I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in.
Mike Pence was on Chris Matthews’ show last night and spent 5:25 dodging a simple question about his beliefs about the origin of life.:
Do I think Mike Pence is a creationist ? No, but it’s pretty obvious that he doesn’t want to answer the question at the risk that he might offend the Religious Right. [...]
After two polls that I wrote about yesterday and today, both of which show former Pa. Governor Tom Ridge outperforming Pat Toomey in a matchup against Arlen Specter, it’s not surprising that Ridge is apparently seriously considering getting into the race:
Former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge (R) is seriously considering a 2010 bid for the Senate [...]
This time in an interview in Christianity Today, Samuel Wurzelbacher the fake plumber opines on the subject of gay marriage:
In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level?
At a state level, it’s up to them. I don’t want it to [...]
In the wake of yesterday’s Quinnipac University poll, there’s another new poll out there showing Arlen Specter easily beating Pat Toomey but having a much tougher time against former Governor Tom Ridge:
(Harrisburg) Former Governor Tom Ridge and US Senator Arlen Specter are neck-and-neck across Pennsylvania in an election poll conducted for a state business group. [...]
Joe Scarborough and Ed Gillespie had an interesting discussion yesterday on Meet the Press that’s worth watching:
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Two points, both made by Scarborough, are worth noting.
First, as he says, the majority of the American voting public are not ideological; they don’t vote based primarily on [...]
As suspected, the first poll taken after Arlen Specter’s party switch shows him easily beating Pat Toomey in a 2010 General Election:
Newly-minted Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter would whip old Republican rival Pat Toomey 53 – 33 percent if the 2010 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race were held today, but if popular former Gov. Tom Ridge becomes [...]
While it may not be the pandemic that some feared, the latest iteration of the H1N1 virus is further evidence that evolution is an ongoing process:
While much of the modern controversy over evolution centers around whether humans evolved from non-human primates (scientists overwhelmingly agree this is the case), some people still try to poke holes [...]
The evidence is becoming fairly clear that the current Swine Flu outbreak is far from being the pandemic some feared:
The World Health Organization announced an increase in the number of confirmed cases of swine flu on Saturday, but said there was no evidence of sustained spread in communities outside North America, which would fit the [...]
One of the men who many thought would be the heir to Ronald Reagan died yesterday at 73:
Jack Kemp, 73, a star quarterback with the Buffalo Bills who became a spokesman for supply-side economics, a secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a candidate for high national office, died yesterday at his home in Bethesda.
A [...]
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