Moderates were annoyed by the ejection of Nick Hurd, Greg Barker and Damian Green from their responsibilities for civil society, climate change and policing; the loss of the septuagenarian Ken Clarke was a bigger, though expected, blow (see Bagehot).
If he loses, many Democrats will surely focus on what they see as Mr. Obama's timidity, be it on civil liberties, climate policy, the filibuster or public-works programs to help the unemployed.
Tech entrepreneur Dilawar Syed said he supports Honda because the congressman "leads with conviction" on issues such as civil rights, climate change and immigration reform, not only on tech issues.
"So before I begin talking about the civil rights climate at USDA," the example says, "I'd like to address the situation in another nation that is just now forging the path to democracy". Bingo!
"The Republican party is on the wrong side of Lilly Ledbetter, fiscal responsibility, unions, civil rights, climate change, evolution, the Big Bang theory, stem cells, Medicare, and me, and that's why we will let them be, in their government-funded event center, to sell their song and dance without me," he wrote.
"Ashe's experience and leadership working at the intersection of racial, economic, and sexual justice will strengthen the Public Rights/Private Conscience Project's work illuminating the meaning and stakes of the rise of religious liberty claims in the current civil rights climate," said Professor Katherine Franke, PRPCP's Faculty Director.
We've seen the latter in civil rights, climate change and food-related issues.
As examples of the kinds of issues that would be covered, Harvey and Falck cited "abortion, civil rights, climate change, guns, healthcare, immigration, national security, social security, taxes, and trade," though they also said that list will likely evolve over time.
As such, fruitful cross-fertilization may be possible as we seek to understand how normative values can be pursued under existing conditions of material differentials where the threat of international and civil war, climate change disaster, financial crises, and many other issues still loom large.
