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GOP leader fears backlash if Roe v. Wade is overturned
Boston Globe ^ | November 17, 2005 | Nina Easton

Posted on 11/17/2005 12:39:15 AM PST by AZRepublican

WASHINGTON -- The Republican lawmaker who helped guide the GOP to an expanded majority in the House three years ago warned yesterday that a Supreme Court ruling overturning a woman's legal right to an abortion -- a possibility if the high court shifts further to the right -- could hurt his party's political prospects and cause a ''sea change" in suburban voting habits.

Representative Tom Davis of Virginia, who chaired the National Republican Congressional Committee through the 2002 election, said that if the Supreme Court threw out Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that established that abortion rights were protected by the Constitution, ''you're going to have a lot of very nervous suburban candidates."

At a breakfast gathering of reporters, Davis said Republicans have a political cushion with voters as long as Roe is intact. Currently, ''you can be prolife and no one feels that's a threat to someone having to make a difficult decision" if abortion is illegal, he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 109th; abortion; constitution; gop; roewade; scotus; statesrights; tomdavis
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1 posted on 11/17/2005 12:39:16 AM PST by AZRepublican
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To: AZRepublican
Doncha love the way politicians 'play' their constituents?
2 posted on 11/17/2005 12:41:52 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Peace Begins in the Womb)
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To: AZRepublican

"Davis said Republicans have a political cushion with voters as long as Roe is intact"


Yeah, Mister Davis. Why don't you tell 'Republican' guys to marry those girls and a lot of them would be thrilled to keep those kids.

Get a spine and a Bible, Sir.


3 posted on 11/17/2005 12:47:13 AM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
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To: AZRepublican

The guy is apparently an idiot.

Overturning Row v. Wade doesn't not make it illegal. It simply means states can do as they please with the issue. As if California or New York would be any different than they are now - short of forcing tax payers to pay for them as a "right".


4 posted on 11/17/2005 12:47:57 AM PST by DB (©)
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To: AZRepublican

Could these idiots be any more out of touch? And these are the folks people think will stand behind George Bush on any grand battle for conservative court justices?


5 posted on 11/17/2005 12:50:17 AM PST by Rokke
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To: DB

The guy is absolutely correct. He sees the price to pay, and does not like it. And who could blame him?


6 posted on 11/17/2005 12:51:46 AM PST by GSlob
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To: AZRepublican

Yeah, Davis, I'm more concerned about your maintaining membership at some exclusive country club than I am about innocent babies being butchered. Selfish coward.


7 posted on 11/17/2005 12:53:30 AM PST by line drive to right
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To: AZRepublican

Sounds like a compromise is in order. How about we make a law that says an unborn baby is 3/5ths of a born one?


8 posted on 11/17/2005 12:53:41 AM PST by thoughtomator (The only thing to be said for the Republican party is that the Democrats are far worse.)
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To: AZRepublican

All these Republicans coming out against President Bush are a bunch of chickens who should be shown the door. They lack total character. One comes out for the ouster of Tom Delay another comes out for a new windfall tax and now one comes out who is pro abortion. They all ought to keep their mouths shut. They would not be in the positionthat they are in if it weren't for leaders like Tom Delay.


9 posted on 11/17/2005 12:53:50 AM PST by rambo316 (The democRATS cotinue in their treasonous ways.)
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To: DB

And I would like to see the reaction of these US liberal when the day arrives with news like this:

"Rep. Mohammad Al Hussein (D-MI) is calling a review of the current arrangemnt of abortion in the United States, stating that any abortion after 40 days is contrary to Islamic teachings. 'It is well past the time for the United States honor Islamic values by stopping the practice of massacring infants. This is an adomination under the eyes of Allah.' The Inam of the Dearborn Muslim Mosque at Dearborn Heights threatens to issue fatwas to any US congress member who don't support overturning Roe vs Wade."


10 posted on 11/17/2005 12:55:53 AM PST by NZerFromHK (Alberta independentists to Canada (read: Ontario and Quebec): One hundred years is long enough)
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To: AZRepublican

You want backlash? If Roberts, Alito and other nominees turn out to be pro-Roe Tony Kennedy clones, Mr Davis will see the real backlash.


11 posted on 11/17/2005 12:57:36 AM PST by irishjuggler
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To: AZRepublican

Or, it could be overturned, abortion would go back to the states, and we could have the debate we always wanted about the proper role of the federal government and the limits of the bill of rights.

Instead, we get these nutless wonders wringing their hands.


12 posted on 11/17/2005 12:57:38 AM PST by flashbunny (LOCKBOX: Where most republicans keep their gonads after they arrive in Washington D.C.)
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To: GSlob

"And who could blame him?"

People with actual principles?


13 posted on 11/17/2005 12:58:36 AM PST by flashbunny (LOCKBOX: Where most republicans keep their gonads after they arrive in Washington D.C.)
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To: GSlob

Gee I feel terrible for him... So what if others who can't actually speak for themselves are the ones paying the price with their lives.

I won't have a long debate with you about it because we both know it's a waste of our time.


14 posted on 11/17/2005 1:02:23 AM PST by DB (©)
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To: AZRepublican
GOP leader fears backlash if Roe v. Wade is overturned

Then they are not fit to be "GOP leaders." They are not even fit to be dogcatcher if they fear what will happen if they do the job they were hired to do!

15 posted on 11/17/2005 1:05:32 AM PST by Prime Choice (Mechanical Engineers build weapons. Civil Engineers build targets.)
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To: AZRepublican

Well, abortion is disgusting, but it is here to stay. Even overturning Roe will only buy us some traditional-thinking states, the rest will go on as before, I fear.


16 posted on 11/17/2005 1:06:11 AM PST by tellico
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To: flashbunny
Careful with all that talk about principles there, 'bunny! You know that'll get you called a "Hillary supporter" by the Liberal RINOs every time!

;o)

17 posted on 11/17/2005 1:07:08 AM PST by Prime Choice (Mechanical Engineers build weapons. Civil Engineers build targets.)
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To: DB

It would mean a lot fewer conservatives would be elected to state legislatures and governorships, because most voters want to keep abortion legal. Sure. Overturning Roe might prevent some abortions in Mississippi, but it wouldn't do Gov. Romney any good in Massachusetts.

BTW, Roe doesn't have anything to do with who pays for abortions.


18 posted on 11/17/2005 1:10:05 AM PST by springing interest
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To: tellico

I actually disagree.

I think abortion will go the way of slavery.

It will be seen by some future generation as the evil practice it is. It will cause shame when looked back upon, the same way we look back on slavery now.

It took a war to free the slaves. I pray it doesn't take a war to free the children.


19 posted on 11/17/2005 1:10:11 AM PST by DB (©)
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To: GSlob
And who could blame him?

Conservatives who voted for Republicans based on pro-life promises, that's who.

Bottom line: if the Republicans aren't going to stand up for the core issues of the platform, then there's no point in believing they'll stand up for any issues of import. In short, they'll be nothing but RINO pushovers that the Democrats know they can boss around on any issue.

That ain't what we signed up for.

20 posted on 11/17/2005 1:10:59 AM PST by Prime Choice (Mechanical Engineers build weapons. Civil Engineers build targets.)
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