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Remains of the Day, 1-27-08, Politics Edition


1. Standards for Use of Religion by Political Candidates proposed. Why? Because, according to the request:

Exclusionary religious rhetoric by candidates and constant scrutiny of the minutiae of their faiths undermine religion’s valuable role in public life. It also runs contrary to the unique American commitment to both religious freedom and non-establishment of religion. History is replete with examples of religion compromised by its collusion with power, and the role of religion in the current campaign raises concern that it is once again being misused.

2. The Cleveland Foundation wants presidential candidates to pay attention to the arts, much the way Science Debate 2008 wants the presidential candidates to pay attention to science.

3. This post on Open Left that slams Obama (saying that he fundamentally misunderstand history) confuses me.  I thought Open Left was so progressive – but they are pushing for Clinton?  Maybe I just haven’t been following it enough.

4.  If you want to connect the dots that lead us to how the youth vote has come into play, read these posts:

South Carolina: Youth Turnout Triples. Again.

The New Field Frontier

Social Networks: 1 Political Machinery: 0

5. Don’t you just know you would have the same look on your face if George W. was getting in it?

6. If you want to contribute to setting the Netroots Nation (fka Yearly Kos) agenda, submit your ideas by January 30 (Wednesday).

7. First black lesbian mayor elected for Cambridge, Massachusetts – home of Hahvahd Yahd.

8. Did you know that there’s a Muslim-American cartoonist in the presidential race?

9. MUST-READ account of a train ride sitting in front of Rick Santorum as he makes multiple calls and urges people to vote against John McCain.

10.  Someone is not happy with how the media is treating the Clintons versus Obama.

11.  So, this is not a compliment of Michelle Bachman, is it?

12. Good links including primary date info.

13. Rahm is not amused.

14. The end of Unity 08, in another’s perspective.  Echoes of why efforts to have righties and lefties in one place get kind but uncertain support:

Like many other attempts to create a neutral meeting ground in politics (such as the apparently-now-defunct Hotsoup), it reeked from the beginning of a solution in search of a problem. The thing is, most people don’t WANT a neutral meeting ground for discussion — that’s why we have government. When it comes to talking politics, most of us seek out someone we already agree with (c.f. Daily Kos, RedState.com). Of course, plenty of people look for information from advocacy groups and political candidates, but even in those cases, they’re generally searching for sharply-illuminated facts and strong opinion, not some illusion of a mushy middle.

15.  Don’t forget to register to vote by February 4th!!!

16.  A plea to stop wasting energy and start disagreeing respectfully.

17. Attention Matt Dolan: in Texas, they’re redressing their wine ban.

18. AG Mukasey you say? Yeah, what’s he been up to?

19. John Edwards defends the campaigning spouse.

20. Just discovered the blog PolySigh – written by political science profs.

Okay – I’ll stop at 20.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:23 pm January 27th, 2008 in Blogging, Campaigning, Elections, Government, Media, Ohio, Politics, Remains of the Day, Statehouse, WH2008 

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4 Responses to “Remains of the Day, 1-27-08, Politics Edition”

  1. 1 redhorse on January 27th, 2008 10:54 pm

    #2 – don’t forget Ed in ‘08, a group who wants the presidentials to pay attention to education.

    #3 – that post has so many things wrong in the first two grafs I don’t know where to start. Suffice that it misses history, that with a Democratic Congress, Obama could move the country left, just as Reagan moved the country right. And that, ta da!, would be transformative.

  2. 2 Jill Miller Zimon on January 28th, 2008 9:28 am

    Thanks, Red, yes – re: Ed in ‘08 – I think I wrote about that somewhere – sorry I forgot it. I should keep a sidebar thingy up for those items.

    Re: #3 yeah – I don’t know – reads as though someone just got pissed off about something and then wrote and wrote and wrote and didn’t edit before pressing “submit.” Not that I would know how that goes. ;)

  3. 3 redhorse on January 28th, 2008 12:04 pm

    Me neither; never have posting angry or without editing…right.

  4. 4 Jill Miller Zimon on January 28th, 2008 12:08 pm

    yup – that’s what I thought ;)

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