NPR has a story up about the gay vote in PA.

Mark Segal, editor of the Philadelphia Gay News, says he has never seen an election in which the Democratic Party fielded better choices. Segal says Obama and Clinton have each sought his paper's endorsement.

Segal remains undecided. He says that to win the Gay News endorsement, Clinton and Obama need to speak very directly to issues affecting gay and lesbian voters.

"We want to hear what's going on with their positions on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,'" the editor says. "We just don't want hear a very simple, 'Yeah, I want to get rid of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."' We would like to hear a plan."

The issues related to homosexuality are all pretty big political landmines, even for those on the left. It's not just the military thing as the article does go on to touch on employment and same sex marriage.

The interesting thing to me is how powerfuil such a small minority is thanks to the current Democratic hoopla.

By one count, those voters makes up five percent of the city's Democratic electorate. In a tight race, even such a small demographic could make a big difference.

And as for this:

Segal says he believes the lesbian community in particular strongly supports Clinton, who would be the first woman to hold the office of president. He calls it a matter of "identity pride."

I'm too mature to go there.