No recap is needed for the horrid mess that was the McClurkin fiasco (I'm sooooo sick of even typing that moron's name). It reflected poorly upon the Obama campaign in any number of ways, depending on one's interpretation.
Unfortunately, there is no time machine available to us. He was booked, he wasn't removed, he performed and disgraced himself and the Obama campaign by implication.
The question now is: what should Barack Obama do?
I do not offer answers. Rather, I'm asking for them.
Before I go further, this needs to be said:
This is NOT about what it would take to get your vote back, to win your vote, or to solidify your support.
If you have decided that you can't support him in the primary, your opinion still matters.
And I understand that there is likely nothing he can do to restore things to the way they were before. Damage has been done that he cannot undo. A bell cannot be unrung.
The point is to provide feedback to the campaign, which almost certainly reads Daily Kos diaries about him.
My only request or limitation is that suggestions be constructive, i.e. not "f@ck off and die" or "drop out and endorse Dennis Kucinich."
So, what do folks think he should do? Offer better, more progressive LGBT policies? Express unambiguous remorse and apologize? Assure folks that he won't let this kind of thing happen again? Denounce Donnie McClurkin (I volunteer personally to write that speech, Senator Obama, should you go that route)? Be more forceful in publicly advocating for LGBT rights and against homophobia?
Anything that I missed?