[sweetliberty]

Hog call!

Anybody wanting on or off the Arkansas ping list, please let me know.

[Happy2BMe]

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Senate Scuttles Gay Marriage Amendment (Two no-shows. Care to guess?)

Bush's fall rival, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, opposes the amendment, as does his vice presidential running mate, Sen. John Edwards (news - web sites) of North Carolina. Both men skipped the vote.

The odds have never favored passage in the current Congress, in part because many Democrats oppose it, but also because numerous conservatives are hesitant to overrule state prerogatives on the issue.

At the same time, Republican strategists contend the issue could present a difficult political choice to Democrats, who could be pulled in one direction by polls showing that a majority of voters oppose gay marriage, and pulled in the other by homosexual voters and social liberals who support it. An Associated Press-Ipsos poll taken in March showed about four in 10 support a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, and half oppose it.

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Senator Lincoln figures that Arkansas voters will not remember (Pro-Homo Marriage Vote) in November

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Missouri marriage amendment wins handily

[Happy2BMe]

If it can happen to Tom Daschle, it can happen to Blanche Lincoln (and Patty Murray) . .

Poll: Thune 49%, Daschle 45