Defending Roe: Only half-way to a win.

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Saturday December 10, 2005 · 11:13 AM PST

2005/12/10 · 11:13

I agree with Armando's conclusion that "not fighting for Roe now is disastrous politics and the wrong thing to do". However, even though unity on this issue brings us close to a popular majority and secures many seats in the traditional blue states, it completely locks us out of entire regions where liberal economic and social ideas might otherwise make significant inroads.

Can we support Roe and still be pro-life?

It's not a hopeless contradiction you know. Moderate democrats have been trying to thread this needle for years -- mostly without success. I think the lack of success, however, has been due to a canny reading by pro-life voters that the asserted moderate position was simply a public stance. All talk, no action.

Moderates on this issue need to walk the walk. Then, with this emotional bottleneck relieved, the remainder of the liberal agenda will be able to reach a whole new audience. Read More

Time to circumscribe presidential pardon powers?

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Sunday November 06, 2005 · 9:33 AM PST

2005/11/06 · 09:33

My political awareness goes back to a misty dawn in the age of Watergate. In the past three decades, I can think of no power that's been abused as consistently as the presidential power to pardon those who have abused the public trust in service of the executive. With one foot out the door, get-outa-jail-free cards are handed out to a rogue's gallery of loyal micreants and tight-lipped footsoldiers. The promise of a pardon (whether a leap of faith or a quid pro quo) bolsters the morale of the euphemistically described stonewallers and spinners who would choose to endure a year or two at Club Fed out of a loyalty to a personality. Read More

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