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"The Obama White House and top Democratic congressional leaders, although shaken by the January 19 election of Republican Scott Brown to the Senate seat previously held by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), still hope to push broad health care restructuring legislation through Congress within a matter of weeks."
     -- Opening paragraph of an NRLC action alert found at http://nrlactioncenter.com

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Talk about trying to stay upright during an electoral earthquake! Whatever evidence of panic/discombobulation you read one minute, go back an hour later and you find even more examples which are even more frantic.

The epicenter, of course, is Massachusetts and the how-can-THIS-happen election of Republican Scott Brown to replace Democrat Ted Kennedy, a legend in Bay State politics who passed away in August. The aftershocks of Brown's 5% win were immediate--and they have only just begun.

Pro-abortion Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi

They include the pro-abortion Democratic congressional leadership scrambling to salvage a health care "reform" bill, opposition to which was at the heart of Brown's campaign. But as noted in the opening quote, we know that no matter what they say in the immediate aftermath of Brown's victory, these same Democrats are committed to sending a bill to President Obama that would be the greatest expansion of abortion by Congress since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

To understand why all you need do is go back to news accounts from early December.

The coronation of Democrat Marsha Coakley was all but official. Having won her party's primary, her biggest challenge was picking out staff and furniture for her Senate office.

And then….Coakley lost. The conclusion congealed almost instantly: if a Democrat can lose a senate race in Massachusetts, then no Democrat is safe….anywhere. Brown's election was the proverbial "2 x 4" upside the head, which is why in the first two days, we've heard (and will hear even more over the next couple of weeks) that pro-abortion Democrats "get it."

No, they haven't.

What they "get" is that the public is up in arms over a host of issues and that the trigger is a bloated health care "reform" bill that promotes abortion and threatens rationing. But that doesn't mean they will refrain from scratching the itch that will make Planned Parenthood and NARAL happy, or that they will address the many other components that infuriate the electorate. (Nor does it necessarily mean that a process wrapped in secrecy will suddenly be bathed in transparency.) It just means they'll be sneakier than ever.

Pro-abortion Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Weave all these threads together and what do you get? According to pollster Scott Rasmussen, "Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters nationwide favor the overall health care reform plan proposed by the president and congressional Democrats. That matches the lowest level of support yet. Fifty-six percent (56%) oppose the plan." (Emphasis added.)

But Senate Majority Leader Reid, House Speaker Pelosi, and President Obama are not about to let a little thing like massive opposition get in the way. They are personally committed to furthering the anti-life agenda, on the one hand.

On the other hand they have been reassured for a year that all they need do is pass the bill and then public resistance will magically be transformed into support as they learn of the "benefits." If they believe that--and I believe at heart they still do--we have to be more on alert than ever.

It's essential that you do immediately do two things. First, as mentioned above, visit http://nrlactioncenter.com. Each twist and turn will be documented.

Second, re-read and act upon Part One: Your Help Needed as NRLC Launches "E-Lobbying Week." Your help is indispensable!

Part Three