Jerry recently suggested saying rosaries for our country and our politicians in
the hope that all candidates would renounce the morally evil positions they hold.
He’s not
alone. (Thanks, MaryH)
Kneeling for November
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Tag Archives: politics
The Future of Pundit Blogging
Joe Carter, of The Evangelical Outpost plays Nostradamus (or at least Miss Cleo) and attempts to describe what post-election blogging might be like.
"Without the election and with people losing interest in reading about the minutia of the war on terrorism, many of these blogs will likely lose a significant portion of their audience."
I try to limit the amount of political content on this blog, but it’s hard to avoid it completely. I was blogging long before this election season and I hope to be blogging long after. If I lose some audience, c’est la vie.
Breeders
GetReligion has more on the Roe
Effect.
It’s one thing for prolifers to believe this, but quite another to hear it from a writer whose heart is with the prochoice side: The future belongs to the fecund. That’s the conclusion of pundit James Pinkerton, writing for Tech Central Station about a Planned Parenthood fundraiser featuring Lou Reed and several other celebrities. Pinkerton’s essay is a mix of on-site reporting and trend-spotting.
Aborting Voters
Sed Contra has an interesting piece on the Roe Effect’s impact on this and future elections. For those who don’t know, the Roe Effect is the name for the reduced numbers of people in the 18-29 age bracket. Had abortion been illegal for the last 31 years, there would be more liberal voters alive today. Dean’s defeat was attributed by some to this effect.
Election Hijinks
USAToday has joined the New
York Times in highlighting
the nightmares involving the electoral college. This piece is more informative
and less biased than the
previous.
Remember the 36-day drama over Florida’s hanging chads and butterfly ballots?
Get ready for a replay.
How it could happen
The scenarios aren’t far-fetched:
*For a tie: Every state votes the way it did four years ago, except for two. New Hampshire and West Virginia, which voted for Bush last time, go Democratic this time. Kerry is competitive in both states.
*For a divided result that elects Bush: Every state votes the way it did four years ago, giving Bush an electoral-vote majority of 278. That’s a more comfortable edge – a side effect of the redistribution of congressional seats and electoral votes after the 2000 Census – than last time, when Bush got 271 votes, one more than required. But Kerry carries the popular vote, as Al Gore (news – web sites) did, by rolling up big totals in such strongholds as California and New York.
*For a divided result that elects Kerry: Every state votes the way it did four years ago, except for one. Kerry wins Florida, for a majority of 287 electoral votes, or Ohio, for 280. They went Republican in 2000; state polls released Sunday show Kerry and Bush tied in both. But Bush carries the popular vote by scoring oversized margins in his home state of Texas and in the South and Mountain West.