On potential supreme court nominees

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Sunday April 11, 2010 · 8:23 AM PDT

2010/04/11 · 08:23

I've seen a number of diaries championing various people for nomination, often based on their liberal credentials. They all sound great. I'd love to see Justices Clinton, Clinton, and Gore in the next three years if just to make some heads explode.

But one thing I think people are forgetting is just how independent people with true integrity can become when appointed to the court. For every Roberts, Scalia, and Thomas, there are judges that surprise people.

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Wednesday January 02, 2008 · 10:55 AM PST

2008/01/02 · 10:55

I'm a native Iowan, born and raised, and I've seen a lot of diaries lately about what's wrong with the current caucus set up and Iowa in particular. I hope I can be objective enough in the following discussion to show why Iowa and New Hampshire, or at least states like them, deserve to go first. I'll try to address some specific criticisms of Iowa and also explain why it is important for small states to go first. I'll use Iowa in my example, but the same logic could apply to other small states as well.

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Wednesday April 26, 2006 · 12:30 PM PDT

2006/04/26 · 12:30

I had a letter to the editor printed a couple of days ago, and I just had to share this response. It was sent to my work address since I'm not in the phone book. The letter I wrote was a basic "Dems aren't weak on defense and Bush was warned about 911" type letter. Original letter and the full response after the jump. Read More

My Social Security Letter to the Editor

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Wednesday March 16, 2005 · 1:39 PM PST

2005/03/16 · 13:39

Iowans need to know exactly where our senators stand on Social Security. In a recent vote in the Senate, Republican Senator Grassley voted in favor of plans that might require deep benefit cuts or massive increases in debt. Democratic Senator Harkin voted to "reject any Social Security plan that requires deep benefit cuts or a massive increase in debt."

You can see how all senators voted at http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&sessio n=1&vote=00049.
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