2010 Elections, Political News

Santorum’s Missing Ingredient (American Prospect)

Ball24Cora — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:40:43 +0000

American Prospect : Santorum’s Missing Ingredient

House GOP removes political intel-lobbyist rule from STOCK Act (Kevin Bogardus/The Hill)

Andrews31Myra — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:40:43 +0000

Kevin Bogardus / The Hill : House GOP removes political intel-lobbyist rule from STOCK Act

Court rejects same-sex marriage ban (CNN)

Campbell26Rosetta — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05:00 +0000

CNN : Court rejects same-sex marriage ban

Analysis: Invalid signatures likely not enough to halt Walker recall (Ben Poston/JSOnline)

MiriamEtienne Serrant — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05:00 +0000

Ben Poston / JSOnline : Analysis: Invalid signatures likely not enough to halt Walker recall

Given Obama’s Go-Ahead, Democrats Rush to Recruit ‘Super PAC’ Donors (Nicholas Confessore/New York Times)

Campbell26Rosetta — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05:00 +0000

Nicholas Confessore / New York Times : Given Obama’s Go-Ahead, Democrats Rush to Recruit ‘Super PAC’ Donors

Appeals Court Rejects Gay Marriage Ban (Wall Street Journal)

Campbell26Rosetta — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05:00 +0000

Wall Street Journal : Appeals Court Rejects Gay Marriage Ban

Government Employer Free to Fire Human Resources Officials Who Publicly Criticize the Propriety of Gay Rights Laws (Eugene Volokh/The Volokh…

EatonElla35 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05:00 +0000

Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy : Government Employer Free to Fire Human Resources Officials Who Publicly Criticize the Propriety of Gay Rights Laws

Nuke the News: Santorumania!

AMALIAFox34 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:54 +0000

* I have a new New York Post column on why Occupy Wall Street is the greatest political movement and will be around forever. Nothing ruins a political movement like achieving its goals. No one wants to keep yelling and waving signs after they get what they want. OWS wisely avoided this pitfall. The Occupiers roared in with nonspecific anger — about such things as Wall Street, with its walls and its streets, and the rich, with their money they got somehow — but it never set any actual goals. * So not only did Rick Santorum win the caucuses in Minnesota and Missouri, but he also won Colorado . Yesterday, Intrade had Romney at a 98% chance of winning Colorado. No one saw this coming. I’m still not sure what’s going on. Someone explain this to me. Who is this Santorum? Where did he come from? Why are people voting for him? Apparently, Santorum has like no money and no big name endorsements, so who knows if he can keep this up. But this has to be scaring Romney. People just really don’t like him and want another viable choice. And finally it’s Santorum’s turn in the spotlight. They say he’s a big government conservative, but the other option, Romney, is a big government not conservative. * So what happened to Newt? Is he still around? I guess there’s a limit to how many times you can be frontrunner and lose it. * And I’m out of blogging time. Working hard on my new book that will solve all of America’s problems, though. I should be back to my normal blogging capacity next week. * Oh yeah, feel like I should mention something on the Prop 8 decision. No time for meaningful commentary — which IMAO is always abundant with — but I think the best way to keep people tinkering around with marriage until it’s completely asinine is to get it out of government.

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Uganda revives anti-gay bill but drops death penalty (BBC)

wengertestill215 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:31 +0000

BBC : Uganda revives anti-gay bill but drops death penalty

Florence Green, Last World War I Veteran, Dies at 110 (Margalit Fox/New York Times)

OneLightHouse1 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:55:00 +0000

Margalit Fox / New York Times : Florence Green, Last World War I Veteran, Dies at 110