The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. The Spencerian - Good Behavior, Its Own Best Reward

2. Incertus (Brian) - You don't have to be excited

3. Smashed Frog - Obama FISA's Out

4. Blast Off! - Obama's revolting reversal

5. Pushing Rope - How Is the New Faith-based Different From the Old?

Action Alerts

Send an e-mail - Tell Congress to Resist Calls for Drilling (SoE)

Send an e-mail - Where is the Truth in Ethanol Advertising? (UCS)

Sign the Petition - Stop Telecom Immunity (DFA)

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Donate money - And triple your donation to support ocelot recovery (EDF)

Sign the Petition - Tell the G8 to live up to their word and provide aid to Africa (One)

Host an Event - A Day of Action for an Oil-Free President (MoveOn)

Join - NARAL and support a woman's right to choose

Sign the petition - Sign Up for the Weekly Women's Health Policy Report (NPWF)

Obama on the FISA Bill

He says:

This was not an easy call for me. I know that the FISA bill that passed the House is far from perfect. I wouldn't have drafted the legislation like this, and it does not resolve all of the concerns that we have about President Bush's abuse of executive power.

Simple solution. Draft legislation that would resolve the concerns you have.

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. FLA Politics (Scoop) - Is Obama Different?

2. Pensito Review - McFlipflop: McCain Reverses Stand on Offshore Drilling in Just 18 Days

3. Miami-Dade Dems - The Obama campaign in Florida gets going

4. South Florida Daily Blog - I'm All Out Of Bubble Gum

5. Bark Bark Woof Woof - Does It Matter?

Action Alerts

Sign the petition - Save a Masterpiece of Modern Architecture in Sarasota! (WMF)

Sign the Petition - Thank General Clark for His Straight Talk, Tell Him To Not Back Down (VV)

Send an e-mail - Thank Your Senators For Cleaning Up Shipping Pollution! (ED)

Send an e-mail - Tell Trader Joe's to Chuck the Excuses (UFW)

Sign the petition - Tell Fox to Stop the Smears (MoveOn)

Sign the Petition - Tell Senator Obama: Hang up on Big Telecom (Credo)

Send an e-mail - Tell Congress Not to Drill the Arctic Refuge (TWS)

Donate money - Double Your Support to Protect Ocelots! (ED)

Donate money - Support Planned Parenthood

Send an e-mail - Tell Congress You Don't Buy the Lie! (NRDC)

Send an e-mail - Tell Congress that More Must Be Done about Hunger! (Care)

Sign the petition - Stop Fiscal Irresponsibility - Washington Needs a Fiscal Wakeup (PPF)

The Federal Judiciary Sucks

In the past 28 years, 20 of those years saw Republican presidents appointing federal judges to lifetime appointments. They focused almost solely on right-wing activists -- many members of the Federalist Society or graduates of Liberty University Law School -- who care little about the wording or intent of the Constitution and only pursue a radical conservative agenda through the very judicial activism they decry. There were several rulings this week at the Supreme Court that fit this mold completely and one directly affecting Florida, that came from a lower federal court:

A federal judge has refused to block a new version of a Florida voter registration law that critics say could keep thousands of people from casting ballots this year.

The conservative argument on this one is nonsense -- they say it is designed to fight voter fraud, something they provide no evidence exists in any significant way. But the law clearly causes voter disenfranchisement, something there is already a lot of. A ruling from early this year on picture identification requirement gives me no confidence that a higher court will overturn this. What it means is that activist conservative judges will be denying thousands of Floridians the lawful right to vote -- many of them because of typos or filing errors made by low-paid government clerks, errors that won't be obvious to any voter until they go to vote. Just when it becomes impossible to fix the problem.

Action Alerts

Send an e-mail - Protect Our Best Lands from Unnecessary Oil and Gas Drilling! (TWS)

Sign the petition - Petition Against Nuclear Waste Dump At Yucca Mountain (Reid)

Donate money - To help ensure reliable and publicly verifiable election systems (VV)

Sign the petition - Recapture the Flag (CC)

Donate money - To stop big media (FP)

Sign the Petition - Tell the G8 to live up to their promises to Africa (One)

Donate money - To help resuce animals in danger because of Illinois and Iowa floods (AHS)

Sign the petition - NRA Wants Loaded Guns in Parks. What Do YOU Want? (NPCA)