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RE :”Not everyone will agree, but personally I think the “off-color” Limbaugh Fluke comments, Obama’s counterattack (likely planned before as part of the trap), and the defense of Limbaugh by some on the Right, puts at least a temporary burden on GOP candidates. Romney was lucky that a CNN Dem operative attacked his wife, but the subject surely will materialize again.”

I cant disagree with that but I also think their move on the ‘religious freedom’ battle wrt employer mandates, not even in effect yet, was not thought out, was poorly planned and poorly executed. Dems were much more effective using it as a vehicle to declare a Republican ‘war on women.’

I had a bad feeling about it from the start and now congressional Republicans have abandoned that fight, much as they did the FICA fight.

The 'Ryan Plan 2' restores the cuts in the military made in Boehner's House's keystone deficit reduction bill, where Boehner got 95% of what he wanted.

Pretty pathetic record.

I cant disagree with that but I also think their move on the ‘religious freedom’ battle wrt employer mandates, not even in effect yet, was not thought out, was poorly planned and poorly executed.

At least the religious freedom issue had something noble in its roots. Although I agree with Limbaugh that forcing the rest of us to pay for medically unnecessary birth control prescriptions is wrong, the language he used and many FReepers defended was shameful (IMO), and made it easy for O to drum up the "war on women."

Dems were much more effective using it as a vehicle to declare a Republican ‘war on women.’

Except that one of them counter-blundered with the attack on R's wife.