Today's installment of campaign-related news items that won't necessarily generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:
* Following President Obama's endorsement last week of marriage equality, new polling shows most Americans support at least some legal recognition of same-sex unions.
* Rick Santorum, meanwhile, wants Mitt Romney to go on the attack on marriage rights, calling Obama's comments "a very potent weapon" Republicans can use against him.
* The Detroit News published a new poll showing Obama leading Romney in Michigan, where the Republican was born, 45.1% to 39.5%.
* It's election day in Nebraska tomorrow, and in the race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, there's an increasingly-fierce fight between state Treasurer Don Stenberg, state Attorney General Jon Bruning, and state Sen. Deb Fischer.
* In Wisconsin, former Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) enjoys the support of the party establishment in this year's Senate race, but the GOP's rank and file appears to have other ideas.
* In the state of Washington, the gubernatorial race is getting more interesting, with KING-TV releasing a new poll showing state Attorney General Rob McKenna's (R) lead shrinking against Rep. Jay Inslee (D).
* And in the religious right, Romney's speech at Liberty University was well received by many evangelicals, and it led to this awkwardly-worded endorsement from radical TV preacher Pat Robertson this morning.
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Jon Stewart made a comment about a balding hyper-religious bigot that fits here. The enlarging forehead "is really a solar panel for a dumbass machine"
As the fanatics sing "carry me back lord" we arrive at the twenty-first century.Upon landing in the USA we are not amused by religious zealots who try to rewrite American history by claiming we are a Christian Nation. Ah yes those Pilgrims who were not Americans but Europeans who fled the oppression of the Church only to establish an English colony just as brutal if not more so. Yes indeed their witch hunts and their death penalty for non-believers is why separation of Church and State was so important to the founders of the USA.
Religion is just bigotry wrapped in the cloth of belief and drowning in unholy waters of baptism.White supremicists thumping bibles, anti-muslims preaching hate, evangelists talking about world domination (barf bags are on the back of the seat in front of you).
Is this guy lucid? I didn't know Jesus was a candidate in the race! sarc
Er, uh.. What's that Dorian Gray? By the way, they're steam cleaning your painting and your bible today!
All these lukewarm ' endorsements ' of Romney by Radical Right-Wingers this year reminds me of people trying to say nice things at Thanksgiving about Grandma's green jello with shredded carrots and mayonnaise on the top. It is barely edible, hardly likeable and difficult to look at, but if you try really hard you can think of something polite to say about it.
Way to go GOP. Grandma's Thanksgiving ( spineless ) green jello for President.
Are we sure he's endorsing Romney?
In the clip, all he says is "The question is, if you have two candidates, you don't have Jesus running against someone else. You have Obama running against Romney."
Maybe Obama = Jesus in this comparison?
I can't bear to watch the clip. Did Robertson call for anyone's assassination?
"God spoke to me but I wasn't really listening."
Has Feingold declared whether or not he is going to run for this Senate seat?
I just found this hysterical page on the Liberty University website. An article called Sexual Suicide.
http://www.liberty.edu/studentaffairs/studentleadership/index.cfm?PID=9483