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Adele Stan

Adele M. Stan is AlterNet's Washington bureau chief. Follow her on Twitter: @addiestan

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HUCKABEE RESPONDS TO RYAN WHITE'S MOM

Adele StanDec 11, 2007

Former Baptist minister and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has been on the defensive since it was revealed last week that he had, while governor of Arkansas, called for the "isolation" of AIDS patients from the general population. This weekend, on Fox News Sunday, Huckabee defended those remarks, here via Mark Silva writing for The Swamp:

GOING BOTH WAYS: GIULIANI ON GAYS AND CATHOLICISM

Adele StanDec 11, 2007

Once considered something of a friend to the gay community, Rudy Giuliani has managed to raise the ire of LGBT voters who may have considered him their best bet among the Republican presidential contenders.

2008: The Year of the Single Woman Voter?

The Democrats' quest for unmarried women voters could yield a new election narrative that offers a better look at the state of the republic than we've seen in the recent past.

Adele StanDec 04, 2007

The narrative that emerges from the contest for the 2008 Democratic nomination will likely be a story about women. That's understandable given the major milestone that is the candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Still, I can't help but have some trepidation as I contemplate how that story will be told.

HUCKABEE'S NIGHT.

Adele StanNov 29, 2007

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee emerged strong from this debate, coming across as reasonable, compassionate, humble and humorous. If G.O.P. leaders knew what they were doing, they'd throw in with this guy and get him some dough. (See my colleagues at TAPPED writing on this phenomenon earlier in the day.) Thankfully, their own elitism will likely prevent party leaders from giving the former preacher the nod. After all, Mike ain't no fortunate son.

BOOING THE GAY GENERAL.

Adele StanNov 29, 2007

In a breathtaking moment for us queer folk, a question submitted by an openly gay retired brigadier general was aired by Anderson Cooper, who is rumored to be gay. The general not only challenged the "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy; he did so by turning the tables. Why, he wanted to know, did the candidates not trust the professionalism of American soldiers to work with gay men and lesbians?

As it turns out, the good general was in the audience, and when Cooper gave the elderly gentleman -- who served more than 40 years in the military -- the microphone, Brig. Gen. Keith Kerr (ret.) was booed by an audience of Republicans. There's your patriotism for you.

--Adele M. Stan

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