The Perils of Single-Issue Voting

Matt Welch | February 5, 2008

Way back in that kinder, gentler era of November 2000, Hamlet-like Slate commentator Mickey Kaus explained that one of his great motivating considerations in leaning toward Al Gore for president was to ... prevent a Hillary Clinton presidency.

In 2008, Kaus' single issue is restricting immigration, so he's leaning toward ... Hillary Clinton!