Sullivan:

While distrust of most institutions has grown, and Americans are in a foul mood, the latest AP poll found that 52 percent now favor full civil marriage rights for gay couples, and 58 percent supporting the same rights in every respect as heterosexual couples. President Obama, those Democrats who do not have the balls to repeal DOMA, let alone the GOP base, are now in a minority in opposing marriage equality.

I'm thinking if the president could repeal the GOP base, he would.

Interestingly: the same poll—which is being linked widely on blogs—found that 54% of Americans had "little or no confidence in blogs and other citizen media."