Of course he's against the U.S. Constitution, but so is John McCain, and so has been virtually every president in U.S. history in at least some respects.

I think you answered your own question: He has a half black caucus.

Biden actually answered questions. +

Obama has anywhere between a 25-40 electoral vote lead over McCain. Toss up states where McCain is leading are more divided than ever in recent history. And if in the past 2 federal elections is has been a near tie Obama is sure to win.

PeTA would win by default. I like the NRA. Nevertheless, here is a great video on the bullshit of PeTA.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ijLulwUTY

There will be people who will want to call her a maverick, but in doing so they will be lowering the bar an awful lot. Sure, she sold the jet and fired the chef, but those are insubstantial, gimmicky, and symbolic. Her fiscal policy was no more radical than the people before her, and if that counts as a maverick I guess anyone can be a maverick without even trying.

I support abortion rights up to the end of the first 6-8 weeks because it is more than enough time and after that point the fetus is developing what I consider important human traits: the capacity for suffering; fully developed lungs; eye lashes and the ability to blink, think, and feel.

Conversely, Viability, the idea that the baby must be able to survive outside the womb, is one of the more amoral criteria I've ever heard. Infanticide is disgusting -- I hope we can agree. But I don't see it as any less disgusting to murder an equally authentic human baby with fully functioning organs, and with most of the same mental and emotional capacities (under the viability threshold it is possible for your baby to cry tears!), just because it isn't fat enough.

I think republican values are more justified -- values like liberalism and freedom. I won't say valiant because only a person can be