It had been a
long, long day, and I was just about to shut off my computer
last night when a request popped up on my screen. It was
11:00 pm, and a woman was asking to have NRLC's Presidential
comparison piece emailed to her.
She said there
were people at work who were still unsure of the candidates'
positions. She wrote that they needed to know the truth
about where the candidates stood on abortion. Her heartfelt
request was a great way to end an exhausting but fruitful
weekend.
Whether it be
last night, this morning, tonight, or all day tomorrow,
pro-lifers from Maine to Arizona, Washington to Florida will
continue to educate the American electorate. That fierce
determination to do everything humanly possible to alert the
citizenry is a source of incredible encouragement to me, and
ought to be to you as well.
I've been told
on occasion that sending out millions of NRL's brilliant
comparison pieces is "preaching to the choir." That everyone
already knows that Sen. Barack Obama hews to the
pro-abortion line with an unmatched passion and that Sen.
John McCain has a stalwart pro-life voting record over 25
years in the House and the Senate. But not everyone does
know. In fact it is sobering how many don't.
To take one
example, according to a piece I read early this morning, in
Survey USA's last look at
Minnesota Sen. McCain was closing in on Sen. Obama. Great
news. But what jumped out at me was that "Obama inexplicably
gets 23% of the pro-life vote in Minnesota."
That tells me that even though
our Minnesota affiliate has done a tremendous job explaining
the truth to Minnesotans, nearly a quarter of pro-lifers had
been deceived by a man who can charm the leaves off the
trees. And Minnesota is not alone.
With that in mind, even though
it's late, don't stop thinking about tomorrow: educate,
educate, educate.
While it is clear that Sen.
McCain is trailing, more importantly it is equally clear he
is rapidly closing the gap. Mason-Dixon is historically
among the very best polls. Its latest results have Sen.
McCain slightly ahead in three states he must win: Ohio,
Missouri, and North Carolina. Equally important Mason-Dixon
has him down only three in Virginia and four in
Pennsylvania.
McCain has been closing in both
states for sometime. I would have loved to have been in the
newsroom of the ridiculously pro-Obama Washington Post
when one its reporters wrote over the weekend that
"thousands of volunteers" had "flocked to Pennsylvania" to
help the McCain campaign.
