While locating a “gay rights battleground” is something most of us can do by just looking around wherever we are, this year Virginia is providing a particularly stark example, as an article at Politico noted. A gubernatorial race already defined partly along culture-war lines has grown even more contentious since … Virginia Republicans nominated as [...]
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Terry McAuliffe Opens Slight Lead on Cuccinelli
THE WAR on women could not have a better example than the Virginia governors race between Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli. Quinnipiac’s latest polling shows McAuliffe up 5 points in a race where neither man is seen to have a clear advantage. McAuliffe is as connected a Democratic elite politician can get, tied closely to [...]
Obama Slams Antiabortion State Laws [Video -Full Remarks]
Obama — the first sitting president to address the group in its nearly 100-year history – took aim at North Dakota’s law, which bans abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected, at around six weeks. “A woman may not even know that she’s pregnant at six weeks,” he said. As long as [...]
Dr. Kermit Gosnell on Trial
No, they aren’t right about the Gosnell story. If you’ve never heard of the Gosnell story, it’s not because of a coverup by the liberal mainstream media. It’s probably because you failed to pay attention to the copious coverage among pro-choice and feminist journalists, as well as the big news organizations, when the news first [...]
Bob McDonnell’s War on Women Takes Virginia Back to When I Had to Cross State Lines to Get An Abortion
“… We say it is a moral tragedy but that it should not be the government’s role to deny its availability.” – Presiding Episcopal Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori [Huffington Post] THERE ARE few subjects that are more hypocritical than so-called “conservatives” pretending it’s a conservative principle to inhibit a woman’s right to self-determination. It’s actually [...]
McAuliffe v. Right-Wing Cuccinelli: Run, Bolling, Run [Video] *Update*
Cuccinelli, right, so here’s a guy – Tea Party favorite in Virginia – the guy is certifiable when it comes to mainstream political thought. This is a guy who attacks Medicare, he attacks Medicaid, he attacks Social Security, this is a guy who said he was thinking about not having his children get Social Security [...]
News Desk — Roe v. Wade at 40: 7 in 10 Americans Want Abortion Legal
“I don’t need a constitutional amendment to overturn Roe,” said Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, an antiabortion law firm that works with state groups on local legislation. “Clinic regulations do actually challenge Roe.” – Support Grows for Roe v. Wade Abortion Ruling [Wall Street Journal] ROE V. WADE and the 40th anniversary [...]
Virginia’s Shame: Becoming the Next Kansas
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy It’s way past time: House Republicans need to stop talking about rape. That’s the message GOP lawmakers got here Wednesday evening from Kellyanne Conway, a top GOP pollster. [Politico] THE STATE of Virginia continues the war against women, with Republicans in charge, which [...]
News Desk: That Sound You Just Heard was Terry McAuliffe
BREAKING NEWS… It’s being reported and blasted on Twitter that Senator Mark Warner will not run for governor in Virginia.
Terry McAuliffe to Run Again for Governor
ANYBODY WOULD be better than the prospects of Ken “kill the clinics” Cucinelli. McAuliffe has a real passion for this and ran hard last time, but wasn’t received well. Mark Warner hasn’t decided, but McAuliffe called him first before moving ahead. From the Virginia-Pilot: Terry McAuliffe’s head fakes about his widely presumed 2013 run for [...]
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