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Eight Days Out--What Do We Know?
Part One of Three By Dave Andrusko Good evening, and thanks for taking time out from your busy schedule to read Today's News & Views. Part Two is a chilling reminder that babies born with severe medical difficulties can be and are ignored. Part Three summarizes the latest under-handed pro-abortion electoral tactics. Over at National Right to Life News Today (www.nationalrighttolifenews.org), Wesley Smith writes about medical neglect while Dr. Randall K. O'Bannon summarizes the lessons learned ten years after RU486 was brought into this country. 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.
"With less than half of the country
approving of the job he's doing as president, Obama spent much of his
four-day trip in some of the most liberal enclaves in the country --
Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles -- far from the more
conservative communities where congressional Democrats are on the firing
line and where he is not really welcome. The map that Obama famously
expanded in 2008 has suddenly shrunk." "While the crowd hoisted signs that
stated 'Virg Surge,' [a reference to Virg Bernero, the Democratic candidate
for governor of Michigan] the turnout at the rally was anemic. More than 500
people came to the rally, but the gym at Renaissance High School was only
about one-third full, even though [former President Bill] Clinton used to
command full houses wherever he went, especially in Detroit." "In the final pre-election Battleground Poll, Republicans hold a 14-point edge among independents and lead overall, 47 percent to 42 percent, in the generic ballot match up. … The Republican lead expands to 12 points in the generic ballot among those 'extremely likely' to vote." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What does this tell us? For beginners, because almost all of these Republicans are pro-life and almost all of the Democrats are pro-abortion, there exists the possibility of reshuffling the deck. Only this time the cards will come off the top. Also, it is difficult to exaggerate how badly ObamaCare has hurt Democrats. There is a lot of free-floating anxiety about "big" or "obtrusive" government. But none of it strikes as close to home as the impact of a health care "reform" that commandeered a sixth of the national economy and opened the door to ever-more government funding of the abortion industry and the rationing of medical care. Obama and the equally pro-abortion Democratic congressional leadership had a choice to make after two pro-life Republican gubernatorial candidates won in Virginia and New Jersey last year, and a Republican won the Senate seat formerly occupied for decades by the late Teddy Kennedy: Learn something or defy the electorate's clear opposition. Instead of "heeding the warnings, Democrats proceeded with the $1 trillion health care law and banked on an economic recovery that hasn't come, according to POLITCO's James Hohmann and Jim VandeHei. Referring to results from the Battleground Poll, they add, "On health care: 62 percent of independents hold an unfavorable view of the new law (compared to 52 percent overall). Only six percent of independents view the legislation very favorably." In addition--and most important--even Bill Clinton is having trouble drawing crowds. Pro-abortion President Obama flies out only to those areas of the country that are sure to stir up memories of "Yes we can" at a time when the message in most of the country is, "Oh no, you won't." I've never believed Obama had his finger on the pulse of the American people. He just caught a wave, which allowed him to hide both abundant weaknesses and scarcity of executive experience. But now his remarks on the stump seem--at best--disconnected from what is happening to him. Obama is waist-deep in opposition yet he acts as if his shoes are dry. There is no guaranteeing anything that happens in eight days can catch the attention of a man whose self-confidence knows no bounds. But if enough pro-abortion Democrats join the ranks of the unemployed, perhaps the remaining members of the House and Senate will re-think ObamaCare and the Obama Abortion Agenda. |
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pithy, poignant headline or paragraph can encapsulate a mountain of data and
impressions. Let me offer three, eight days out from the November 2 mid-term
elections. One is from Saturday, one from Sunday, and one from today.