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I posted an article written by someone else for mere debate and others have stated the same things I stated on that thread. I never agreed with that article other than to say *in the primary* Obama won't automatically get all the black vote.

And this post was, again, based on a thread already started by someone else about the Landrieu deal and that thread was cited with a link in the main post here. There's been talk the moderate group will grow, so I posted a pool of senators from which there may be a couple or a few who join a group - which would be to the advantage of Dems now that we're in the majority because, as a commenter on this thread said, it pulls moderate Republicans into our majority on key issues.

You can read whatever "slant" you want into it, but to do so would be to put words in my mouth and ignore the disclaimers I included above. And it would also be to take a mere thought of mine and make it into a concrete position I hold. Sometimes it's worth posting things we don't entirely agree with simply because they're worthy topics that may become a major issue.

I have a resume of liberal activism. I can comfortably take an objective look at a potential issue without worrying how it reflects upon my resume. Open-mindedness in discussion is a virtue and is liberal. It can be done without being reflected negatively.

Not everything in life has to be so strictly tied to our concrete beliefs, as if in need of self-validation.