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Politicians need not abandon religion (Barack Obama)
My faith shapes my values, but applying those values to policymaking must be done with principles that are accessible to all people, religious or not. Even so, those who enter the public square are not required to leave their beliefs at the door.
Can Hillary win it all? (John Brummet)
Their theme is that modern Democrats didn't lose presidential elections because they were liberal. They lost because they didn't fight back, whether it was Dukakis in 1988 or John Kerry in 2004. You'll recall that Kerry was famously vacationing with a lead in the polls when the Bush machine turned loose a group calling itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth to suggest he wasn't really a Vietnam hero.
Is the Daily Kos About to Implode? (Noel Shepperd)
It appears that the post-Yearly Kos month from hell is continuing for Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, the proprietor of the Internet's premier liberal blog Daily Kos. After receiving some extremely negative press from major publications such as the New York Times, The New Republic, and Newsweek immediately following his seemingly successful bloggers' convention in Las Vegas, Kos is now faced with an even greater challenge: dissension within his ranks.