There’s an interesting article in Newsweek on Republicans supporting Obama. These are not people who are angry that it appears the nomination will not go to someone who is regarded as soundly conservative. They are inspired by Barack Obama.
I’m going to make this a short note, because what I suggest is that you read the two stories (and even search for other sources) on this story and consider the issues for yourself. First, in the Washington Post: Military Wrestles With Disharmony Among Chaplains. According to this story there are definitely some issues to…
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I want to recommend a story from MSNBC that illustrates how many officials and private individuals managed to respond to Hurricane Katrina. The key element in their response was thinking outside the box, or to use the term I used in my previous post, they were architects of the spaces. The article is Surviving the…
I’ve been following the news about Hurricane Katrina quite closely, and have noticed a large number of stories about how bureaucracy–generally people from the same offices that were created to aid in case of disaster–has been slowing down the response.
It has become fairly well established in current law, as I understand it, that election financing can be regulated quite substantially without violating free speech. Some of the boundary areas are not so well defined, and regulation of those who are not connected organizationally to any candidate has been held unconstitutional in at least some…
On both sides of the political spectrum, and even in the middle, we tend to elevate particular policies over the procedures. I think it is very dangerous to do so. This type of thing has occurred in abortion (use of RICO, free speech issues), various federalism issues, and quite commonly in church-state issues. Ed (Dispatches)…
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Interesting. Sounds like Obama and McCain should be running mates rather than opponents. (Well, maybe not on Iraq.) Perhaps, if they win their party nominations, they could agree that whichever doesn’t win the final election becomes the Vice-President. But would that be constitutional? Oddly enough under the Russian constitution of the mid-1990s that would have been automatic, in a two horse race.
I almost counted myself in that camp and then I reflected on it a little further. I was attracted to Obama’s message of unity but I can’t agree with most of his policy positions. So I realized that Obama isn’t going to be a uniter any more than Bush who promised to be a uniter. They are only uniters as long as people agree with their policy positions, otherwise they have to cause division to protect their positions. A unity speech can be inspiring, but it’s not good in the course of carrying out politics.
I don’t know what the positions of these prominent Republicans actually are. I can support Obama, because there are a number of issues on which I agree.
The one problem is one I have with all candidates–I think they are too busy trying to get in peoples’ business. The democrats go after our businesses and tend toward nanny state stuff; the Republicans are obsessed with the bedroom. So with each vote I get to decide which set of freedoms I will vote to give up and which to keep. Of course the details vary by candidate.
Right now I think we need a few more liberals on the supreme court, which is why I lean Democrat.