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Are You Keeping Track of the Mid-Term
Elections? Part One of Four 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 of how far and how fast suicide is moving in Switzerland. Part Three recapitulates a debate that included Prof. John Finnis. Part Four updates you on another challenge to free speech. Over at National Right to Life News Today (www.nationalrighttolifenews.org), Wesley Smith writes about the right of patients to have their medical wishes honored. Liz Townsend tells us about more PPFA mischief, this time in Utah. Luis Zaffirini exposes an abortion campaign that targets Hispanic women, and I write a piece about infanticide, which, alas, never goes away. 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.
* There are some lame attempts to minimize the importance , but nothing can change one of THE fundamental underlying dynamics of 2010: Republicans are miles ahead in enthusiasm. Or, at USA Today headlined its account, "Poll: GOP voters far more fired up than Democrats." The record-setting gap is a whopping 26%! "Despite across-the-country rallies by President Obama and get-out-the-vote efforts by his allies, only 37% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning registered voters report more enthusiasm than usual about voting, a decline from early in the year," writes Susan Page. "Meanwhile 63% of Republicans and Republican-leaning registered voters say they are more enthusiastic than usual, the biggest advantage for either party on this key measure in any midterm election since Gallup began asking the question in 1994. Then, Republicans had a 9-point enthusiasm advantage in a year Democrats lost control of the U.S. House and Senate." * There is a reason that in many parts of the country the only image of Obama you see is on a milk carton. His popularity has dropped to an almost unimaginable level. "Currently, two-thirds of Americans (67%) have a negative opinion of the job President Obama is doing while just over one-third (37%) have a positive opinion," according to the Harris Poll, which always gins up numbers for Democrats. "This continues the president's downward trend and he is now at the lowest job approval rating of his presidency." Gannett's Chuck Raasch writes, "A recent Quinnipiac poll of Ohio voters indicated that, by 32 to 9 percentage points, they would be less likely rather than more likely to vote for a Democrat if Obama campaigned for that candidate. Among independent voters, that broke a stunning 35 to 4 against Obama" (emphasis added). * The advantage Republicans enjoy on the "generic congressional ballot" (where no candidate's name appears and the respondent is asked what party they would vote for) is staggering. According to Gallup, if you take the high turnout scenario (more than 40% of the electorate), the GOP leads by 9 points--52% to 43%. That soars to 14% (55% to 41%), if the turnout is under 40%. * Yesterday I wrote about just a few of the pro-abortion Democrats' dirty tricks. News today out of Fox5Vegas.com that voters trying to vote for pro-life Sharron Angle "are complaining that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's name was already checked when they went to cast their ballots" in early voting Monday. "'Something's not right,' voter Joyce Ferrara told the network, saying several people reported the same problem. 'One person that's a fluke. Two, that's strange. But several within a five-minute period of time -- that's wrong.'" I think you get the picture. I hope you've helped those pro-lifers who might need assistance to vote early (where states allow). You can find this out at http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Sept10/nv091710part2.html. Likewise, in competitive races NRLC is
providing you with the kind of information you need to know where the
candidates stand. Go to And please, PLEASE forward all the material from Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News today to all your pro-life contacts using your social contacts. |
You
can tell we are six days out from the November 2nd mid-term elections by the
heavy traffic at Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today.
Obviously pro-lifers are busy at work on the eve of elections that will set
the tone not only for the next two years, but also for 2012 and beyond. As
always, there is so much to digest, I will offer summary bullet points.