Well, by that logic, conservatives who support amending the U.S. Constitution to specify that marriage is between a man and a woman also have the same position as McCain and Obama: they oppose gay marriage too. There’s a lot more nuance between these positions than you’re acknowledging.
Further, I’m not aware of an …

Japhy, I love the idea of an Obama-Bloomberg ticket. (Back when Clinton seemed inevitable, I was rooting for a Bloomberg-Obama ticket. Funny that.) Thing is, I’m not sure he’d take it. Whenever Bloomberg floated the idea of running as an independent, he seemed more interested in the thrill of the race …

Dorian, you wrote:
Interesting note: both tickets will have the same position on same-sex marriage, regardless of their VP picks.
Um, no. They both oppose a federal amendment to the Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman, and in theory, they both believe states should define marriage as they see fit - …

Veepstakes:
I’m terrible at predictions, much better at picking apart politics as it happens, so if were a gambling man, I wouldn’t even put money on my own predictions.
Except this one: Obama won’t pick Clinton. The core of his message is “change” and crossing party lines, so selecting a divisive Washington insider makes no …

Histrionic outcry? A problem with unity? Daily Kos crazed Clinton-hating liberals?
Jesus. I’ll plead none-of-the-above, thank you very much.
Okay, I’ll grant you this much: I do hate Hillary Clinton. That said, I oppose Clinton as veep for the same reason I opposed her as a primary candidate: she’s unelectable, her …

God, no. The Huffington Post highlights some buried information in a New York Times article on the veep-vetting process:
Democrats said they thought it was less likely now than it was a month ago that Mr. Obama would choose Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York as his running mate, though they said she remained …

I thought The New Yorker cover was merely the flavor of the week, but then an LA Times blog posts this:
Obama denies New Yorker writer plane seat
I’m not sure if I should applaud Obama’s tactics controlling the coverage of his campaign, or if I should be outraged that he’s meddling with the freedom of the …

“South Carolina is so gay,” or so claimed an ad South Carolina’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism ran during London Pride. And now South Carolina has its panties in a twist over the incident.
Man, this raises so many bizarre questions. First of all, since when is South Carolina a hot gay tourist …

Brock, in disputing Zengerle’s point, I think you’re missing the nuance.
He doesn’t argue that one could create a message without context. Rather, he didn’t find the cover gutsy - for the same reason I didn’t find it funny - because “it’s just mimicking and not actually adding to what it’s trying to …

You may remember I called David Benkof of Gays Defend Marriage a “nutjob” in a previous post. He called me out on it in the comments, which was fair. He baitted me: “if you actually had good arguments to respond to the points I make, you would make them.” I didn’t bother, …

More on The New Yorker cover. Pretty much ditto everything Jason Zengerle says.
[Thanks, Andrew!]

Brock, when I saw Barry Blitt’s most recent cover for The New Yorker, believe me, I took one look at it and grasped immediately that he is highlighting the ridiculousness of all the race-baiting, fear-mongering, religious intolerance and general lowest common denominator venom spewing from the right-wing hate machine in one perfectly crystalized hilarious illustration. …