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Ted Olson Takes a Stand for Equality 05/27/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Ted Olson was the man who argued Bush v. Gore at the Supreme Court and won, making George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.  And he was also the man Bush then quickly tapped to …

Right Wing Reaction to Sotomayor 05/27/2009 by Kyle Mantyla So, anything happen while I was on vacation?  Oh yeah, President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court.  And guess what?  The Right already doesn't …

SCOTUS Round-Up 05/18/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Several related articles today, all pretty much saying the same thing:  even though right-wing groups are doubtful that they’ll actually be able to defeat President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, they are raising …

Right Wing Round-Up 05/18/2009 by Kyle Mantyla The Huffington Post reports that Sen. Lindsey Graham tried to make the case for a more diverse and open GOP to the South Carolina Republican Party convention - it did not go well. Steve Benen remembers back …

Is Dobson Calling for the Right to Disengage? 05/15/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Yesterday, I wrote a post, based largely on this post from Dan Gilgoff, about James Dobson and company lamenting their relative inability to influence the political culture at the …

NDP Organizers Insisted Any White House Representative Be Pro-Life 05/08/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Yesterday I wrote a post about the Religious Right blasting the Obama administration for abandoning the "tradition" of hosting an official National Day of Prayer …

SCOTUS Round-Up 05/07/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Americans United for Life has sent a letter to the Senate demanding exhaustive hearings on President Obama's nominee to replace Justice David Souter: When the Senate Judiciary Committee gathers to hold hearings …

Every President But Bush Is a Godless Heathen 05/07/2009 by Kyle Mantyla The National Day of Prayer was established back in 1952 and it wasn't until 1988 that President Reagan decreed that it would be held on the first Thursday of May. Well, today is the …

Day of Prayer Task Force Wants Obama to Be Like Bush 05/05/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Last week we wrote about how, this year, it didn't look like the National Day of Prayer Task Force, headed by Shirley Dobson, was going to be involved in any formal White …

Right Wing Reaction to Souter's Retirement 05/01/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Here's a quick collection of early right-wing reactions to the news that Justice David Souter will be retiring from the Supreme Court at the end of this term - it will continue to be …