Many thoughts go through your head the moment you really, truly decide to run for governor.

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Even more thoughts go through it when you know it will be as an independent.

If you’re doing the hard work of very deliberately planning the many details of your campaign, the questions at first are almost nonstop:

The "liberal" community, including its passionate support for gay marriage has been all the twitter the last two days over the Supreme Court's decisions on DOMA and Proposition 8. Conservatives lie in shock, as two "traditional marriage" protecting laws have gone up in flames. But in all the passionate fury, there's been little discussion about the implications of the Proposition 8 decision; and it should give liberals and conservatives serious concern.

Now for the slippery slope arguments—those rationally indefensible, but emotionally satisfying predictions of what "something" is going to lead to. The “somethings,” of course, are the two recent Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage. The “what they are going to lead to-s” are getting more interesting by the hour. The following five potential world-ending catastrophes have all been culled from statements of politicians and pundits over the last few weeks. From what I can tell, they represent something like a consent-agenda for the coming parade of horribles.

Now for the slippery slope arguments—those rationally indefensible, but emotionally satisfying predictions of what "something" is going to lead to. The “somethings,” of course, are the two recent Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage. The “what they are going to lead to-s” are getting more interesting by the hour. The following five potential world-ending catastrophes have all been culled from statements of politicians and pundits over the last few weeks. From what I can tell, they represent something like a consent-agenda for the coming parade of horribles.