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Friday, February 29, 2008
Various Political Stories
McCain double standard: religious edition. If McCain is illegible (probably not, but the rule is unclear), how would the supposed constitutional barrier be addressed by simple legislation? When will people stop defending Nader ... btw, I really like the "enabling doesn't count when it would happen anyway" defense. Naomi Klein is right -- a form of "not that there is anything wrong with that" should be used to answer the Muslim smear. Negative or not (and it feels at least a bit negative), Obama is showing he can respond against political attacks. And, since the next President will play a major role in judicial nominations, I'll toss in this chance to knock originalism.