Florida Clergy for Fairness members believe that people of faith and goodwill can and do disagree about what constitutes marriage, but that this amendment would endorse one religious view over all others and impose it on all Floridians by constitutional fiat.

Visit the New York Times page below for a cool flash driven Interactive chart that lets you compare various economic indicators like the Federal Budget surplus/deficit, changes in real income, home prices, number of jobs, personal savings, minimum wages, and most interesting to me, the Share of Income of Bottom of 99% (as percent of total income) going back to 1950. The chart makes it very easy to see who was in the White House and which party controlled the legislative branch in any given year.

Democrats See Risk and Reward if Their Party Sweeps – NYTimes.com But given the opportunity and the magnitude of the problems facing the country, Democrats said they would welcome the chance — and the potential accountability — even though winning the White House is no assurance that their initiatives would sail through Congress. And all  Read more »

FT.com / In depth – Senior Republicans endorse Obama Among the new crop of Republicans to endorse Mr Obama were Scott McClellan, who was George W. Bush’s former press secretary and the second former Bush administration to jump ship following Colin Powell’s prominent endorsement last Sunday. Mr McClellan was joined by the former Republican governor  Read more »

FactCheck.org: Right Change Is Wrong A conservative group misleads voters mightily on Obama’s tax plans for small businesses. Summary A conservative group called RightChange.com has spent $3 million running ads that largely criticize Obama and his tax plans. They’re false: Two ads say Obama would tax “small businesses” at a rate of “62 percent.” He  Read more »