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November 17, 2012
NYS Senate Democratic Defections Could Imperil GENDA
11-16-2012 15:57:05 PM
BY ANDY HUMM | Democrats in the New York State Senate looked to have won a surprise majority on Election Day, overcoming a huge financial disadvantage, Republican gerrymandering, and no help from Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo. But that prospective majority has been put in jeopardy — and, along with it, the fate of much progressive legislation, [...]…»
When a Lesbian Marriage Trivializes a Political Career
11-14-2012 11:50:57 AM
BY PAUL SCHINDLER | Christine Quinn, just named to Out magazine’s annual Out100, began her career as a tenant activist, then got on board on the ground floor of State Senator Tom Duane’s political career, becoming his chief of staff while he served on the City Council. After several years as executive director of the New [...]…»
Supreme Court Delays Consideration of Marriage Cases for Ten Days
11-14-2012 13:26:44 PM
BY PAUL SCHINDLER | Several cases involving the right of same-sex couples to marry — in the context of both the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 — could go before the US Supreme Court in the current term. The Washington Post reports that the high court has delayed a conference on [...]…»
Arizona Elects First Out Bisexual US House Member
11-13-2012 18:43:51 PM
BY PAUL SCHINDLER | In one of less than a dozen US House races that had not yet been called, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, on November 12, was declared the winner in a new Arizona district created as a result of the 2010 Census. Sinema, a former state senator, will be the first openly bisexual member [...]…»
Keep Reaching, Keep Fighting
11-08-2012 14:29:26 PM
BY PAUL SCHINDLER | Four years ago, Barack Obama, a first-term US senator from Illinois, was the candidate of “hope and change.” In his young administration, handed an economy that was bleeding hundreds of thousands of jobs each month, change came haltingly and on some issues not at all. The word hope became a cudgel [...]…»
Not Exactly Kissing Cousins
11-12-2012 15:25:39 PM
BY PAUL SCHINDLER | In 2010, Josh Mandel, then a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, rode the Republican wave to win election as state treasurer by 14 percentage points. In last week’s election, however, he fell short in his US Senate challenge to incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown by more than five points. Mandel not [...]…»