A few hours ago the California State Supreme Court delivered a 4-3 ruling that declared unconstitutional a state law prohibiting same-sex marriage.  The Court’s money quote from its decision is this:
“Furthermore, in contrast to earlier times, our state now recognizes that an individual’s capacity to establish a loving and long-term committed relationship with another person and […]

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While Senator Clinton and Senator Obama campaign in Oregon today, President Clinton is on the other side of the country campaigning in West Virginia. Tuesday’s results didn’t deter him from getting back on the campaign trail; he was in West Virginia the day after the Indiana and North Carolina primaries.
The candidates have been managing exhausting […]

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The Washington Bureau Chief for NBC News is Tim Russert. He is considered the dean of political reporting among TV news reporters. In 2000 and 2004, he became famous for his hand-tallying of electoral votes with a white board, pen, and eraser.
On MSNBC, Russert just said this: “We now know who the Democratic nominee is […]

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INDIANAPOLIS — Monday, St. Clair Street to North Street between Meridian and Pennsylvania streets turned into the largest block party I’ve ever seen.
People of all walks of life filled the American Legion Mall in Downtown Indianapolis, pouring onto the sidewalks and across the street on the steps of churches, businesses and other city buildings. An […]

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MERILLVILLE, IND. — It was quintessential Americana: a group of robust firemen sitting atop a bright red fire engine, an oversize American flag backdrop and a country music soundtrack that included the likes of Tom Petty and the Dixie Chicks.
With scenes like this event at Merrillville Fire Station No.2 Monday, Hillary Clinton has shown many […]

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Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but for weeks Hillary Clinton has been criticizing Barack Obama as an out-of-touch, small town-despising elitist.  You might have heard her say this once or twice.  Like here in Pittsburgh and here at a forum on faith and politics at Messiah College in Pennsylvania and here in Indianapolis and here on […]

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You’d think that with a primary on his home turf, John Edwards, who retreated to North Carolina after he dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination, would endorse a candidate.
A week ago, Elizabeth Edwards told MSNBC she’d be “surprised” if either her or her husband endorsed Obama or Clinton before the contest. […]

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The AP published an analysis of the governor’s race this month, saying the race could be affected by national trends- namely the 2008 presidential candidates. Gov. Christine Gregoire’s endorsement of Barack Obama might help her attract voters from his demographic.
Gregoire’s somewhat surprising endorsement of Obama shores up cred with party liberals and young people, and […]

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It isn’t often that I get the urge the just repost something I’ve found in many of the blogs around the internet but after reading through two dozen political blogs in the past hour, mostly about Obama and Rev. Wright, I needed a good laugh, and the Strange Bedfellows blog from the Seattle P-I hit […]

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During his four day tour of New Orleans, Sen. John McCain said today that the Bush administration completely failed in their response to Hurricane Katrina. His long list of mistakes included “unqualified people in charge” and “a failure of communications.”
“We know we didn’t have the right kind of leadership … where government agencies were getting […]

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