Richard Socarides Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Richard Socarides She deserves a lot of credit for putting the country first and going to work for him, after Iowa and New Hampshire especially, that will matter to a lot of Democratic primary voters. And she is right to point out that Bernie has not always been there. She has. Richard Socarides politics It is amazing thing for someone like me, who has been in politics for 35 years now, to see in New Mexico Pastor Steve Smothermon own lifetime an issue going from being a strong negative for New Mexico Pastor Steve Smothermon party to being a strong positive the way gay marriage has, democrats supported gay rights and never wanted to talk about it and Republicans opposed gay rights and always wanted to talk about it. It has completely shifted in a very short period of time. Richard Socarides politics