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No Chance We'll Fall for
That One Part Four of Four By Dave Andrusko
Let's put a couple of items together, one from yesterday and one from today, and see what they might tell us. I think you will agree the conclusions are both thought-provoking and motivating. We've documented pro-abortion President Barack Obama's plummeting approval ratings many times. But just how far he's fallen may have escaped you, as it did me. Let me quote the first two-and-a half-paragraphs of "Obama Approval Index Month-by-Month," which ran Sunday at Rasmussen Reports. "When tracking President Obama's job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below. "The number of voters who Strongly Disapprove of the president's performance inched up a point to a new high of 44% in September. At the same time, the number who Strongly Approve held steady at 27%. Those figures generate a full month Presidential Approval Index rating of -17, down a point from last month. "Over the past four months, the Presidential Approval Index has been at -16 or -17 every month. Those are the lowest levels yet recorded for the current president." Appearing in the Washington Post this morning is an story entitled, "Republicans to target new health-care law after November elections," written by staff writer N.C. Aizenman. The lead paragraph reads as follows: "Repeal and Replace." That's what Republicans are saying about the new health-care law as they look toward the Nov. 2 midterm elections. If they win the House, and possibly the Senate, they say, among their top priorities will be to undo President Obama's signature legislative achievement. The thrust of the piece is that even if Republicans capture one, even two houses of Congress next month, they will have a formidable challenge ahead of them in undoing all of ObamaCare's mischief. What should we say to that thesis, which we will see a lot of in the next four weeks? First, nobody said repeal and replace would be easy. That's why pro-lifers, led by National Right to Life, poured tremendous amounts of time, energy, and resources into trying to keep ObamaCare from passing in the first place! That we lost a major battle is regrettable. That we would ever stop seeking to regain lost ground is unthinkable. Second, many of the worse provisions of ObamaCare do not begin to kick in for another year or more. And there is, as the Post story explains, a lot of preliminary work that we can attempt to stop in its tracks. Third, not only are we a patient, determined lot, after decades of practice we instantly recognize when pro-abortionists in and out of the media are trying to discourage us. Isn't going to work. Which is why you should read the October issue of National Right to Life News from cover to cover. If you are not a subscriber, call us at 202-626-8828. And be sure each day to read "Today's News & Views" and "National Right to Life News Today" and post them on your social networks. Please send your comments on Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today to daveandrusko@gmail.com. If you like, join those who are following me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/daveha |
