Some shorter news bits
A number of smaller news items worthy of note this morning:
- For those who've been trying to forget, the next SEPTA talk deadline is Wednesday. The two sides have had months now to look over proposals on the deadlocked health coverage issue, but so far "congenial meetings" aren't reporting substantive progress. Let's hope they agree on another extension, at least.
- A Sunday Inquirer article points out a surprising split among Jewish Democrats, with many supporting Santorum because of his visible stance on Israel. This seems to be the only thing that right-wing evangelicals and any Jewish liberals have in common, but it can be a definining issue for some, and Casey appears to be courting their vote as well with planned trips to the Holy Land.
- John Baer does a spoof of Deep Throat, using it to raise the most cynical possible motives for recent actions by Ed Rendell (among others). Both amusing and dispiriting.
posted by ACM at 11:38 AM
3 Comments:
Good catch -- I added the word "any" above, to perhaps prevent that misread. Heck, I'm not surprised that it's not unanimous -- I'm surprised that any otherwise liberals would consider fundraising for Santorum just because of this. They even quoted a guy who said he finds some/most of Rick's other stances "distasteful" but still "considers him a loyal friend" on this. Sorry, but I can't get past broad substantive distaste in service of a single issue, foreign or domestic.
Agreed. As a Jew, I'm similarly...well not surprised, it's more like disgusted and incredulous. I don't know how much you've been privy to debates among American Jews on this issue, but as you can imagine, it can get very contentious.
Baer piece was right on point. You heard it from him first. Santorum is being courted by the national Repubs to switch and run against Rendell. Wait and see.
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