White House Press Secretary Jay Carney suggested that “evolving” does not necessarily involve “change,” as he tried to argue that President Obama is not hiding his position on gay marriage.

“The President said that his views on this are evolving,” Carney repeated in the course of a briefing yesterday dominated by discussion of Obama’s incoherent position on gay marriage. Asked to define “evolving” — if that means Obama is preparing “to change” his former opposition to gay marriage — Carney demurred.