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A lot going on, so let me offer a synopsis of a number of items. (Thanks to all of you who have kept me up to date minute-by-minute with emails and Facebook postings.)

Doug Hoffman

#1. Big news in New York's 23rd Congressional district in the election to replace Rep. John McHugh, appointed by pro-abortion President Barack Obama to be Secretary of the Army. Dede Scozzafava, the out-of-touch pro-abortion Republican (whom the Establishment Media insists to this day was/is a "moderate"), dropped out on Saturday. She pointedly did not endorse the insurgent pro-life Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, whose ascension forced her out of the race. Instead--as I predicted to the woman who told me about the withdrawal Saturday afternoon-- Scozzafava subsequently endorsed her fellow pro-abortionist, Democrat Bill Owens. Hoffman now has a narrow lead in the latest polls.

Equally as predictable as Scozzafava reverting to form was the same without-a-clue national media pronouncement that a victory for Hoffman is really a defeat for the Republican Party. To quote a song from my youth, when will they ever learn?

Christopher Christie

#2. It's back and forth and forth and back in New Jersey. The latest polling data puts pro-life Republican Chris Christie ever-so-narrowly ahead of pro-abortion incumbent Democrat Gov. Jon Corzine. Corzine is as rich as he is unpopular and he benefits from an Independent being in the race which splits the anti-Corzine vote. A real nail-bitter.

Bob McDonnell

#3. In Virginia, pro-life Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell continues to gain momentum over his pro-abortion opponent, Democrat Creigh Deeds. The most fascinating development, according to press accounts, is that Deeds has virtually given up going after the Independents. He is focusing his time and money on rallying Democrats, particularly those who voted last year for Obama, but who are less than overwhelmed with Deeds.

#4. Sign of the times? Well, maybe it's a sign that the communication among grassroots people has taken a quantum leap forward. I'm referring to the online poll at NPR--ideologically a compatriot of the New York Times/Washington Post/Network News nexus--over the battle between the Obama Administration and Fox News.

The title of the article explaining the poll is, "In White House vs. Fox News War of Words, Who Gets Your Vote?" The two primary options are, "The White House on this one; Fox News isn't "fair and balanced"; and "Fox News on this one; it asks questions others don't and the White House should be able to handle them."

As of the last update I saw, 81% gave their "vote" to Fox.

#5. Over the weekend I was at Borders bookstore and I happen to see a large, beautifully illustrated version of the classic Lennart Nilsson book, "A Child is Born." Even in our Internet era, sitting on a chair, paging through the magnificent photos of fetal development was an awesome experience. Then, this morning I read a story out of Texas which again impressed me with the power of recognition.

Abby Johnson resigned from Planned Parenthood, a "part of her life" for the past eight year," when "she realized she wanted to leave, after watching an ultrasound of an abortion procedure." According to KBTX.com, "I just thought I can't do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that's it." She'd worked as the Bryan Planned Parenthood Director for two years.

There were other ominous elements, which no doubt contributed to her decision. According to the story, Johnson said the clinic had changed "its business model from one that pushed prevention, to one that focused on abortion."

Johnson told KBTX, "The money wasn't in family planning, the money wasn't in prevention, the money was in abortion and so I had a problem with that." Reading between the lines perhaps the final straw was she "was told to bring in more women who wanted abortions, something the Episcopalian church goer recently became convicted about."

"I feel so pure in heart (since leaving)," Johnson said. "I don't have this guilt, I don't have this burden on me anymore that's how I know this conversion was a spiritual conversion."