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Earlier today I had an exchange with a reader – who I respect a great deal – who doesn’t agree with my Twitter argument about the folly of conservatives staying home and not voting this cycle (or any cycle, really). His Republican governor agreed to expand Medicaid coverage, as permitted under the Obamacare law, and he finds that a deep betrayal. I can’t argue with that. If the issue of expanding Medicaid is your line in the sand – and there are good reasons for that! – then you have every right in the world to say, “I can’t vote...

As the September elections approach, and all you right wing republicans, truck drivers, and people named "Roy" start thinking they have a shot at taking over the government, I would like to ask you a very important question: is voting really patriotic? I ask you this not to disuade you from voting because I, like all liberals who believe in abortion, think it is VERY patriotic. Like all liberals who think that white/rich/farmers should be taxed until they are driven onto welfare, I think voting is the right thing to do for all progressive-minded people. Why? Because for one day...