Something odd happened Monday. An Obama administration official delivered a major speech outlining the president’s position on a national topic that has been the subject of intense debate. Yet the Republican field was largely silent.

Why? Because when it comes to allowing a group of government officials to decide to target accused terrorists with lethal stikes — a death panel, if you will — President Barack Obama and Republican candidates are largely on the same page.

As Attorney General Eric Holder laid out in a speech in Chicago, the Obama administration believes that U.S. citizens can be targeted for killing under certain circumstances and that an executive branch review of the evidence against a subject of targeted killing counts as due process under the Constitution.

While most of the Republican candidates haven’t gone into great detail about the legal reasoning behind their views on executive power, two Republican presidential candidates still in the race — Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich — are on the record in support of targeted killing. Ron Paul is a definite “no,” while Rick Santorum didn’t answer the New York Times survey.

— Obama, Romney And Gingrich Agree: The Government Doesn’t Need A Court To Kill You
Ryan J. Reilly (via manicchill)
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  21. theamericanbear said: It is infinitely sad that the Rush Limbaugh “controversy” (as though he hasn’t been spewing bile for years) is overtaking this much more important development in the mainstream news as well as the ‘liberal’ blogosphere (and tumblr, unfortunately.)
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