Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.), an opponent of the federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, has been oddly silent on his own state’s ballot initiative against same-sex marriage, writes Todd Beeton, who urges readers to sign a petition to pressure Dreier. Barack Obama is getting undecided voters in a Democracy Corps focus group to say that they’ll vote for him after the second debate because of his positive demeanor and John McCain’s perceived “nastiness,” writes Beeton.