NARAL’s attempt to encourage single issue voting is risky in a year when the economy and emergency preparedness will likely overshadow all other voter concerns.

Desperate attacks on third parties such as the WPC are just one more sign that Dow Constantine is a candidate in emergency mode, and his response to the crisis of his candidacy offers another reason voters should consider how he would approach the oncoming crises of public safety and fiscal accountability for which the county executive is ultimately responsible to handle.

If King County Executive hopeful Dow Constantine is the one making a concession call the night of November 3rd, it will be the decisions made by his campaign during the past two weeks that determined his political fate.

With its deliberate provocation of communist China, al Qaeda invites a battle with an enemy that has a brutal track record of dealing with asymmetrical opponents like the battered global terrorist network, and may effectively lighten the load on the US and its allies in the war on terror.

Do NOW’s recent statements about the Letterman and Polanski controversies signal a larger shift to attract a broader membership among women of all political and social stripes by taking positions that are more in line with its basic core purpose?

With his decision to jet to Copenhagen Thursday evening to speak before the International Olympic Committee in support of Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, President Obama’s propensity for ducking decisions and avoiding constitutionally mandated responsibilities has to be seen now as not merely shameful but downright pathological.