How Democrats can take the lead on national security

I strongly differ with Andrew Sullivan on the issue of same sex marriage, but do admire his intellect. Sullivan has a column in the UK Sunday Times which is a must read for every concerned Democrat. The openly gay columnist shows some remarkably straight thinking in terms of some critical issues and U.S. voter opinion. Sullivan does manage to fit in some elitist condescension toward populist "xenophobes." I don't think that most of us who are concerned about illegal immigration are xenophobes but at least Sullivan gets it right that the American public will not stand for more double talk about our insecure borders. He points out the Bush Administration's failures and how Democrats could now take the lead of national security issues. Here is the strategy that Sullivan advocates: "Could a Democrat outmanoeuvre Bush? Think of this as a possible campaign platform: get our troops out of Iraq and Arabs out of our ports. Stop the corporate power structure from depressing American wages and enforce real border control. Invest in energy independence and get the oil from Canada. Bring our boys home and keep our borders safe." Sullivan suggests (in somewhat more crude terms) with that approach we could say the heck with the Saudis and their Bush friends. See link to the Sunday Times column at http://tinyurl.com/lsq9k.

Michelman may be spoiler in Pennsylvania Senate race

Here is some sickening news from Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh News-Gazette reports that NAARL founder Kate Michelman is considering a independent candidacy for U.S. Senator in Pennsylvania. Michelman's goal is clearly to undermine the campaign of pro-life and pro-gun rights Democrat Bob Casey who currently has a decisive lead over incumbent Republican Senator Rick Santorum in all polls. The grinch who would steal the Senate seat from Casey would no doubt prefer a right-wing Republican over a centrist Democrat with some traditional social values. Sadly, Kate "The Grinch" Michelman could quite possibly pull enough left of center Democratic votes away from Casey to re-elect Rick Santorum to the Senate. If that happens it will be a real tragedy as Bob Casey is one of the most solid mainstream Democrats in public life and a rising star in the party. And Karl Rove will no doubt thank Michelman for her "in kind" contribution to the Republican Party.

Is the evangelical Christian alliance with Republicans weakening ?

Check out this link to a Washington Monthly article about evangelical Christians leaving the Republican Party http://tinyurl.com/omn5u. A growing number of evangelicals are figuring out that the GOP could care less about moral values and really worships at the altar of big business. The question is can the Democratic Party win them over and of course, many of the rabid social left secular types don't even want to try.