Freshmen Dems kill trans amendment in House

We've heard for weeks from the United ENDA crowd how easy it would be to get a trans ENDA passed in the House. This article, and the current situation, suggests otherwise. The support just isn't there, even from our own team. Interestingly, per the article, the Freshmen Dems are afraid that should they be forced to vote for the trans amendment they'll be savaged by conservatives AND liberals. That means other Dem challengers would use the vote against Dem incumbents, but it's not clear if the challengers would mock the incumbents for being pro trans or anti- trans (meaning, are they afraid that other Dem challengers will play the transphobia card, or that they will be more liberal and accuse the incumbent of not being good enough on civil rights - it's not clear from the story). Either way, the politics over this issue are totally screwed up, not at all settled, which is the point I've been making for 3 weeks. The United ENDA crowd has been naively telling us all how easy this was going to be. They were wrong, Barney was right, and now we have a huge mess on our hands when just a few weeks ago the GLB ENDA was a sure win. If United ENDA calls this victory, well, we might as well stop funding our national gay groups right now because this kind of victory we can have by staying home.