Sunday, August 24, 2008

Obama-Biden: By their friends

Perhaps the clearest critique regarding the Obama-Biden ticket came from a source that lauded the selection of Senator Joseph Biden as Senator Obama's running mate.

The National Abortion Right's Action League came out with strong support for Biden. NARAL's president Nancy Keenan offered these musings (here):
"Sen. Biden has consistently expressed support for a woman's right to choose. While we have not agreed with him on every vote, we have a longstanding relationship with Sen. Biden that is open, positive, and constructive, and we are confident this will continue in a new administration under Sen. Obama's pro-choice leadership.

"Most notably, Sen. Biden has a strong record of opposing judicial nominees with hostile anti-choice records. He voted against George W. Bush's two anti-choice nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court, John Roberts and Samuel Alito, and he opposed anti-choice Justice Clarence Thomas' nomination to the Court as well as multiple anti-choice nominees to lower federal courts."
That pretty much sums up the ticket.

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