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2/3: But Why Gregg?
Blogometer — ... nomination. I wrote about Daschle because the ways in which he is sleazy are illustrative of how the Washington establishment generally works. [...] It doesn't really matter how slimy Daschle is or what revelations emerge about what he has done. The last thing that is disqualifying in Washington is an eagerness to profit off of one's political connections. [...] Daschle is going to be confirmed no matter what is discovered about him." THOUGHT OF THE DAY: What Roe Means To Pro-Lifers The Atlantic 's Ross Douthat tries to explain how pro-lifers feel about Roe v. Wade : ...

The Other Side Of The Culture War
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Ross sets up a thought experiment for his pro-choice readers: I think that liberals interested in imagining their way into the pro-life psyche might start with the kind of alienation that many of them experienced during the Bush years ... then imagine a Supreme Court ruling that wrote a blank check for interrogation into the U.S. Constitution, so that no act of Congress could touch the President's right to torture ... and then further imagine that waterboarding and worse things became a routine, rather than extraordinary, aspect of American counterterrorism ...