November 18, 2008
The Democrats voted by secret ballot on the chairmanship fate of Joe Lieberman today. Showing the courage often associated with Democrats, they let Lieberman keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee rather than risk calling his bluff. Lieberman had said losing his chairmanship would ...
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Tens of thousands of people, gay and straight, young and old, of different races and religions held rallies in American cities (and even a few European and Canadian cities) in support of marriage equality for Gays and Lesbians, and in rejection of the anti-marriage amendments that have passed in thr...
go to article »November 17, 2008
Of the many arguments used in trying to justify denying the rights of marriage to gay couples, one that will inevitably come up after the anti-marriage proponent realizes they cannot actually articulate how two women marrying threatens any other marriage is that “The best way to raise children...
go to article »November 16, 2008
As many of you know I am very disappointed with the passage of the discriminatory Prop 8 in California, which eliminated the right of gay couples to marry and in my view benefitted absolutely no one. I am somewhat consoled by the fact that the passage of this Proposition has seemingly woken up the g...
go to article »November 6, 2008
John McCain gave a terrific concession speech yesterday. If you haven’t watched it, please do so now. In it he seemed magically transformed into the gracious candidate of 2000. He called on everyone, especially his supporters, to try and put the bitterness behind and try to move forward as one...
go to article »November 4, 2008
So the day is finally here. After two years of campaigning, what feels more like an era of our history than an election is drawing to a close. Many of us started this with a primitive understanding of the process and now could talk for hours about sampling errors, undecided voters, GOTV, caucus vo...
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About the funniest get out the vote video I’ve seen. It takes no side but the one of the horrified spectator. H/T Andrew Sullivan. Click here to view the embedded video. ©2008 PoliGazette. All Rights Reserved.. ...
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Madelyn Dunham, Barack Obama’s grandmother and one of his greatest influences, has succumed to cancer. She was 86 years old and had been ill for quite some time. The family has asked that instead of flowers, donations be made towards cancer cures. Though I know that both Barack Obama and his s...
go to article »November 3, 2008
I’m very close to achieving burnout on election coverage at this point. I imagine that many of you may feel the same way. So it’s reassuring to know that whatever is happening in the news you can always count on the neverending insanity and 24/7 dedication of the Ron Paul “Revoluti...
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If you live in California, Tuesday not only brings you the choice for president, but also Prop 8, which would remove the rights gay couples currently have to marry. Current polls show that it could go either way. Californians have an opportunity to make history yet again by voting against a proposit...
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