strengthen a hand that slaps you.