"Fury is a servant of the government. No matter which side he personally takes on the matter, he will ultimately follow the laws passed by his superiors. And if that means enforcing registration, he will enforce it. While I am happy to call him friend, it has less to do with his views on registration and more on his personal beliefs that those with powers need to be given a place to live and train until they can return to proper, functioning society. It is with the grace of S.H.I.E.L.D. that this school and the X-Men continue to exist under the public radar, that our secrets are not known to the world at large."
Xavier titled his head to the side, a little worried about Moira's obvious and rampant idealism, as well as her ideas of who would be good to gain the support of 'politically'. She was all over the place already and she'd only thrown out two names. "Shield gets a lot of funding from Stark Enterprises, as well. The government military powers... should Stark himself decide that his funding is better put towards one side of the argument or the other, could potentially be swayed to follow. But those in charge already view our kind, and that of all super-powered beings not just mutants, as expendable weapons to be sent at whatever the non-powered community cannot handle and then be corralled like cattle until needed again. It will be an up hill battle even if you can get Stark's support."
The leaned back and thought for a moment more, considering what names he should give his old flame and why.
"Our obvious, open enemies are Graydon Creed and the F.O.H. They have been actively campaigning against mutants since their inception. Using fear tactics and speaking with a religious-like zeal that inspires the large crowds they gather to close their minds to the new and different, to keep to the old and 'proper' ways and remove whatever makes them change. Rather like the G.O.P., which is an organization that privately sends a bit of funding toward the F.O.H. The RNC is not yet ready to put their name publicly behind groups like the Friends of Humanity, but as a party they openly support all registration measures for mutants.
"The liberal side is not taking a hard stance either way. And frankly, I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not. It keeps the issue from becoming the sole talking point of left and right debates - which is indeed a blessing in its own right - but it does nothing to oppose the steady momentum supporters of the registration act have been gaining. "The Senators from California and New York are our open allies. At least until the next election. California because..." He chuckled at the thought, "They like to be in support of practically everything and the 'freedom of genetic expression' is just as important to the voting populance as gay right, and surprisingly more accepted. "New York supports us because of the revenue the school brings in both from the National Government and the parents of those who legitimately enroll their children. And if they supported mutant registration, they'd likely lose quite a bit of their state population. New York City has one full Mutant Neighborhood that it knows about. If they decided to leave en masse, the local economy would suffer more than they care to think about. "Our President is keeping himself out of the fight. A politically viable stance considering everything else he is currently dealing with. His wife, however, would be a very strong ally if we could get her to publicly support mutant rights over registration. I have made little headway in the matter, despite being a guest at a few state dinners. She is a very savvy woman and knows how to keep herself out of the arguments that would be particularly hard on her husband should she become involved."