The two best arguments that I’ve seen for voting for Democrats anyway this fall come from hilzoy on Obsidian Wings and Lenny Bailes in comments at Making Light. Lenny:
Not voting for Democrats means that cowardly, malleable Democratic sheep will be replaced in Congress by more intractable Republican assholes. If the sheep perceive themselves to be [...]
The British angle on the military commissions act is interesting. TimesOnline reporter/blogger Mick Smith wonders
The truth is that British military commanders would have been in an understandable quandary. Handing over captured terrorists to the Americans has been avoided by the British recently because of the dubious practices in place – Guantanamo; secret prisons; and as [...]
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