• more about #globalgagrule
    tiredfairy: Actually, as someone emphatically Pro-Choice, this makes me worry about her less. Mostly because you -want- someone who is going to rule on a matter o... more »
    Kilotwat: "The Supreme Court has made clear that the government is free to favor the anti-abortion position over the pro-choice position, and can do so with pub... more »
    booksrlivres: Why does every photo of Obama and Sotomayor look like a old school romance movie poster/novel? Downcast, but silent and strong looking hero with a plu... more »
    kithkin: When even Elisabeth Hasselbeck is saying "I think this is a great pick, she follows the law. she voted for abortion people and against them" then I th... more »
    JerseyGrrrl: "the Supreme Court has made clear that the government is free to favor the anti-abortion position over the pro-choice position, and can do so with pub... more »
    morninggloria: Liberals should probably smoke more weed. more »
    Penny: Filipovic's reasoning is sound. Shades of grey, picking your battles, all that jazz. Thanks Megan. more »
    muppetprincess: I think there's another reason, beyond legal opinions, that people are afraid that she's not pro-choice, and it's less P.C. She's Catholic, and while... more »
    PinkSoxHat: She's not the most activist pro-choice judge I've ever seen, I'll give them that. But she's done what an appellate level judge is supposed to do: sti... more »
    Trulymadlyme: I was talking to a friend of mine about Sotomayor. Honestly, who knows how "progressive" she is going to be on the bench. [www.slate.com] This decisio... more »
    EkaterinaBallerina: The people on Politico are nuts. I cannot believe some of those people. Some of them seem to be willing to absolve the federal government of any wrong... more »
    NefariousNewt: As to Hillary's confirmation being held up, it's just more partisan Republican dim-wittery. This is their way of punishing Bill Clinton more, nothing ... more »
    SarahMC: Well, I guess an extended period of bliss is just not in the cards for me. Because whilst awesome amounts of happy, hopey, PATRIOTIC Obama-admirers sw... more »
    tinyheadache: The comments for the politico article about the bush swipes on obama's new website - they make me stab. Yes, calling out the previous administration s... more »
    morninggloria: Upon reflection, I'm very glad that I received my bad medical news yesterday before Obama was sworn in. I'll just look at it as the final "Fuck You An... more »
    stoprobbers: Ladies, the purple gate was the very definition of a clusterfuck. I was there. A riot was imminent, I swear. I'm still not sure how we got in, eventua... more »
    Laulau: Wow, the comments on the Politico piece are both ugly and kinda insane. more »
    funnyface: It just feels so good to BELIEVE again in the capacity for our nation to live up to its potential. I am still giddy and ready to cry at the drop of a... more »
    JoePa is my homeboy: My favorite shot of the whole inauguration coverage was how ridiculously happy Sasha and Malia looked at the kids' inaugural when they got to be on st... more »
    sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): And Godspeed Teddy Kennedy. more »
  • #roevsworld

    Are Liberals Needlessly Freaking Over Sotomayor's Abortion Record?

  • #newsat1030

    All The Inauguration That's Fit To Print

    Yesterday, some promises were kept, others were postponed and some were made. But in a post-Inauguration and sleep-deprived haze, it can be hard to remember which is which. More »
  • #mccainonhivaids

    HIV Proven To Be Older Than John McCain (And His Bad AIDS Policies)