The Logic of Killing Doctor George Tiller

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Monday June 01, 2009 · 10:36 AM PDT

2009/06/01 · 10:36

Yesterday and today, we have been witness to the seemingly endless parade of those who oppose legalized abortion firmly condemning the murder of Dr. George Tiller, which took place Sunday morning in a church in Wichita, Kansas. There can be no doubt that many - in fact, I would guess most - of these individuals are sincere in their condemnation, in that it reflects a genuine belief that the killing was morally wrong and logically inconsistent with their self-styled pro-life stance. There are certainly those as well who silently, or at least discreetly, approve of this killing. Many of them will join in the condemnation of this murder, knowing that such expressions of disapproval are political useful for their cause.

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Tuesday April 07, 2009 · 8:02 AM PDT

2009/04/07 · 08:02

Earlier, the Vermont Senate override Governor Douglas' veto of marriage equality. The Vermont House has just voted to override the Governor's veto by a vote of 100-49 and thereby extend marriage equality to all of those who wish to marry a consenting, regardless of the genders of either individual. For the first time, a state has extended marriage equality by a legislature, without being directed to do so by a court.

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Monday March 02, 2009 · 10:14 AM PST

2009/03/02 · 10:14

This catch-all diary is simply an assortment of trends in the history of the Presidency that I've noticed, both recently and over time. I don't find all of them meaningful; some are just curiosities. But even those trends are interesting, at least to me. And I hope to you as well!

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Wednesday November 26, 2008 · 8:11 AM PST

2008/11/26 · 08:11

Yes, that's right. I'm hoping for a one-term Vice Presidency for Joe Biden. Now, now, I have nothing against the Vice President-Elect. In fact, I liked the choice when Obama made it. A lot. And I still do. But I don't want to see Obama-Biden running for the Presidency in 2012. Some have suggested a Biden move to Secretary of State at that time, which I think is a very intriguing thought. But even if there's no room for Biden at Foggy Bottom, I still hope to see someone else on the ticket four years hence.

Let's talk about that, shall we?

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287 votes Show Results

Who Should Be President Obama's Running Mate in 2012

287 votes Vote Now!

Who Should Be President Obama's Running Mate in 2012

Joe Biden

132 votes

Janet Napolitano

15 votes

Brian Schweitzer

25 votes

Hillary Clinton

17 votes

Claire McCaskill

21 votes

Russ Feingold

26 votes

Mark Warner

17 votes

Someone Else

34 votes

A MYTH OBLITERATED - "We Must Nominate a Southerner to Win!"

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 9:57 AM PST

2008/11/06 · 09:57

That notion was nothing more than an insistence on replaying elections of the past rather than looking towards the future.

Sometimes the argument was disingenuous, used more to push an otherwise-favored candidate than out of conviction. We heard a bit of it from supporters of Wesley Clark and Mark Warner, who both eventually declined to run. And we heard it often from some Edwards supporters. Thankfully, THANKFULLY, THANKFULLY the Democratic Party didn't buy the idea. Whether just used as an argument or honestly believed, the idea was wrong.

Illinois. Chicago. There's nothing swing about those locations. They're liberal, period. If I were to 'build' the perfect candidate from scratch, I wouldn't have that candidate be from Chicago. And yet we found our candidate there, a candidate who ran a smashingly successful campaign. A candidate who won a larger percentage of the popular vote than anyone else since LBJ in 1964.

Of course, the entire "We must nominate a Southerner in order to win the Presidency!" argument was always nonsense.

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 12:52 PM PST

2008/11/05 · 12:52

Six years ago. November 2002. Somewhere in America. A coffeeshop or around a corporate water-cooler. In an elemetary school staffroom or on a highway construction crew. At a university or in a retirement home.

Dick and Jane are lamenting the recently-concluded mid-term elections. The Republicans gained a handful of House seats and recaptured the Senate.

The near-term looks rather bleak.

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 11:06 AM PDT

2008/09/29 · 11:06

I am a liberal (and a supporter of the 'liberal' side of most issues) and a supporter of Senator Obama for a multitude of reasons. One of the paramount reasons is that I strongly prefer seeing upcoming vacancies on the Supreme Court of the United States filled by appointees of a President Obama rather than appointees of a President McCain. While the high court is not as old as it was at the beginning of President Bush's second term, it is still a fairly old court. After all, there have only been two vacancies in the last 14 years, whereas over the past half century there have been 19 vacancies: on average, one every 32 months.

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 8:12 AM PDT

2008/09/02 · 08:12

While we still have nine weeks yet to go until the 2008 general election, we can already make educated guesses as to 2012. The selections of Presidential nominees usually follow familiar patterns, moreso with the Republicans than the Democrats.

So let's ponder the 2012 GOP nominee.

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The 2012 General Election Matchup Will Be:

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The 2012 General Election Matchup Will Be:

Obama v. McCain

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Obama v. Palin

5 votes

Obama v. Romney

92 votes

Obama v. Huckabee

28 votes

Obama v. Jindal

35 votes

Obama v. Bush

31 votes

Obama v. Gingrich

6 votes

Obama v. Thompson

0 votes

Someone Else (D) v. Anyone (R)

21 votes

'She Didn't Get Millions of Votes ... '

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 1:50 PM PDT

2008/08/29 · 13:50

John McCain's ad titled "Passed Over", released on Sunday, August 24th:

"She [Senator Clinton] won millions of votes."

"But isn't on his ticket."

"Why?"

"For speaking the truth."

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Thursday May 08, 2008 · 11:49 AM PDT

2008/05/08 · 11:49

Senator Hillary Clinton’s political career did not end on the night of Tuesday, May 6, 2008. She has a political future, and a brighter one than well over 99.9% of those who hold public office in the United States. Her plans have been thrown awry and she now has to improvise. But surely she will for as I said, she has a political future.

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Wednesday February 20, 2008 · 8:32 AM PST

2008/02/20 · 08:32

And so the endgame begins.

Fellow supporters of the junior Senator from Illinois, the nomination of Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate for President is now very likely. Barring a scandal/embarrassment of major proportions, or an extraordinary series of missteps and gaffs by the Obama campaign, his nomination will likely be secured in March.

There is no reason to let up. I contributed another $100 to the Obama campaign this morning. Much work remains to be done in the next two weeks. But there is a future beyond that date. Indeed, a lesson to be learned from the Clinton campaign is, while not letting the future overshadow the present, is to also not lose sight of the future. Had she and her advisors been able to imagine needing those small states, those caucus states, those red states, those states voting past Super Tuesday, she might be the frontrunner right now. Such imagination failed them, and with dire consequences for her campaign. And after March 4th, when in all probability Barack Obama is then the consensus presumptive nominee, then what of that looming future? Then the campaign changes. And we need to now consider that future.

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