Sarah Palin
Showdown in Georgia: Chambliss vs. Martin Tomorrow
by Amie Newman
December 1, 2008 - 7:49pm (Print)
Tomorrow will bring a winner of the long-awaited Georgia Senate race between Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss and former Representative Democrat Jim Martin. If Martin wins, a Democratic super majority in Congress could help to pass some critical pro-choice, progressive policies.
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What the Bible Tells Us About Sarah Palin's Future
by Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow
November 22, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)
GOP faithful have been debating whether the party should move to the proverbial political center or embrace the conservatism of Gov. Sarah Palin. What has gone unnoticed is that support for Palin is a repudiation of the Bible.
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Mock the Vote
by Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround
November 8, 2008 - 10:34am (Print)
In this election, record numbers of Catholics and young Evangelicals, the nation's traditional pro-life base, voted in unexpected ways. They voted to elect our second pro-choice President. Rather than induce reflection in staunch pro-life groups, they have instead reacted with denial and yet more extremism.
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Voters Support Obama's Pro-Choice Position
November 7, 2008 - 4:36pm (Print)
The American Civil Liberties Union, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Women's Law Center, Planned Parenthood Action Fund and others today released a survey showing that knowledge of Barack Obama's and Joe Biden's pro-choice positions tended to increase a voter's likelihood of supporting the ticket.
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Catholic Support for Obama Throws Catholic Bishops A Curve
by Amie Newman
November 6, 2008 - 1:19am (Print)
The Boston Globe reports that there must be a lot of disappointed Catholic bishops with the election of Barack Obama. But Catholic voters helped elect Obama, with a 54% majority, despite Obama's strong record on reproductive health and rights. And the Catholic far right has a plan.
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Americans Embrace Pro-Education, Pro-Prevention, Pro-Choice Values in Historic Election
by Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
November 4, 2008 - 11:55pm (Print)
President-elect Obama envisions a society that allows Americans to move past the division that has defined a generation of the most bitter politics, division that brought our government to a stalemate.
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Not Your Horserace Final Election Podcast
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
November 3, 2008 - 8:56am (Print)
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The Mistaken Premise of the "God Gap" and Abortion
by Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
November 2, 2008 - 7:51am (Print)
Politico reports that white weekly churchgoers aren't supporting Obama any more than other Democrats. Richard Land and Tony Perkins attribute the "God gap" to abortion. Could it be because of misinformation?
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Scarborough Continues to Whitewash Far-Right Extremism as Media Bias Despite Evidence Media Misses the Story
by Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
November 1, 2008 - 11:55am (Print)
Ken Silverstein and Max Blumenthal document the extremism fueling the rage on the far-right, while conservatives in the mainstream media whitewash it.
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Colorado Your Contraception IS Threatened By Far-Right According to the John Birch Society
by Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
November 1, 2008 - 7:44am (Print)
The original wingnuts make a strong argument for why you should take the far-right's threats to your contraception seriously.
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