Wrong case Bob. Megan is referring to Hurley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurley_v._Irish-American_Gay,_Lesbian,_and_Bisexual_Group_of_Boston

I think the court's central thesis in Hurley is correct--that the right to free speech includes an implicit right not to have your message co-opted in ways that undermines your own message. Or, in other words, I get to say what I want to say. The only thing I feel a little uncertain about in Hurley is the degree of Government involvement; it was a private group organizing the parade, but the government (in my understanding) had basically handed them authority over a previous public parade. I'm fine with the ability to exclude for private, message-driven organizations, but not OK with allowing government sub-ins to exclude people from an event understood to be public.

You're talking about Dale v. Boy Scouts. I actually agree with the reasoning in Dale for the same reason I agree with Hurley. But that doesn't mean that I think the Boy Scouts aren't repugnant for holding to that view. They have every right to hold to the view and I have every right to condemn them for doing so.

Bottom line: Megan's right. If this guy wants to undermine the Pride parade with his own message, he can do so from across the street.

I\'d say males only slightly outnumber females but a non-caucasion is a rare sight.

There have been some recent studies that have shown pretty conclusively that an influx of cheap labor (southwest and California) has actually increased the average wealth of average citizens, specifically white middle-class workers. I\'m not expert, but my understanding is that the studies conclude that the combination of cheaper labor for low-paying job that most people don\'t want and an increased batch of low-end consumers drives the economic growth of the areas from the bottom up. Of course, no one will ever believe this because it flies in the exact opposite direction of public perception, but sometimes the truth is worth spreading even if no one will believe it.

NYtimes,http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/us/16skilled.ht... :

\"Rather, the fastest economic growth between 1990 and 2008 was in cities like Atlanta, Denver and Phoenix that received large influxes of immigrants with a mix of occupations

Dan, I think a lot of people are going to be with you if Emmer/Meeks is the ticket. Horner was probably happy to see MAK get the endorsement, and is likely praying for Emmer to win his endorsement and Dayton to win the primary. I don\'t mean that as a slight against MAK or Dayton or even Emmer, as much as it is a statement on their politics. As I\'ve said, and will continue to say, Emmer is just way out there. Rybak was to the center of MAK (and that may be part of the reason she won and he lost) but MAK is no where near the ideologue Emmer is. She\'s quite centrist on many issues and a little further to the left on others. Dayton is the most unconventional of the three--his tax the rich line puts him economically way to the left, but socially and otherwise, he\'s pretty centrist. I think Horner would like to run against Dayton more so than MAK because he positions himself as an economic pragmatist and social centrist--he\'s still Republican in many respects, but he\'s much more willing to compromise (at least rhetorically) on economic issues in order to benefit the greater good.

The problem with an IP candidate is the same as ever: it\'s really easy to run against \"politics as usual\" when you\'re an outsider, but then you get to the mansion and realize that you have no clue how to engage all those usual politicians--it\'s a recipe for 4 years of in-fighting and stagnation. But, hey, that\'s better than moving backwards, which Emmer guarantees.

Agreed.

100%

I\'m not dismissing the Range, I was just stating facts about Rukavina\'s expectations at the convention. I\'ve read Aaron\'s excellent post and agree with almost everything in it.

From talking to renew people at the convention.

I did consider that but I don\'t think it accounts for everything. I do think RT hid some delegates in Marty\'s pool, and MAK may have hid some with Rukavina, but the numbers don\'t quite add up in a way that makes that hidden pool incredibly significant. I\'m not sure, but I kept it out of the post because it\'s purely speculative and my gut says it doesn\'t account for everything anyway.

Thanks again!

Thanks Dan, it was exhausting but it was still fun.