Calculus behind Obama shift on gay marriage
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President Barack Obama's political calculus is clear.
His newly stated support for same-sex marriage could energize some Democratic Party activists. And it may illustrate a wider strategic effort to keep Mitt Romney from grabbing the perceived political center as he emerges from the Republican primaries.
That center shifts -- sometimes so dramatically that a formerly fringe idea grows...
