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Obama Camp Responds To Palin Pick

Donklephant  Fri, 08/29/2008 - 9:09pm

The more and more I think about McCain’s choice today, the more I can’t seem to make much sense of it.

HUGE downside and virtually the only upside is the idea that disgruntled HRC fans will jump ship just because Palin is a woman.

And that’s pretty presumptuous.



 

Elderly Couple Among First Gay Marriages in Calif.

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 06/17/2008 - 7:33am

In California, two elderly women were one of the first same-sex couples to marry in the state. Their marriage begins a busy week for county registrars around the Golden State.

The state's Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage took effect Monday.

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Dewhurst Hails Court Ruling Upholding Indiana’s Partisan Poll ...

Austin Political Report  Tue, 04/29/2008 - 12:36pm

David Dewhurst wasted little time before hailing the controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a voter ID bill law in Inidiana that has been criticized as discriminatory and anti-democratic.

“I look forward to passing a fair voter ID law in Texas next year,” Texas’s very own career-rookie lieutenant governor said in a statement.



 

Lethal injection law upheld in Kentucky

Daily Texan  Wed, 04/16/2008 - 11:00pm

A U.S. Supreme Court decision released Wednesday upheld Kentucky's use of lethal injection to execute criminals, ending a seven-month moratorium in 36 states that sanction capital punishment.



 

“Race Could Hinge On Who Turns Out”

Austin Political Report  Mon, 03/03/2008 - 5:45pm

With that oh-so-obvious headline, the Sunday front page of The Man just about summed where we sit leading into tomorrow’s Election Day festivities.

Who turns out is the question that decides most elections, with the possible exceptions of Jim Wells County’s Box 13 back in 1948 or the Supreme Court decision in 200’s Bush v.

Gore.

The Democratic presidential campaigns will try to provide the answer in one final push today, with Hillary Clinton scheduling a last-minute town hall rally at Burger Center and Barack Obama set to spend Election Night in San Antonio.