And that's a very good thing for Democrats, and a very bad thing for Republicans.

Here's why:

Yes, polls out indicate that a majority of Americans support the Arizona bill, by over 60%. Here's the thing about those polls, though: they all show a specific bias in the questioning. For example, here's the question in Gallup's poll:

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So, I'm a news and politics junkie. I admit it.

Which is why I'm interested in the British Election, even though I've never so much as been to Britain. 
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Part 7 of a 7 part series

Part 1: On The Proposed NASA Budget
Part 2: Understanding Current NASA Structure: Space Race to the Shuttle
Part 3: Fundamental Problems with the Shuttle, ISS, and Constellation
Part 4: Commercial Space
Part 5: 2009: The Obama Administration Takes Stewardship of NASA
Part 6: Mars: Still Within Reach

So yeah, this is the last of ( Read more... )

Part 6 of a 7 part series

Part 1: On The Proposed NASA Budget
Part 2: Understanding Current NASA Structure: Space Race to the Shuttle
Part 3: Fundamental Problems with the Shuttle, ISS, and Constellation
Part 4: Commercial Space
Part 5: 2009: The Obama Administration Takes Stewardship of NASA

A useful thing that the International Space Station can do for ( Read more... )

Part 5 of a 7 part series

Part 1: On The Proposed NASA Budget
Part 2: Understanding Current NASA Structure: Space Race to the Shuttle
Part 3: Fundamental Problems with the Shuttle, ISS, and Constellation
Part 4: Commercial Space

When Obama took office, he commissioned a committee to review NASA's operations and budget. By this point, Constellation was ( Read more... )

Part 4 of a 7 part series

Part 1: On The Proposed NASA Budget
Part 2: Understanding Current NASA Structure: Space Race to the Shuttle
Part 3: Fundamental Problems with the Shuttle, ISS, and Constellation

The thing most are familiar with when it comes to commercial space is Virgin Galactic, built on the success of Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne. Virgin ( Read more... )

So I saw Repo Men over the weekend, and it was fan-fucking-tastic. Everything a science fiction/cyberpunk thrill should be ( Read more... )

Part 2 of 7 part series

Part 1: On The Proposed NASA Budget
Part 2: Understanding Current NASA Structure: Space Race to the Shuttle

The first problem with the Shuttle was in the switch in design that had to come about when we originally decided not to build a Space Station and a Shuttle. See, the Space Station was supposed to be this giant space ( Read more... )

Part 2 of 7 part series

Part 1: On the Proposed NASA Budget

To get an idea of how the new NASA budget impacts the industry, one has to understand the current NASA structure. To this end, it is necessary to understand the expectations acting on NASA and it's past. You have to understand what NASA in the 60's was really like, and what the real ( Read more... )

So, this is actually an area I can claim a bit of expertise in, but it's a complicated issue. I also figure some are interested in my take as an Obama supporter ( Read more... )