Things are looking more and more uncertain on the House side when it comes to the new health care bill coming out of the senate. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.), the co-chairs of the 190 member strong abortion rights caucus are question the Constitutionality of the new anti-abortion language: As the […]
It is really getting old hearing the media talk about McCain taking this “gamble” on Palin, like it makes him some sort of maverick. Remember this news from way back – like yesterday? Up until midweek last week, some 48 to 72 hours before Mr. McCain introduced Ms. Palin at a Friday rally in Dayton, […]
I thought McCain was supposed to be this “maverick”, always going against his party. Well on his first real test of that, he failed: Up until midweek last week, some 48 to 72 hours before Mr. McCain introduced Ms. Palin at a Friday rally in Dayton, Ohio, Mr. McCain was still holding out the hope […]
Rudy Giuliani is a problem for the GOP. The right-wing pundits try to dismiss this, but the Christian Right is making sure their concerns are known: Alarmed at the chance that the Republican party might pick Rudolph Giuliani as its presidential nominee despite his support for abortion rights, a coalition of influential Christian conservatives is […]
Here in Ohio, today marked a day that could generate the strictest abortions laws yet in the country. The bill would have basically eliminated all abortions in the state. The bill was discussed in the committee and now is apparently dead: A bill that would ban all abortions in Ohio is expected to draw enthusiastic […]
Turns out Alito also defended the Regan administration in warantless wiretaps. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito defended the right of government officials to order domestic wiretaps when he worked for the Reagan Justice Department, documents released Friday show. He advocated a step by step approach to strengthening the hand of officials in a 1984 memo […]
On the day after President Bush’s announcement of Harriet Miers as nominee to the Supreme Court we are starting to find out very limited information. President Bush is apparently predicting a fight with this nomination considering he called a press conference today in which he used his time to mostly reaffirm his decision. Abortion rights […]