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Why would it be that about half of Americans want to deny same sex couples the right to marry? Indeed, why would conservatives want to let same sex couples get away without the legal features that Marriage provides to protect the rest of society with respect to debt and other responsibilities?* It was not long [...]
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DFL LGBT Stonewall Caucus Gives Sharon Sund an “A”
March 23rd, 2012 
Greg Laden Sharon Sund, who is running for United States Congress in the Third District in Minnesota, has received an “A” level rating from the Stonewall DFL Caucus. Here is my endorsement of her. Sharon has been working tirelessly for all sorts of progressive causes for years, including LGBT issues, health care insurance reform, and so on. [...]
A tale of two polls: Santorum may win Michigan Primary
February 27th, 2012 Greg Laden Two different polls paint very different pictures for Tuesday’s primary in Michigan. The PPP Poll released February 26ths puts Romney ahead of Santorum and makes a very solid argument that Romney is ahead and that it will be difficult for Santorum to move enough voters into his camp to take the lead. The Mitchell Research [...]
Posted in Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum 
Tags: Election 2012, Michigan Primary, Primaries, Romney, Santorum 
5 Comments »The State of the Republican Primaries
February 17th, 2012 Greg Laden Let’s let the data speak for itself, as it were. … starting out we had this … Iowa: Romney Santorum New Hampshire: Romney South Carolina: Gingrich Headlines: Romney winning Reality: Three way horse race … then we had this for a while … Florida: Romney Nevada: Romney Colorado: Santorum Minnesota: Santorum Missouri: Santorum Headlines: Romney [...]
College Diminishes Faith
January 26th, 2012 Greg Laden Therefore we should stop giving money to them. And now, a word from the next president of the United States:
Posted in Church-State, Election 2012, Rick Santorum Tags: Church State Separation, Education, Election 2012, rick santorum 30 Comments »New Hampshire Primary Results
January 10th, 2012 Greg Laden First, the numbers: Romney “won” (as expected) with 38% of the vote. Ron Paul, who is irrelevant, used up 24% of the vote. Huntsman kept in the race but with little prospect of going forward, with 17% of the vote Santorum and Gingrich are battling it out for fourth place at 10% (as of this [...]
Posted in Election 2012 Tags: Election 2012, New Hapmshire Primarey, South Carolina Primary 5 Comments »The Huntsman-Santorum Effect: Will Republicans Become Self Aware?
January 10th, 2012 Greg Laden The New Hampshire Primaries are today, and Mitt Romney seems to be holding his strong lead, though there are some interesting changes in the numbers. But that is utterly irrelevant. Let me explain why:
Posted in Election 2012, Jon Huntsman Tags: Election 2012, Huntsman, New Hampshire primary, Romney, Santorum 2 Comments »Who will win in New Hampshire and what will it mean?
January 9th, 2012 Greg Laden Ask anybody who knows anything and they’ll tell you that no one has ever won both the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primary and then failed to go on to win their party’s nomination. But look a little deeper and you’ll see that this is not a very firm model for what can happen [...]
Bachmann Quits Presidential Bid
January 4th, 2012 Greg Laden Only hours after indicating that she would take the fight to New Hampshire, we now hear that Michele Bachmann will suspend her presidential bid today. She is expected to make the announcement soon from West Des Moines. This is a surprise and a disappointment. Michele told us that both God and her husband thought she [...]
Oops… The Top Ten GOP FLOPS of 2011
December 31st, 2011 Greg Laden Posted in Bachmann-Michele, Donald Trump, Election 2012, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Perry-Rick, Republicans, Romney, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Tea Party Tags: Bachmann, Election 2012, Gingrich, Republicans 1 Comment »Republican Candidates Need To Make A List And Let Us Check It Twice
December 22nd, 2011 Greg Laden Over the last few years we’ve seen increasing evidence that the philosophy of Republican elected officials and candidates is to a) garner support from specific groups and then, b) withhold representation of any other groups once elected and even c) go out of their way to harm groups that opposed them during the election. A [...]
Posted in Election 2012, Newt Gingrich, Politicians-suspect Tags: Election 2012, Republicans 3 Comments »President Newt Gingrich Would Arrest Pro Church-State Separation Judges
December 18th, 2011 Greg Laden This is why I don’t want to hear you belly-aching about Obama and telling us all about how you can’t vote for him because he didn’t do some thing you for some quite possibly invalid reason you thought he would do despite having only two years without a Republican congress and almost no time without [...]
Posted in Church-State, Election 2012, Newt Gingrich Tags: Church State Separation, Election 2012, Gingrich, Religion, Republicans 47 Comments »Is Gignrich’s Campaign About To Cain-Out?
December 12th, 2011 Greg Laden This is not yet confirmed, but a former Gingrich campaign worker claiming to have Clintoned Gingrich may result in a Garry-Hart for the About to Cain Campaign. Which has already been Gingriched pretty thoroughly. Which brings us to the question of what exactly is is.
Newt Gingrich: Palestinians Don’t Exist
December 10th, 2011 Greg Laden There is a theory that the Palestinian identity is a fairly recent invention. Maybe. But if so, the Israeli identity is even more recently invented if the same standards apply. And, the American identity, by the same standards, while rather old today, was very young at the time of the War of 1812. Had Newt [...]
Sharon Sund on the Radio
December 8th, 2011 Greg Laden Sharon Sund will be on AM950 (that’s where I do an interview now and then) at 5:33 today, on the Nancy Nelson show. Sharon is our bet hope for US congress in my district. I think. (It is still early in the race.) If you are Twin Cities, have a listen.
Romney’s Job Creation Strategy: Layoffs!
December 5th, 2011 Greg Laden Mitt Romney really does seem to come from Bizaro Land. Nothing he says seems to match what he’s done. The Republican presidential contender says he learned about expanding employment during his time heading a private equity firm. But under his leadership, Bain Capital often maximized profits in part by firing workers. .. Now a front-runner [...]
Herman Cain is Out of the Race
December 3rd, 2011 Greg Laden Herman Cain has dropped out of the race to be leader of the free world. “I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distractions and the continued hurt caused on me and my family,” Cain told several hundred supporters gathered at what was to have been the opening of his national campaign headquarters. [...]
“A Club of Liars, Demagogues and Ignoramuses”
December 2nd, 2011 Greg Laden I love this commentary by Marc Pitzle Africa is a country. In Libya, the Taliban reigns. Muslims are terrorists; most immigrants are criminal; all Occupy protesters are dirty. And women who feel sexually harassed — well, they shouldn’t make such a big deal about it. Welcome to the wonderful world of the US Republicans…. The [...]
Bachmann’s New Hampshire Prospects Diminished
November 29th, 2011 Greg Laden It is very important to me that Michele Bachmann do well in New Hampshire. Without a strong showing in the “Live Free or Die” state, her prospects for being the Republican Nominee are reduced. And we very much want Michele Bachmann to be the Republican Nominee. However, the New Hampshire Union Leader has elected to [...]
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