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    • SCOTUS: Supreme Irony – Kagan Nomination Ends Gay Marriage Hopes
      Later this morning, Elena Kagan will be nominated for the Supreme Court seat currently held by John Paul Stevens.

      The meme has taken hold that Kagan is a stealth candidate who has avoided taking positions on important constitutional or other issues throughout her career.

      But on one issue of critical importance to the left — the constitutional right to same-sex marriage, Kagan has staked out a very clear and unequivocal position: There is no constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
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  • Carly Fiorina,  Chuck DeVore,  Tom Campbell

    CA-Sen Poll Watch: Campbell 35% Fiorina 24% DeVore 15% Undecided 23%

    May 10, 2010 /

    California U.S. Senate candidates Tom Campbell, Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore

    Graphic courtesy of Calbuzz

    The latest California U.S. Senate poll is out and it shows little movement with California early voting starting today, absentee ballots in the mail and the election in four weeks.

    The GOP battle to face incumbent US Senator Democrat Barbara Boxer in November remains essentially unchanged. Today, former Congressman Tom Campbell defeats former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, 35% to 24%. State assembly member Chuck DeVore gets 15%. Limited movement since SurveyUSA’s previous poll. 23% are undecided: Among men, Campbell had led by 8 points, now leads by 12; among women, Campbell had led by 5, now 10. DeVore is up 5 points among voters age 18 to 49, Campbell is down 5, Fiorina is down 10. Among voters age 50+, Campbell is up 6. In California’s Inland Empire, Fiorina had led by 6 points, now trails by 5. Campbell’s lead in the Bay Area is now smaller, but his lead in greater Los Angeles is now larger.

    The margin of error for the poll is 4.3% and with 23 per cent undecided, it is anyone’s race.

    With Carly Fiorina in the “finally” phase of her campaign and now “on air” with a statewide television campaign, she is hoping to pull away from the pack.

    Stay tuned……..

  • Day By Day,  Elena Kagen

    Day By Day May 10, 2010 – Barack’s New Clothes

    May 10, 2010 /


    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    President Obama is the Emperor not wearing any clothes, eh?

    The latest edition will be Obama’s latest – the appointment of Solicitor General Elena Kagen to the U.S. Supreme Court.

    Solicitor General Elena Kagan will be nominated Monday to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama, a person familiar with the president’s thinking says, positioning the high court to have three women justices for the first time.

    Obama will announce his choice at 10 a.m. in the East Room of the White House alongside Vice President Joe Biden and Kagan, who will also speak. The room will be filled with Kagan’s Justice Department colleagues and other guests invited to soak in one of a presidency’s biggest moments.

    Obama has started making calls to Senate leaders to inform them of his choice, while his White House team is launching a broad campaign-style outreach to Capitol Hill and the media. That effort is designed to shape the national image of Kagan, an unknown figure to much of America.

    Elections have consequences and with Kagen’s lack of judicial experience, yet committed leftist politics her appointment will weigh on the Obama brand. Some have talked of Kagen as Obama’s Harriet Miers.

    If the Republicans play this RIGHT, they may damage the Democrats even more before the fall’s midterm Congressional elections.

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