[Petronski]

. . . how can a scorecard equate a vote against the Partial Birth Abortion ban with a vote against a questionable social welfare plan?

Because a leftist has no concern for the unborn.

[Paleo Conservative]

. . . how can a scorecard equate a vote against the Partial Birth Abortion ban with a vote against a questionable social welfare plan?

"Because a leftist has no concern for the unborn."

The leftist also has no concern with the reality that those who are born have to deal with either. Leftists are concerned about their fuzzy il-considered intentions rather than the results of their actions. They equate support for suffocating "social welfare programs" with caring about the outcomes for people less fortunate than themselves.

Welfare reform has been enormously beneficial to the lives of poor people in the US since 1996, but leftists are loathe to acknowledge that.