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.
… the legislators, that is. He makes it here. I’m also wondering how many voters who won’t finance education feel they have a right to it anyhow. There’s probably a subset of the voters who voted “no” on funding, would be horrified at Chris’s suggestion, and think education will happen magically anyhow.
A couple days ago I was getting my hair cut and the TV was showing scenes from the [tag]California fires[/tag]. People were commenting on the apparently high value of the houses they were seeing. One man was noting that he hadn’t seen any houses worth less than a million dollars. (We should nominate him for…
Those interested in the situation in [tag]Myanmar[/tag] (formerly Burma) will be interested in this story from ScienceNOW published by the AAAS. Researchers used high resolution images from commercial satellites to confirm a substantial number of reports of atrocities by the Burmese military. For those interested in taking action, see the U. S. Campaign for Burma.
Well, Fletcher did it. With 50% of the vote to his main opponent’s 37% (Source: CQPolitics.com) he became the Republican nominee. I find it interesting that Bush’s approval rating is lower than Fletcher’s (38%), and Fletcher was indicted while in office. Yes, I know there’s the unpopular war in Iraq, but then one also has…
Reformed Chicks Blabbing reports that [tag]James Dobson[/tag] won’t support [tag]Fred Thompson[/tag], with the last straw apparently being his support for a constitutional amendment on gay marriage that falls well short of conservative hopes. I now see what I missed before. Thompson supports an amendment that prevents states from being forced to recognize gay marriages from…
I was just watching Chris Matthews on Hardball who is quite upset about the 60% requirement for a Senate cloture vote because it prevents an up-and-down vote on the stimulus package. I seem to recall Democratic outrage at the “nuclear option” which would have removed that requirement for certain types of votes on judicial nominations….
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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.