Posted on 10/28/2014 12:16:50 PM PDT by right-wing agnostic
LITTLETON, Colo. To many Republicans, the Democratic "war on women" campaign against GOP Senate candidate Cory Gardner is an outrage. But for Gardner himself, it is also a test.
How would Gardner react when incumbent Sen. Mark Udall and national Democrats accused him of scheming to deny women access to birth control? The accusation seemed ridiculous, but what if Colorado voters took it seriously?
Gardner certainly took it seriously, and he reacted by taking two steps. First, he abandoned his earlier support for so-called personhood measures that Democrats charged would lead to bans on some forms of contraception. And second, he called for the birth control pill to be made available over the counter.
After that, even though Udall kept up the attack, the punch of the "war on women" began to weaken. The Udall campaign officially learned that its strategy wasn't working when the Denver Post endorsed Gardner and excoriated Udall's "obnoxious one-issue campaign."
How did Gardner do it? On Saturday, I rode with him between get-out-the-vote stops in the Denver suburbs, and I asked him to take me through the thinking that led him to change his positions on personhood and the pill.
"Those are both policy decisions," Gardner began, "realizing that I was wrong to have supported personhood because of the implications that it could have and it's important to recognize that and then also recognizing that we should be about policies, and we should be about solutions."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Atta-boy! When the dems turn up the heat, abandon your principles! Keen strategy!
My guess is they were never his principles in the first place, just what he had to say to win the primary. I have never seen a republican become more conservative after winning the primary and certainly not after being elected.
Bans not on contraception, but on abortifacients.
They lie like Nazis.
With mass murder as their goal.
I haven’t filled out my ballot yet. I guess I should vote for Udall instead.
What possible difference could it make?
Exactly!
I find myself aligned with Gardner’s views.
I think people should have safe sex, if it means using condoms and birth control pills.
I’m against abortion as a form of birth control.
My position is well in line with those of most Americans.
If the Democrats think that’s anti-woman, they’re not winning over too many people.
I havent filled out my ballot yet. I guess I should vote for Udall instead.
You agree with Udall on much?
Nothing actually.
I predict Cory will beat Mark Uterus. Go Cory!
Another “Happy conservative warrior”
Yes!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.