Donkephant

In his acceptance speech, Obama mentioned twice President Lincoln.  And mentioned also, the Republican party.  It brought the following question to mind:
Based on the current party situation wherein the Republican party is becoming more liberal, is the mention of Lincoln and the Republican party the beginning of an eminent merging of the Democrat and Republican [...]

I got my absentee ballot in the mail today.  There are more than just the two candidates that everyone seems to be focused on.  I knew that of course, but I’m sure there are plenty of other people who don’t.  Some of the candidates I had heard of, but Chuck Baldwin was a new name.
Turns [...]

This is quite interesting.
What I find most interesting about it is that Rep. Boehner initially says that “in other words, we have time on the calendar for political grandstanding” …  But, isn’t a walkout essentially political grandstanding?
And while we’re on the subject, I never asked the representatives of the House to protect me.  I have [...]