[Alberta's Child]

The author of this article looks upon this book as an indication of Gingrich's presidential ambitions. I look upon this book as nothing more than his ambition to sell books.

I think Gingrich did a lot of great things in Washington, and I agree he's got a great political mind in many respects. But let's be honest here . . . he's really no different than any other Beltway has-been who has a lot of things to say about the political process and a lot of advice to offer despite his own failure to capitalize on the opportunities as they were presented to him.

Which brings us to our current Congress and President. They can pass this and Bush would surely sign into law, yet no one in the Pro-Life movement is championing it.

People mistakenly assume that just because the GOP has a majority in both Houses of Congress, they'll be able to pass any legislation like this. The reality is that the GOP doesn't even have enough votes on its own side of the aisle to do this -- let alone any Democrat attempt to filibuster it in the U.S. Senate. Does anyone really think people like Olympia Snowe and Lincoln Chafee are going to support this?

Even-more so Beelzabubba Klinton would certianly have vetoed the bill and there was NO WAY there was a 2/3 majority to override.

This is precisely where Gingrich was a master in Washington, because it never prevented him from passing any legislation at all. He would gladly seize upon the opportunity to pass a bill knowing full well that Clinton intended to veto it -- because Clinton could potentially pay a steep price for doing so. In fact, Gingrich probably had Clinton figured out quite well by the time the 1996 election rolled around. Clinton was such an unprincipled opportunist that he had signed almost every element of GOP's "Contract With America" into law.

[cpforlife.org]

"People mistakenly assume that just because the GOP has a majority in both Houses of Congress, they'll be able to pass any legislation like this. The reality is that the GOP doesn't even have enough votes on its own side of the aisle to do this -- let alone any Democrat attempt to filibuster it in the U.S. Senate. Does anyone really think people like Olympia Snowe and Lincoln Chafee are going to support this?"

Excellent points as usual AC. I stopped making ASSumptions about political parties, especially in regardgs to abortion years ago. I do sometimes throw out an idea to offer hope for this bleak situation which possibly could help focus on the GOP's inaction on this.