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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Convictions : why endorse</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/why+endorse/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: why endorse</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>The Endorsement Follows the Covenant—Why I Endorse Sen. Obama</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/03/27/the-endorsement-follows-the-covenant-why-i-endorse-senator-obama.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:2261</guid><dc:creator>Doug Kmiec</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/comments/2261.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2261</wfw:commentRss><description>My endorsement of Senator Obama seems to have piqued some Republican and Catholic interest in the Senator, and whether as a consequence, I should be: (A.) tried by military commission or (B.) simply shot on the blogosphere of battle.  All things considered, I guess I should just be happy to learn John McCain wants to shutter Gitmo, but in genuine respect of, and gratitude to, the many who have shared their own thoughts, here is a bit more explanation....(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/03/27/the-endorsement-follows-the-covenant-why-i-endorse-senator-obama.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2261" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/Douglas+W.+Kmiec/default.aspx">Douglas W. Kmiec</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/Obama/default.aspx">Obama</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/mccain/default.aspx">mccain</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/endorsement/default.aspx">endorsement</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/why+endorse/default.aspx">why endorse</category></item></channel></rss>