Friday, October 24, 2008

Sing the chorus again

No doesn't really mean no, it merely means we try again. That happened in Michigan, where casinos were turned down 3 times before passing on the fourth try (it helped that Windsor opened one across the river and bigwigs couldn't stand all that casino money crossing into Canada). It is happening this year with another run at a marriage amendment in Arizona (where the yes forces are vastly outspending the no forces) and with another run at an abortion ban in South Dakota. Getting an abortion there is already quite onerous. The big reason, of course, is to have a run at Roe v. Wade at the US Supremes before Obama has a chance to remake it. The SD ban has been specifically crafted to appeal to Justice Anthony Kennedy, a swing justice on abortion.

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