[ARCADIA]

It's going to hurt the GOP for years.

The whole mess has illustrated the GOP's lack of leadership. In that sense, it will hurt the party.

[Conservative_Rob]

It's going to hurt the GOP for years. The whole mess has illustrated the GOP's lack of leadership. In that sense, it will hurt the party.

You're right - as long as the party I fought for shows no signs of wanting to save this poor woman I will never vote for either of the two main parties agian - THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE. The GOP politicians who are putting on a show of compassion (Jeb Bush) are calculating the exact moment when they can rush in and remove Terri so that she will have no chance for recovery. That way they can show their base that they took action and the death crowd can have their their wishes satisfied.

Call me synical, but that's the way I see it.

[Warlord]

"The whole mess has illustrated the GOP's lack of leadership. In that sense, it will hurt the party."

Good. Social conservatives have been loyal to the GOP on the basis of a purported commitment to work against the culture of death. The Terri S. case presented the GOP with a moment of truth. When push comes to shove, the GOP will spend little "political capital" to advance a cultural of life.