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Virginia Governor Tim Kaine and Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius reportedly sit on top of Barack Obama's vice presidential short list. In late June, Barack Obama called Sebelius "as talented a public official as there is right now," and just two days ago, Politico reported that Kaine was "very, very high" up in considerations for v.p. What binds these two--aside from being effective Democratic governors of red (or reddish) states--is that they're both Roman Catholic. And given the fact that Catholics were such a difficult group for Obama in the primaries, and that they heavily populate swing states like New Mexico...

Their attempt to dress up their dissent from Church teaching fails miserably upon careful analysis. Folks, according to Beliefnet:WASHINGTON -- A coalition of 55 Catholic House Democrats on Tuesday (Feb. 28) acknowledged the "moral leadership" of the Catholic Church but said they will remain "in disagreement with the church" on some issues, including abortion rights. The "statement of principles" resurrects a battle from the 2004 elections when some Catholic politicians -- especially Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry -- found themselves at odds with church leaders over their support of abortion rights. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., who spearheaded the statement,...

SAFETY HARBOR - Michael Schiavo and Jodi Centonze were married in a private ceremony at Espiritu Santo Catholic Church on Saturday. "It was very emotional," said John Centonze, brother of the bride, just after the noon ceremony. "It's been a long time coming. A lot of things happened in between." The wedding came a day after the couple applied for a Pinellas County marriage license and 10 months after the death of Schiavo's first wife, Terri. Terri Schiavo died March 31, two weeks after her feeding tube was removed, and 15 years after a cardiac arrest that left her in...

RUSH: With the Schiavo case at the end of the program on Friday, I said, "I'm going to throw some gasoline on the fire." I said, "Isn't it amazing that when it comes to the subject of life, you don't find any Democrats on that side?" It just continues to amaze me. Even when the subject is life of a human being, the Democrats always seem to come down on the opposite side of life. So I'm watching all these debates over the weekend and I'm watching some of the debate in the House late last night, and there it...

After the wonderful Reagan Library trip yesterday, a caravan of FReepers headed for Rabid Dog's house for a FReeper party. We all enjoyed the great hospitality. On the 101 FReeway heading to the party I encountered a jerk in a tan Ford F150. I will give you part of his license plate: _E6478_. I would like to give the entire thing but JimRob probably wouldn't want that. As some of you know, I have magnetic stickers on my car so they can be removed when I park. We on the right worry about the angry whackjobs on the left doing...

...if the election were held today, Kerry would defeat Bush 51 to 29 percent in this state.