Comments on: Federal Judge rules well http://web.baz.org/~adam/dailies/2005/03/22/the-left-coaster-federal-judge/ film of the day's events, developed quickly for review Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:40:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam http://web.baz.org/~adam/dailies/2005/03/22/the-left-coaster-federal-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Adam Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:25:05 +0000 http://www.baz.org/~adam/dailies/2005/03/22/the-left-coaster-federal-judge/#comment-6 Santorum may or may not survive, though the headlines yesterday about him "reconsidering his stance on the death penalty" makes me wonder just what maneuvering he's considering for 2008. That said, while I like the idea of Democrats deliberately playing possum so as not to get any backsplash from the Schiavo case, I fear Occam's Razor has a simpler explanation: they don't have it in them to do anything else. Where's the charismatic Democrat to stand up and say that this is just the latest in a long line of examples of Republicans talking about small government and states' rights out of one side of their mouth and increasing government and interfering with states' rights on the other? It's not a hard point to make, but I don't see it being made. Santorum may or may not survive, though the headlines yesterday about him
“reconsidering his stance on the death penalty” makes me wonder just what
maneuvering he’s considering for 2008.

That said, while I like the idea of Democrats deliberately playing possum
so as not to get any backsplash from the Schiavo case, I fear Occam’s Razor
has a simpler explanation: they don’t have it in them to do anything else.
Where’s the charismatic Democrat to stand up and say that this is just the
latest in a long line of examples of Republicans talking about small
government and states’ rights out of one side of their mouth and increasing
government and interfering with states’ rights on the other? It’s not a
hard point to make, but I don’t see it being made.

]]> By: Haas http://web.baz.org/~adam/dailies/2005/03/22/the-left-coaster-federal-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Haas Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:44:40 +0000 http://www.baz.org/~adam/dailies/2005/03/22/the-left-coaster-federal-judge/#comment-4 I think the Dems played possum on this one because they knew the courts would never let it stand. A majority want Terry Schiavo to be able to die, and I think this is going to end up looking really bad for the Republicanss in the long run. I *sincerely* doubt that Santorum will survive the next election cycle now. I think the Dems played possum on this one because they knew the courts would never let it stand. A majority want Terry Schiavo to be able to die, and I think this is going to end up looking really bad for the Republicanss in the long run. I *sincerely* doubt that Santorum will survive the next election cycle now.

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