NBC's Chuck Todd: Obama will support marriage equality "before the convention"

NBC Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd on Monday predicted that President Barack Obama would announce his support for marriage equality before the November election because LGBT donors had become more important to his campaign than Wall Street donors. 

“They are so sensitive to Biden doing this because, number one, gay money in this election has replaced Wall Street money,” Todd explained.  “What I keep being told is [President Barack Obama is] not ever going to announce his change in his position at a press conference. He’ll do it a more appropriate venue.”

NBC host David Gregory agreed: “I think they are moving this closer and closer to the edge, and things like this are going to happen, that they are going to find these opportunities where they are much more forward-leaning and it’s very difficult to walk back. So I don’t know how they ultimately choreograph this. But the expectation is if they get into a second term, that’s when it will be done.”

But Todd argued that support for marriage equality would come well before Obama’s second term.

“I think this forces the conversation,” the chief White House correspondent said. “I think they do it sooner. I think it will be before the convention."
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