Wedge Issues

The Trust Women/Silver Ribbon Campaign for Reproductive Rights -- Why Now

Ellen R. Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Silver Ribbon, Abortion, Republican Congress, Women's Rights, Birth Control, Reproductive Justice. Health Care, Roe v. Wade, Health Care Reform, Reproductive Health, Contraception, Roe v. Wade Anniversary, Wedge Issues, Trust Women, Impact News
Ellen R. Shaffer

It is not enough to appoint and elect smart, progressive women and pro-choice men to government. They and we need to mobilize visibly and vocally to advocate for reproductive rights and justice.

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The Plan Behind the Sotomayor Attacks

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Racism, Wedge Issues, Gop Racist Attacks, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Mario Solis-Marich

The right has clearly decided that a wedge issue that will work for them in the 2010 election cycle is affirmative action and this is the opening salvo for yet another mean spirited divisive GOP campaign cycle.

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Beyond the Rick Warren Controversy: Two Questions About Love and Justice

Valerie Tarico | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Religion, Stem Cell Research, Obama Invocation, Evangelical, Wedge Issues, Fundamentalism, Rick Warren, Healthy Living News
Valerie Tarico

The role of the evangelical minister is to help his followers know what is real and how to live. It is about taking our complicated, fast-moving, sometimes scary world and distilling it into Four Spiritual Laws.

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A Cell Phone Call During Mass (Remembering the Anti-Catholic Smears of the 1928 Election)

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Herbert Hoover, Catholicism, Politics News, Negative Campaigning, Joe Biden, 1928 Election, 2008 Election, Catholic Church, Religion, John Hagee, Voter Disenfranchisement, Al Smith, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Smears, John McCain, Bigotry, Wedge Issues, Robocalls, Politics News
David Quigg

"Great-great-grandma Frances will set you straight. By the time I'm done with you, you'll vote for who you want to vote for. You won't let anybody scare you out of it. That's the lesson of Al Smith."

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McCain Apologizes For His Campaign But Not For the GOP

Josh Brusin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, John McCain, Mccain, Wedge Issues 2008 Election, Wedge Issues, Palin, Moral Values, Social Conservatives, Conservative Right, GOP Wedge Issues, Xenophobia, 2008 Presidential Race, Social Issue, Mccain Damage Control, Politics News
Josh Brusin

The Democrats need to take a big tent approach to the GOP's wedge issues. Divide and conquer only works when you have enough wherewithal to fight every divided battle

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The Billionaires - Pious Folks Are Plentiful

Clifford J. Tasner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Billionaires, John McCain, Social Conservatives, Wedge Issues, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Clifford J. Tasner

2008-09-25-cliffordvideo.jpg Sarah Palin embodies the great Republican tradition of pandering to Social Conservatives.

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Connerly's Anti Affirmative Action Measure Could be a Win-Win for McCain

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Institute, Ward Connerly, American Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Affirmative Action, Wedge Issues, Mitch McConnell, Democrats, Presidency, John McCain, Republicans, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

McCain is betting that pummeling affirmative action will do far more good than bad for his campaign. It's a smart bet.

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