[sickoflibs]

RE :”Rick does not understand how to debate civic issues. Take birth control. The question is not whether birth control is wanted by women or not or whether it is moral. Rick fell into the left’s trap.
The debate was about the Federal government ordering religious people to violate their consciences, thereby ending religious freedom. No one is proposing birth control be banned by the Catholic church. That is a red herring put up by Obama.”

It remains to be seen if the Church rights angle sells in beating this mandate.

The problem with it is that the specific objection is against Birth Control which gives Dems the opening you reference to try to rally women voters. Republicans thought this would be low hanging political fruit against Obama-care when they jumped in, but it is not turning out that way. The idea of 'Free' birth control is very popular.

The real problem is the popular mandates that the courts allow and Republicans are scared to challenge. ‘Free’ birth control is the recent example but mandates on hospitals to treat the uninsured for free is also popular and was a incremental step to the personal mandate and Obama-care.

[SaraJohnson]

Right! But arguing from a point of view of freedom is the only way we will defeat these socialist, dictating fools. We need to learn to do that and educate the public. Rick can’t do it.

Newt can do it.

[LeopoldvonRanke]

That’s the problem - people are always for free stuff, when it benefits them.

It’s wrong to force me to be paying for your contracpetion, and right now, Rick’s the only one opposed to it.

I thought Newt was supposed to be strong on pocketbook issues - apparently not.